Marriage certificate wait time

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Went to the embassy on my first working day here, was in and out in 15 minutes even though I was an hour early for the appointment. Went straight to Meycauayan for the license application. This would've been quick too but the line to pay was so long. I was left sat like a lemon in the marriage office while my fiancée went to pay. I didn't know where she had gone and she was gone for about an hour. Had to go back a few days later for pre-marriage counselling. Fat lot of good that was seeing as I don't speak Tagalog. Ali understood was "blah blah blah ejaculation! Blah blah blah withdrawal method!" I got the jist of it though. We have been told our license will be available for collection on 13th February, which gives us 10 days before the wedding. Phew!

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Went to the embassy on my first working day here, was in and out in 15 minutes even though I was an hour early for the appointment. Went straight to Meycauayan for the license application. This would've been quick too but the line to pay was so long. I was left sat like a lemon in the marriage office while my fiancée went to pay. I didn't know where she had gone and she was gone for about an hour. Had to go back a few days later for pre-marriage counselling. Fat lot of good that was seeing as I don't speak Tagalog. Ali understood was "blah blah blah ejaculation! Blah blah blah withdrawal method!" I got the jist of it though. We have been told our license will be available for collection on 13th February, which gives us 10 days before the wedding. Phew!

When I went for mine... the lady said... today we have an English visitor, so I will try and speak mostly in English... she did too... hopefully everyone understood!

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When I went for mine... the lady said... today we have an English visitor, so I will try and speak mostly in English... she did too... hopefully everyone understood!

That was good of her to try. I know it made sense for the guy to speak Tagalog, it wouldn't do to speak in English for my benefit only. It seemed like simple stuff, I asked my fiancée if they taught them that at school. She said not the part about contraceptives, which is a bit of a shock really. I would've thought they would've taught that. Suppose the church wouldn't want it. When the guy mentioned that the current president wants 3-5 children per family I jokingly said "zero" and a guy in a couple opposite us looked over and gave a swift nod, he was in agreement, haha. My fiancée has since been talking about kids already. Scares me to death to be honest.