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Issuance of Unconverted Requests (Copy Issuance of Birth, Marriage, Death at PSA CRS Outlet

Unconverted requests are requests of civil registry documents that are not yet loaded in the Civil Registry System (CRS) database and are NOT yet available for COPY ISSUANCE in the CRS Serbilis Outlets. These require manual processing, data encoding, scanning and loading in the database prior to the availability for copy issuance in the PSA Civil Registry System Outlet (PSA CRS Outlet). Unconverted requests also include rework cases encoded by the PSA CRS Outlets for “Clear Copy” or those with Positive Query in the CRQS system.

PSA CRS Serbilis Outlets nationwide accepts unconverted requests and these Application Forms (AFs) are electronically forwarded to the Central Office under Civil Registration Service-Civil Register Management Division through Uncon/MV Processing.

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 yrs. old and above)
CHECKLIST OF REQUIREMENTSWHERE TO SECURE

Completely filled-up

· Application Form (AF)-Birth Certificate (White Form), or

· Marriage Certificate (Pink Form), or

· Death Certificate (Yellow Form), accomplished in PRINTED LETTERS

Any PSA CRS Serbilis Outlet

The AFs for unconverted requests are electronically forwarded and printed in the corresponding Archives /Unit as designated below:

Unit/ArchivesCoverage
Document Processing UnitCurrent Year (i.e. 2023)
Birth/Death/Marriage ArchivesPast 2 Years (2021-2022)
Microfilm Unit1945-1994
Central Archives1945-2022
CLIENT STEPSAGENCY ACTIONSFEES TO BE PAIDPROCESSING TIMEPERSON RESPONSIBLE
Document Processing Unit or Birth, Death, Marriage Archives, or Microfilm Unit
 1. Print AFs using Unconverted/MV ProcessingNone35 minutes per batch of 100 AFs

Uncon/MV Operator

DPU or BDM Archives or Microfilm Unit

Supervisor

DPU/BDM Archives or Microfilm Unit

Chief, CRMD

CRS Building, Quezon City

 

2. Sort AFs by type, date of release, and year of registration

3. Scan in incoming AFs through barcode and sort AF by type, date of release, and year of registration

None

None

1 hour per batch of 100 AFs

15 minutes per batch of 50 Application Forms

Uncon/MV Operator

DPU or BDM Archives or Microfilm Unit

Supervisor

DPU/BDM Archives or Microfilm Unit

Chief, CRMD

CRS Building, Quezon City

 

4. Verify status of the requested document in the RCC, DVSS, CRQS, VEI and CRD/CDLI Search

4.1.If positive index in the RCC, DVSS, CRQS, and VEI, forward to the manual verifier for pull out

4.2.If positive CRD/CDLI Search, log out as copy issuance (Positive) for Outlet requests.

4.3. If negative, there are three (3) options, release as a negative record, through feedback form if found to be problem document or route to other concerned archives/unit for manual pull out of the document

None3 hours per batch of 100 AFs

Associate (RCC Indexer)

DPU or BDM Archives or Microfilm Unit

Supervisor

DPU or BDM or Microfilm Unit

Chief, CRMD

CRS Building, Quezon City

AFs resulted to verification of positive index in the CRQS covering the period 1945-1994 shall be processed at Microfilm Unit as follows:
MICROFILM UNIT (1945-1994 requested documents only)
 

5. Sort AF by date of release, type of document, by year, province, and municipality 

6. Pull out the microfilm roll for verification in the Birth, Marriage or Death Library

None

1 hour per batch of 500 Application Forms

1 hour per batch of 60 microfilm rolls

Librarian (Associate)

Microfilm Unit

Supervisor

Microfilm Unit

Chief, CRMD

CRS Building, Quezon City

 

7. Verify the document requested in the microfilm rolls

8. Print a copy of the document if positive, otherwise route the
AF to Amparo for clear copy verification

None

None

1 hour per batch of 16 Application Forms verified and printed in local paper

Verifier (Associates)

Microfilm Unit

Registration Officer II

Supervisor, Microfilm Unit

Chief, CRMD

CRS Building, Quezon City

 

9. Prepare transmittal of AFs with attached printed document (in local copy)

10. Route the documents to Amparo for verification (refer to page 11 for approval/disapproval of the document thru Electronic Endorsement Process)

None20 minutes per batch of 60 AFs with transmittal

Team Lead (Associate)

Microfilm Unit

Registration Officer II

Supervisor, Microfilm Unit

Registration Officer III

Supervisor, Production and Maintenance Unit

Chief, CRMD

CRS Building, Quezon City

 11. If positive CRD/CDLI Search, log out as copy issuance (Positive) for Outlet requests.None5 minutes per batch of 60 AFs with transmittal

Team Lead (Associate)

Microfilm Unit

Registration Officer II

Supervisor, Microfilm Unit

Chief, CRMD

CRS Building, Quezon City

 12. If negative, log out as copy issuance (Negative) for Outlet requests.None5 minutes per batch of 60 AFs with transmittal

Team Lead (Associate)

Microfilm Unit

Registration Officer II

Supervisor, Microfilm Unit

Chief, CRMD

CRS Building, Quezon City

AFs resulted to verification of positive query in the RCC and/or DVSS for current year of registration (i.e 2023) shall be processed at the Document Processing Unit as follows:
DOCUMENT PROCESSING UNIT (CURRENT REGISTRATION YEAR-i.e. 2023)
 

13. Manually retrieve the document in the folio (or folder)

14. If manual verification resulted to “positive”, transmit the AF and the pull-out document to PMU for scanning (refer to page 11 for approval/ disapproval of the document thru Electronic Endorsement Process)

None1 hour per batch of 8 documents/ AFs

Manual Verifier (Associate)

DPU CRMD

Registration Officer III

Supervisor, DPU

Registration Officer III

Supervisor, Production and Maintenance Unit

Chief, CRMD

CRS Building, Quezon City

 15. If negative, there are two (2) options, log out as a negative record or through a feedback form if found to be problem documentNone35 minutes per batch of 60 AFs with transmittal

Uncon/MV Controller

(Associate)

DPU

Registration Officer III

Supervisor, DPU

Chief, CRMD

CRS Building, Quezon City

AFs resulted to verification of positive query in the RCC and/or DVSS shall be processed at Birth, Death, Marriage Archives as follows:
BIRTH, DEATH AND MARRIAGE ARCHIVES (Past 2 Years- 2021-2022)
 

16. Manually retrieve the document in the folio (or folder)

17. If manual verification resulted to “positive”, transmit the AF and the pull-out document to PMU for scanning (refer to page 11 for approval/ disapproval of the document thru Electronic Endorsement Process)

None

None

1 hour per batch of AF 8 verified documents

1 hour for batch of 8 AFS (with transmittal prepared)

Manual Verifier (Associate)

BDM Archives

Registration Officer III

Supervisor, BDM Archives

Registration Officer III

Supervisor, Production and Maintenance Unit

Chief, CRMD

CRS Building, Quezon City

 18. If negative, there are two (2) options, release as a negative record or through a feedback form if found to be problem documentNone1 hour per batch of 80 AFs

Registration Officer III,

BDM Archives

Chief, CRMD

CRS Building, Quezon City

Requested documents found blurred or with unreadable entries as a result of verification from different archives covering years 1945-2022 shall undergo manual retrieval at the Central Archives, as needed:
CENTRAL (AMPARO) ARCHIVES (1945-2022)
 19. Pick up AF for verification at CRSNone

4-6 hrs

*consider travel time of liaison officer from Central Archives to CRS Building

Administrative Aide VIII, Amparo Archives

Chief, CRMD

CRS Building, Quezon City

 

20. Distribute AFs to concerned personnel for verification

21. Manually retrieve record in the folder and insert a marker to indicate a document was pulled out

None

5 minutes

1 hour per 10 AFs

Manual Verifier,

Associate

Administrative Aide VIII, Amparo Archives

Chief, CRMD

CRS Building, Quezon City

 22. Scans document for approval/disapproval of the document at PMU thru Electronic Endorsement Process)None30 minutes

Manual Verifier,

Associate

Administrative Aide VIII, Amparo Archives

Registration Officer III

Supervisor, Production and Maintenance Unit

Chief, CRMD

CRS Building, Quezon City

 23. Returned the documents pulled-out to their corresponding foldersNone1 hour per batch of 12 documents

Manual Verifier,

Associate

Administrative AideVIII, Amparo Archives

Chief, CRMD

CRS Building, Quezon City

 24. Route to concerned archives/unit using Uncon/MV Processing for logging out as positive/ negative/ feedbackNone5 minutes per batch of 60 AFs with transmittal

Uncon/MV Controller

(Associate)

Administrative AideVIII, Amparo Archives

Chief, CRMD

CRS Building, Quezon City

The following documents retrieved from the Archives/Unit needs to undergo electronic endorsement process at the Production and Maintenance Unit (PMU)

1. Printed in local paper from Microfilm Unit (certified by Microfilm Unit Supervisor);

2. Original document retrieved from Central Archives (Amparo)

3. Original document retrieved from Birth, Marriage, and Death Archives

PRODUCTION AND MAINTENANCE UNIT

Electronic Endorsement Process (Scanning at Central Office)

 

25. Scan “in” AF in Uncon/MV Processing and control received documents from the Archives or Unit

26. Segregate the documents that passed specimen verification and the problem documents

26.1 Documents that passed the specimen verification are for uploading in the database

26.2 Problem documents are for issuance of feedback notice

None

1 hour per batch of 1,800 AFs

1 hour per batch of 600 AFs/ documents

Uncon/MV Controller

(Associate)

Registration Officer III Supervisor, Production and Maintenance Unit

Chief, CRMD

CRS Building, Quezon City

 

Documents passed spec verification:

 

27. Encode details of document in VEI

28. Scan documents for uploading in the database using Electronic Endorsement Module

None

1 hour per batch of 33 documents/
AFs

1 hour per batch of 33 documents/
AFs

Data Encoder

Associate, PMU

EE scanning clerk

PMU

Chief, CRMD

CRS Building, Quezon City

 

29. Verify the scanned documents using CRD/CDLI Search prior to approval or disapproval of the document

29.1 If the document requested is “Negative” in the CRS database and the scanned document passed the specimen signature verification; proceed with approval of the document. Indicate in the AF “Approved” or “A” and the date of approval of the document;

19.2 If the document requested resulted to “Negative” in the database and the scanned document is blurred, stamp in the evaluation form “disapproved” or “DA” and indicate the date and reasons of the feedback

19.3 If the document requested is “positive” in the CRS database but with blurred or unreadable entries and there are discrepancies of entries between the endorsed document and the original document from archive, the document pulled out from the Archives will be rescanned for a “clear copy” and approved.

However, if the original document retrieved from the Archives is still blurred, indicate in the AF as “Disapproved” or “DA”, and the date when the document processed and the reasons of the feedback

30. Segregate approved and disapproved documents

None1 hour per batch of 23 documents/
AFs

EE Approver

Associate, PMU

Supervisor,

Registration Officer III, PMU

Chief, CRMD

CRS Building, Quezon City

 

Approved documents:

 

31. Prepare transmittal for approved documents

32. Scan out AF with tagged “Positive”

33. If positive CRD/CDLI Search, log out as copy issuance (Positive) for Outlet requests.

34. If negative, there are two (2) options, release as a negative record or through a feedback form if found to be problem document

None

1 hour per batch of 200 documents/ AFs

Note: Once EE document approved by PMU, it will be available online nationwide in 2-3 days

EE Approver

Associate, PMU

Supervisor,

Registration Officer III, PMU

Chief, CRMD

CRS Building, Quezon City

TOTAL ESTIMATED PROCESSING TIME FOR SERVICE:7 WORKING DAYS Assuming all are CRS ITP2 Outlets