The 6-Minute Marriage License Application

Last Friday, July 19, the soon to be ex-bf and I filed our leave from work to apply for our marriage license in the Marikina City hall. This is it! We are really getting married in less than four months time. 

The night before Friday, we already filled up the marriage license in three copies. We decided that I will just be the one to fill up the documents because my penmanship is more legible than my soon to be ex- bf. But I tend to make mistakes in filling up forms so the soon to be ex-bf was in the look out while I'm accomplishing the forms. 

As seen in the application form above, information for the groom should be in the left side while on the right side is for the bride. If you are not previously married and is already more than twenty four years old, you just need to answer the following questions:

Name of Applicant
Date of Birth/Age
Place of Birth
Sex (Male or Female)
Citizenship
Residence (should be full address)

Religion
Civil Status

Name of Father
Citizenship
Residence

Name of Mother (Maiden)
Citizenship
Residence

Of course, you need to put your signature at the end of the form.

My dear sister already secured my community tax certificate (CTC/cedula) so we just have to get my soon to be ex-bf's CTC. Morning before going to the city hall, we went to Baranggay Parang in order to secure his CTC and we also photocopied the following requirements:

Birth Certificates
Certificate of No Marriage (CENOMAR)
   It is a must that we apply before July ends because the document will expire in six months, we have      secured this document last January 30.
Community Tax Certificate for the current year (Cedula)

It was my first time to enter the Marikina City Hall, it's size can not be compared to our own city hall but they have an effective and efficient process. We finish the application in less than 10 minutes, yeah in six minutes you can finish the application for marriage license!

We paid a total of Php150.00: Php50.00 for the marriage application and Php100 for the marriage license.

Tips in applying marriage application:

1. Have someone get the marriage application form for you so you can already fill it up before going to the city hall. Thanks to my FMIL for getting the forms for us.
2. Secure a photocopy of all the requirements before going to the city hall. We forgot to photocopy our ID's, good thing the city hall officer is kind enough to do it for us.
3. Make sure to completely fill up the application form. We just put the name of the city in the Residence, apparently you need to the complete address of your residence.

We will be able to secure our marriage license on the 30th of July but we have to attend and secure certificate for pre-marriage counselling seminar at the Marikina Health City Center.

We went to the Marikina Health City Center; paid Php150.00 for the seminar fee and after completing the Marriage Expectations Inventory, we were given the schedule of seminar which is on Tuesday, July 23 at 8-5pm.  

The Marriage Expectations Inventory is in Filipino; it have questions regarding love, finances, in-laws, raising a child, and sex. Here are some questions as far as I remember for each category:

• Love: Jealousy is a sign of a. love b. being childish c. lack of trust Ang pagseselos ay tanda ng a. pag-ibig b. pagiging isip-bata c. kawalang tiwala
• Finances: A husband should give a. all of his salary b. basic salary c.basic salary, commission, and bonuses Ang mister ay kailangan ibigay ang a. buong sahod b. basic na sahod c. basic na sahod, komisyon at mga bonus
• In - Laws: Do you expect your partner to defend you in front of your in-laws? a. yes b. no c. it depends on the situation Inaasahan mo bang ipapagtanggol ka ng iyong asawa sa harap ng iyong biyenan? a. oo b. hindi c. depende sa sitwasyon
• Raising a child: Do you agree on not having a baby on the first year of marriage? State your reason a. yes b. no Sang-ayon ka ba na huwag munang maganak sa unang taon ng pagsasama?  Ilahad ang dahilan a. oo b. hindi
• Sex: What will you do if your partner does not want sex? a. get angry b. watch t.v. c. seduce him some other day Ano ang gagawin mo kapag ayaw makipagtalik ng iyong asawa? a. magagalit b. manonood ng t.v. c. aakitin siya sa ibang araw. 

The questions seems to be simple but you will realize that you will face these different scenarios upon entering marriage life. We have enjoyed answering the questionnaires and even had healthy arguments on some of our answers. 

Looking forward to our pre-marriage counselling seminar this Tuesday. :)