If you’re planning to get married, one major requirement you have to produce is your Certificate of No Marriage (CENOMAR). And if you want to check for yourself if your betrothed is single, checking for their CENOMAR at the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is your best bet.
You can request for it either online or through a walk-in application. If you’re based abroad, online application is the ideal way to get your or your partner’s CENOMAR.
Online application
1. Visit www.psaserbilis.com.ph
2. Click the button that says ‘Click Here to Request Now’
3. Fill out the Application Form and provide the following necessary information:
· Number of copies requesting
· Name (maiden name if married female)
· Sex
· Place of birth
· Date of birth
· Mother’s maiden name
· Father’s name
· Purpose of your request
4. You will be given a Batch Request Number and a Request Reference Number. The online payments can be done through credit card and select banks. For requests of CENOMAR from abroad, the payment costs $25.30 (Dh93 or P1,323)
5. The delivery of the CENOMAR to the UAE will take six to eight weeks after receipt of payment.
If you’re requesting for a CENOMAR of another person, do take note that you will need an authorization letter from them so the PSA can also deliver it to you. In this case, inform your partner that you are getting his/her CENOMAR, and request for his/her authorization and his original and photocopied valid ID.
Via Courier Processing
There are other companies that offer document processing services for OFW. Philippine courier company LBC, for one, offers end-to-end service when it comes to document processing.
They process documents from PSA, including the requirements for getting married in the UAE—the authenticated birth certificate and the authenticated CENOMAR.
This service from the LBC takes around four weeks, provided there is no problem with the document, and is inclusive of delivery straight to your home in the UAE.
The price per document is at Dh300.
