The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is set to pilot test/run the Civil Registry System-Information Technology Project Phase II (CRS-ITP2) on 11 July 2022 at the CRS Central Outlet in East Avenue, Quezon City in preparation for full deployment nationwide.
In relation to this, the PSA announces the new features of the security paper (SECPA) to be issued which shall include the Quick Response (QR) Code on every page of the civil registry document as a means to verify its authenticity. Other features include a unique transaction number per document, a serial number, and the assignment of Birth Reference Number (BREN), Marriage Reference Number (MREN), and/or Death Reference Number (DREN), whichever is applicable.
Under the new CRS-ITP2, clients and stakeholders will be able to avail of the following services:
Services | Description | Fees | Processing Time |
Copy Issuance | Issuance of copy of birth, marriage, and death certificate from the CRS database. | PhP 155/copy | within 1 hour |
Authentication | Verification as to the specimen signature of the issuing officer from the Local Civil Registry Office (LCRO) as indicated in the local copy of the birth, marriage, and death documents. | PhP 155/copy | within 1 hour |
CENOMAR | Issuance of Certification of No Marriage (CENOMAR) if no marriage record appears in the National Indices of Marriages. Otherwise, an Advisory on Marriages shall be issued. | PhP 210/copy | within 1 working day
within 7 working days if for manual verification |
CENODEATH | Issuance of Certification as to the non-availability of death record in the PSA CRS database. | PhP 210/copy | within 1 working day
within 7 working days if for manual verification |
Premium Annotation | Acceptance and processing of requests for annotation of civil registry documents at the CRS Outlet – East Avenue. | PhP 255/transaction | within 5 working days |
Viewable Online
| As an alternative to Copy Issuance, the resulting image of the document is made accessible through the web using an access code. However, the document image on the web shall be made available for a limited period. |
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Viewable birth, marriage, death records |
PhP 130/copy | within 1 hour
within 7 working days if for manual verification or manual processing | |
Viewable CENOMAR, CENODEATH | PhP 185/copy | within 1 working day
within 7 working days if for manual verification | |
DocPrint | Those who availed of Viewable Online may also opt to get a copy of birth, marriage, and death certificates including CENOMAR and CENODEATH by presenting the access code at the CRS Outlet – East Avenue, Quezon City for an additional fee for the printing on SECPA. | PhP 80/copy | within 1 hour |
The PSA shall release further announcements on the relevant preparatory activities to its clients and stakeholders prior to the full deployment of the new CRS-ITP2.
DENNIS S. MAPA, Ph.D.
Undersecretary
National Statistician and Civil Registrar General