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If you're opening a restaurant, carinderia, food stall, catering business, or working as staff in any food establishment in the Philippines, you'll run into two related but distinct requirements: a health certificate ...
Read ArticleLosing your birth certificate feels like an emergency, especially when you need it for a passport, a new job, or a marriage license next week. The reassuring truth is that the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) kee...
Read ArticleWhether you need a copy for a passport application, a new job, or your child's school enrollment, ordering a PSA birth certificate no longer means lining up at a PSA branch. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) w...
Read ArticleDiscovering a typo on your PSA birth certificate — a misspelled first name, the wrong day of birth, or an incorrect sex entry — used to mean going through a lengthy court petition. Thanks to Republic Act 9048 and its ...
Read ArticleA CENOMAR, short for Certificate of No Marriage Record, is a document issued by the Philippine Statistics Authority stating that, based on the national civil registry, you have no record of a valid marriage under your...
Read ArticleRequesting a death certificate is rarely something families are emotionally prepared for, on top of not knowing the actual process, fees, or timing. A PSA death certificate is usually required for insurance claims, se...
Read ArticleA PSA marriage certificate is required for many transactions in the Philippines — from processing spousal benefits with SSS, PhilHealth, or Pag-IBIG, to visa applications, insurance claims, and passport name changes a...
Read ArticleUnder Philippine law, a child born to parents who were not yet married to each other can become legally 'legitimated' if those same parents later marry — instantly gaining the same rights as a child born within marria...
Read ArticleNot every Filipino gets registered at birth right away — sometimes a family simply never got around to it, records were lost in a fire or flood, or a birth happened in a remote area far from any civil registry office....
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