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How to write suffix

Requested from PSA by H. Selga at 02:31 PM on Nov 22, 2022.
Purpose: How to write Suffix
Date of Coverage: 10/12/1989 - 10/15/2022
Tracking no: #PSA-007093969416

Selga 02:31 PM, Nov 22, 2022 

How to write the suffix?

My husbands name has Jr after his last name (John A. Doe Jr). When we got married the suffix now in our marriage contract is after his first name (John Jr A. Doe) as well as our daughter's baptismal certificate.

Will this be treated as the same?

Nisperos 03:38 PM, Jan 04, 2023 

January 4, 2023

Dear Hannah Selga,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Nov 22, 2022 02:31:58 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for How to write suffix.

Your FOI request is approved. 

Please be informed that the correction of clerical errors, except for age, nationality, and legitimacy status, can be done by filing a petition for correction under the provisions of Republic Acts 9048 and 10172, or the Clerical Error Law. You may pursue the petition for correction at the Local Civil Registry Office (LCRO), where the birth certificate was originally registered. Please seek the advice of the LCRO on the details of the procedure, the forms to be accomplished, and the supporting documents that need to be submitted.

The usual requirements are baptismal certificate, voter's affidavit, employment/GSIS/SSS record, driver's license, and other documents that will support the correction being requested. 

The filing fee for correction of a clerical error at the Local Civil Registry Office (LCRO) pursuant to Republic Act 9048 is One Thousand Pesos (Php1000) while for change of the first name, it is Three Thousand Pesos (Php3000) plus the cost of publication in a newspaper of general circulation. An additional Five Hundred Pesos (Php500) shall be collected by the accepting LCRO for migrant petitioners.

For further assistance, you may call our Civil Registration Hotline at telephone numbers 8461-0500 loc 702 / 813.  You may also send your concerns directly to these email addresses: crs.qvu1@psa.gov.ph,crs.qvu2@psa.gov.ph, crs.qvu3@psa.gov.ph or crs.staff2@psa.gov.ph.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Noel G. Perez
(Information Technology Officer III)
Officer-in-Charge
Information Technology and Dissemination Service

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