Renunciation is the voluntary act of an individual relinquishing Philippine citizenship manifested by swearing to an oath. These are filed at the Philippine Foreign Service Post (PFSP) and transmitted to the PSA through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Request for certified photocopies of the Renunciation are catered at PSA CRS Outlet in East Avenue only.
| 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 REQUIREMENTS | WHERE TO SECURE | ||||
| 1. Certification of Renunciation of Philippine Citizenship | Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) | ||||
| 2. List of individuals with dispatch number | |||||
| 3. Oath of renunciation, attached photocopy of cancelled Philippine Passport | |||||
| CLIENT STEPS | AGENCY ACTIONS | FEES TO BE PAID | PROCESSING TIME | PERSON RESPONSIBLE | |
| MICROFILM UNIT | |||||
| Client requests a Certified Photocopies of attachments at CRS Central Outlet | 1. Print and Sort AF by date of release, type of document, by year, province, and municipality | None Note: Processing fee for copy issuance of the PSA copy of the Certificate of Renunciation is being collected by the PSA CRS Outlet - East Avenue, Q.C. | 1 hour per batch of 500 Application Forms | Librarian (Associate) Microfilm Unit Supervisor Microfilm Unit Chief, CRMD CRS Building, Quezon City | |
| 2. Prepare transmittal of AFs and route to Legal Instruments Unit | None | 5 minutes per request | Team Lead (Associate) Microfilm Unit Registration Officer II Supervisor, Microfilm Unit Chief, CRMD CRS Building, Quezon City | ||
| LEGAL INSTRUMENTS UNIT | |||||
| 3. Receipt and “Scan In” the AF from Microfilm Unit | None. | 1 minute per request | Uncon/MV Controller Legal Instruments Unit, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City Supervisor Legal Instruments Unit, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City Chief, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City | ||
| 4. Retrieve the set of documents from archives | None | 3 days | COSW Legal Instruments Unit, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City Supervisor Legal Instruments Unit, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City Chief, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City | ||
| 5. Photocopy the set of documents | None | 5 minutes | COSW Legal Instruments Unit, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City Supervisor Legal Instruments Unit, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City Chief, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City | ||
| 6. Stamp the photocopied document with “Certified True Copy”. | 2 minutes | COSW Legal Instruments Unit, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City Supervisor Legal Instruments Unit, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City Chief, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City | |||
| 7. Prepare transmittal and transmit the documents to the Authorize Signatory | 5 minutes | COSW Legal Instruments Unit, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City Supervisor Legal Instruments Unit, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City Chief, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City | |||
| 8. Sign the documents and forward the documents the Releasing of the CRS Central Outlet | 1 day | Registration Officer III and Registration Officer II CRS, CRMD | |||
| 9. Logged out as “completed” in the system | 1 minute | Uncon/MV Controller Legal Instruments Unit, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City Supervisor Legal Instruments Unit, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City Chief, CRMD, CRS Building, Quezon City | |||
| TOTAL ESTIMATED PROCESSING TIME FOR SERVICE:7 WORKING DAYS | |||||
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 Processing of Renunciation Requests (PSA CRS Outlet -East Avenue ONLY) |
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