Administrative Correction of Clerical Error
Administrative Correction of Clerical Error
Administrative Correction of Clerical Error
Process:
Go to the Local Civil Registrar and verify that a Correction of Clerical Entry is
what you need to file. Also ask for the documents required.
You’ll need to fill up the form, attach your documents, and submit this during your
interview with the Local Civil Registrar.
Pay the fees at local treasury office.
Present your receipt at the Local Civil Registrar.
Return to pick up your approved petition.
Mail your approved petition to the Office of the Civil Registrar General and make
sure you keep the receipt of the forwarder/courier together with the duplicate
copy of the mailed documents.
Follow up with the Local Civil Registrar for the decision of the Office of the Civil
Registrar General. An approved petition will allow you to get a Certificate of
Finality.
Mail your Certificate of Finality to the Office of the Civil Registrar General along
with additional records such as the Endorsement letter, etc.
You can then get your annotated Birth Certificate from the PSA
If your birth was reported to a Philippine embassy and you are now in the
Philippines, if you are abroad but your birth was reported to a local civil registrar
in the Philippines, or if you are abroad and your birth was reported abroad, you
should read this post. It deals specifically with these issues.