REQUIREMENTS

• PSA Copy of the document to be corrected
• Baptismal Certificate
• Earliest school records (elementary school records grade 1-6, if the school doesn’t exist, certification from DECS with birthday and sex)
• Marriage contract, if applicable
• Medical records (laboratory, dental, etc., if the owner has no medical records, an affidavit attesting the facts shall be submitted)
• Certification/Records from the hospital/clinic where the owner was born with birthday and sex
• Certification issued by an accredited government physician attesting that the petitioner/document owner has not undergone sex change or sex transplant
• Affidavit of Discrepancy
• Barangay Clearance
• Police Clearance
• NBI Clearance
• Affidavit of Unemployment, if unemployed
• Certification from employer stating that there is no administrative or any pending case whatsoever
• Publication for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of national circulation (after the filing of the petition)

STEPS

1. Submit all the requirements for the Petition of Correction of Clerical Error in the Certificate of Live Birth (Day/Month/Sex)
2. Fill up and notarize the Petition form and submit it back together with the requirements in the Office of the MCR
3. Pay the filing fee in the Treasurer’s Office and submit the receipt to the Office of the MCR
4. Submit the four (4) photocopies of PSA documents to be corrected
5. Pay the Finality fee in the Treasurer’s Office and submit the receipt to the Office of the MCR
6. Submit the original and photocopied documents
7. Claim the Certificate of Finality