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Issuance of Premium Annotation Requests: Copy Issuance of Marriage Documents Affected by Court Decrees on Declaration of Nullity, Presumptive Death, Annulment, Among Others in the CRS Central Outlet

Another service catered by PSA is the annotation of the Certificate of Marriage (COM) pursuant to the court decision declaring the nullity of marriage, presumptive Death of spouse or annulment as rendered by the Regional Trial Court (RTC).

Office or Division:Civil Register Management Division
Classification:Complex
Type of Transaction:Government-to-Citizens(G2C)
Who may avail:All clients of legal age (18 years old and above)
CHECKLIST OF REQUIREMENTSWHERE TO SECURE
A. FOR EVENTS OCCURRED IN THE PHILIPPINES:Local Civil Registry Office (LCRO) of the place of birth
1. Original or Certified True/Photocopy of the Court Decree. 
2. Original or Certified True/Photocopy of the Certificate of Finality of Court Decree. 
3. Original or Certified True/Photocopy of the Certificate of Registration of the Court Decree issued by the civil registrar where the decision/order was registered. 
4. Original or Certified True/Photocopy of the Certificate of Authenticity of the Court Decree issued by the Civil Registrar where the decision/order was registered. 
5. Annotated Certificate of Marriage (one photocopy certified by the concerned LCRO) 
6. Un-annotated Certificate of Marriage (one photocopy certified by the concerned LCRO) 
CLIENT STEPSAGENCY ACTIONSFEES TO BE PAIDPROCESSING TIMEPERSON RESPONSIBLE
DOCUMENT RECEIPT AND CONTROL UNIT
The Liaison officer of the CRS Central Outlet Transmits the request for Premium Annotation pursuant to a Court Decision

1. Receipt and control of application forms (AFs) and supporting documents filed by the client at the PSA CRS Outlet - East Avenue, Quezon City.

1.1. Check the AFs of transmitted documents vs. list of documents in the transmittal.

1.1.1. If the AF is not among the list in the transmittal, return to CRS Outlet.

1.1.2. If the AF is among the list in the transmittal, proceed to 2.

None

Note: AF here is for request for copy issuance of Premium Annotated COM. Processing fee for copy issuance of the annotated COM is being collected by the PSA CRS Outlet - East Avenue, Q.C.

10 minutes per batch of 10 AFs

Unisys Associate,

Document Receipt and Control Unit (DRCU)

3rd Floor CRS Building

Supervisor

Registration Officer III

Document Receipt and Control Unit (DRCU)

3rd Floor CRS Building

Chief, CRMD

7th Floor CRS Building

 2. Scans barcode for preparation and printing of transmittal thru RCC.None5 minutes per batch of 10 AFs

Unisys Associate,

Document Receipt and Control Unit (DRCU)

3rd Floor CRS Building

Supervisor

Registration Officer III

Document Receipt and Control Unit (DRCU)

3rd Floor CRS Building

Chief, CRMD

7th Floor CRS Building

 3. Transmit the documents to Court Decree UnitNone.5 minutes per batch of 10 AFs

Unisys Associate,

Document Receipt and Control Unit (DRCU)

3rd Floor CRS Building

Supervisor

Registration Officer III

Document Receipt and Control Unit (DRCU)

3rd Floor CRS Building

Chief, CRMD

7th Floor CRS Building

COURT DECREES UNIT
 

4. Receipt and Control of documents from DRCU.

4.1. Check the transmitted documents vs. transmittal.

4.1.1. If the document is not among the list in the transmittal, return to DRCU.

4.1.2. If the document is among the list in the transmittal, proceed to printing.

None.10 minutes per batch of 15 documents

Unisys Associate, Uncon/MV Processing

Supervisor

Court Decree Unit, CRMD,

CRS Building, Quezon City

Chief, CRMD,

CRS Building, Quezon City

 5. Printing and Sorting of AFsNone3 minutes per batch of 10 AFs

Unisys Associate, Uncon/MV Processing

Supervisor

Court Decree Unit, CRMD,

CRS Building, Quezon City

Chief, CRMD,

CRS Building, Quezon City

 6. Match AFs with its supporting documentsNone3 minutes per batch of 10 AFs

Unisys Associate, Uncon/MV Processing

Supervisor

Court Decree Unit, CRMD,

CRS Building, Quezon City

Chief, CRMD,

CRS Building, Quezon City

 

7. Verify the specimen signature of the authorized LCRO signatory in the database.

7.1. If documents passed the specimen signature verification, stamp “Verified by” and date of verification and affix initial/ signature of the Authentication Officer on each page of the documents.

7.2. If document did not pass verification, attach the blue stub, and indicate findings and feedback.

None1 hour per batch of 18 documents

Unisys Associate, Specimen Signature Verifier

Supervisor

Court Decree Unit, CRMD,

CRS Building, Quezon City

Chief, CRMD,

CRS Building, Quezon City

 

8. Conduct detailed screening and evaluation with attached evaluation form to the supporting documents.

8.1.If no issue or problem is found during screening, route the AFs with the pertinent documents to Annotation Unit

8.2.If an issue or problem is found during screening, indicate the finding in the evaluation form and prepare feedback

8.3. If the document is found annotated for Declaration of Nullity/ Presumptive Death/ Annulment, logged out as “positive”

None1 hour per batch of 3 AFs

Registration Officer II and

 Registration Officer I

Supervisor

Court Decree Unit, CRMD,

CRS Building, Quezon City

Chief, CRMD,

CRS Building, Quezon City

 9. Preparation and Tagging of Feedback FormNone1 hour per batch of 12 AFs

Unisys Associate, Feedback Clerk

Supervisor

Court Decree Unit, CRMD,

CRS Building, Quezon City

Chief, CRMD,

CRS Building, Quezon City

 10. Scanning and Sending of Feedback through e-mail to the concerned RSSO, CSS and C/MCRNone1 hour per batch of 12 AFs

COSW

Court Decree Unit, CRMD,

Supervisor

Court Decree Unit, CRMD,

CRS Building, Quezon City

Chief, CRMD,

CRS Building, Quezon City

ANNOTATION UNIT
 

11. Receipt and control of application forms (AFs) and supporting documents from Court Decree Unit

11.1.  Check the AFs of transmitted documents vs. list of documents in the transmittal.

11.1.1. If the AF is not among the list in the transmittal, return to Court Decree Unit

11.1.2. If the AF is among the list in the transmittal, proceed to the next step.

11.2. Scan “In” the AFs through the Uncon/MV Processing.

11.3.Forward the documents to the Team Lead for distribution to the Annotators.

None10 minutes per batch of 10 AFs

Uncon/MV Controller

Annotation Unit, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City

Supervisor

Annotation Unit, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City

Chief, CRMD,

CRS Building, Quezon City

 7. Distribute Application Forms and the supporting documents to the Annotator for processing.None5 minutes

Team Lead

Annotation Unit, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City

Supervisor

Annotation Unit, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City

Chief, CRMD,

CRS Building, Quezon City

 8. Create VEI recordsNone1 hour per batch of 5 documents

VEI Encoder (Unisys Associate)

Annotation Unit, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City

Supervisor

Annotation Unit, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City

Chief, CRMD,

CRS Building, Quezon City

 

9. Annotation of COLB in the CRS database

9.1. Countercheck the completeness of the requirements and consistency of entries versus the data in the image/record in CRS database.

9.1.1. If the record passed verification, annotate the image in the CRS database.

9.1.2. If the record does not pass the verification, issue feedback.

9.1.3. If the annotated COM is already loaded in the CRS Database, route to Court Decree Unit for logging out in the system.

None1 hour per batch of 10 documents

Annotator

Annotation Unit, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City

Supervisor

Annotation Unit, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City

Chief, CRMD,

CRS Building, Quezon City

 

10. Approval of Annotation

10.1. Review the completeness of the requirements and consistencies of entries of the supporting documents as well as the annotation.

10.1.1.If passed, approve the annotation in the Electronic Annotation System (EAS).

10.1.2.If failed, disapprove the annotation, and prepare feedback.

 

None

 

 

 

 

Note: Once the document has been approved, copy issuance is available in all CRS Outlets.

1 hour per 10 annotated documents approved

Approver

Annotation Unit, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City

Supervisor

Annotation Unit, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City

Chief, CRMD,

CRS Building, Quezon City

 11. Return all the approved/ disapproved documents to Court Decree Unit for Document Preparation.None 

Uncon/MV Controller,

Annotation Unit, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City

Supervisor

Annotation Unit, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City

Chief, CRMD,

CRS Building, Quezon City

The following documents subject for annotations depending on the results of evaluation will be routed to the following:

· Negative Record in the PSA database or for clear copy

Unit/ArchivesCoverageRemarks
Document Processing Unit-Current Year (ex. 2023)Refer to Page 9 for the detailed process
Birth/Death/Marriage ArchivesPast 2 Year (2021-2022)Refer to Page 9 for the detailed process
Microfilm Unit1945-1994Refer to Page 7 for the detailed process
Central Archives1945-2022Refer to Page 10 for the detailed process

· For BReN-linking/BReN-unlinking and Cancellation of an Erroneous Annotations in the Database- AFs are routed to PMU, refer to Page 252 for ECF process and page 259 for Bren-linking/unlinking on the detailed process.

TOTAL ESTIMATED PROCESSING TIME FOR SERVICE:5 WORKING DAYS (CRS East Avenue Outlet)