My name is Michelle V. Sumapig, my maiden name should be de Gracia but when I got my documents for passport processing it was Jaudian my father's middle name.
Hello everyone, it's me again @chimegipamus and this is my struggle with how the Philippines is so strict on our documents.
It started when I got my documents to apply for a passport. I already knew my middle name was not from my mother long before I married. The Registry office accepted it for the reason that my middle name would be changed after I got married.
I was confident to bring all my documents to the Department of Foreign Affairs where I was checked and it went well. Took a picture of the passport and will wait fifteen days to get it. After two days from processing the DFA called me and questioned my middle name. And it was rejected so, that I should have my mother's maiden name and not from my father. They need a new PSA birth certificate with my mother's maiden name on it.
I went to our local registrar and asked for help. Securing everything from my mom's birth certificate and my siblings together with some lawyer's affidavit. I already spent money for processing and I should go back to the place where I was born to bring my documents and start the process.
So I travel from Naga to Basay Negros Oriental where I was born. It was a twelve-hour travel by sea and by land. When I reached there The following day I went to see a registrar and asked for help with my documents. He told me that under RN04 I should get a lawyer and impugn my birth certificate or vice versa.
Impugned means to validate the truth that I am a daughter of my mother etc. It was a long process to wait, it may take six months to one year and then the decision will be provided. We decided to impugn it first to the Philippine Statistic Authority (PSA) and after a few months to be brought to a lawyer and sent it back to PSA for finalization.
It was so discouraging to hear and wait for six months to one year before another processing was made. Me and my husband are planning to spend our graduation in Singapore this coming November. By God's grace we were able to graduate in our Masters in Ministry. The school will be having two graduation programs, in Singapore where it was based, and in Iloilo their extension school.
As I said I spent money already for the processing. It was hard on my part knowing I could not fly together with my husband for graduation 😭😭😭.
After all my documents were passed on to PSA I went home bringing the chance that a certificate of petition for correction would be accepted by the DFA but sadly they don't accept it. All they wanted was a new PSA stating my real middle name. I accepted the fact that only a year from now was my chance of getting a passport. Maybe it was God's plan and His will so I let him control everything.
Questions keep asking in my mind why in the world people who were writing our birth certificates during the 80s always had wrong entries. I have encountered a lot of people having problems with clerical errors during this time. We must admit that it was not that high-end machines they were using. Some are even born in the house and not in clinics and hospitals.
Do you know someone who has the same problem as me? Or errors on their birth certificates also. Share it in the box below and please reblog and have some upvote on my story.
Have a great day everyone, see you next time.
That's sad to hear but processing docs at Psa really takes time?
No rush lane like that?
No rush lane you can get it in a day if it is existing but to change anything it takes so long.
Not me but my late father had the error in his DOB (date of birth) we believed prior to his passing is the day of our town fiesta. Turns out it isn't and it is two months prior to that.
We had trouble in processing his paperworks as his ID is the first DOB but later on we used the correct one for the sake of uniformity.
Hopefully it will not create any problems in the long run.
Since we do not have any inheritance to receive I guess that's fine 😆 we will just cross the bridge when we get there.
It's not that big deal cause you can supply any affidavit on it sign by a lawyer.
I understand your frustration. Although I haven't experienced this kind of problem with my birth certificate, the time it takes to obtain a government document is already time-consuming.
I hope your request will still be approved as soon as possible. 🙏
Thank you, I hope so
I experienced this kind of hassle when I processed the papers for my wedding some years ago. My real name is a bit confusing to spell, some of my documents have wrong spellings. Lol. I had to go to so many agencies just to correct it. Glad I had it done that time.
I believe so as mine,but I will wait a little longer. Thank you @romeskie for sharing.
Woaah same situation with my nephew. Her mom got pregnant at the age of 14. Her mom, my sister uses my father's middle name instead of sur name and used it as her sur name in the birth certificate/ live birth of my nephew. And it was only discovered when he processed his passport as you did. Now he can't apply abroad unless everything will be settled. Worst thing is, he used his father's sur name in all his identification cards and school records. I hope everything you're going through will be paid off with good result. Congratulations in advance by the way.
Thank you for the encouragement and for sharing that I am not alone in this battles.
I understand what you been through Ma'am @chimegipamus It also happened to my siblings, and I am so lucky that I do not have any mistakes in my birth certificate and PSA.
Congratulations ma'am
What about the different marriage dates of my parents?
If you really have revisions with your psa, its really an ardous process plus tiring it usually takes time and of course money. In my case, I was female in my psa instead of male, so we have to undergo several processes to have it corrected, but finaly it's all okay now.
Congratulations in the roght time also all will went well 😢
So sad to hear it. Di ba pwedeng magpa late register na lang?