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Acknowledgement of paternity/republic ACT 9255 and legitimation

Allow an illegitimate child to use the father's surname or be legitimated by later marriage.

At a glance

Office: Office of the Municipal Civil Registrar
Classification: Simple Transaction
Who may apply: The document owner and the parents of the document owner must be 18 years old and above. If the child is 7 years old above, the child will execute the AUSF attested by the mother (RA 9255)
Total fees: PHP200.00
Total processing time: 64 minutes

Requirement	Where to get it
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PATERNITY For Previously Registered Birth - PSA Certificate of Live Birth Child (original & 4 photocopies)	PSA
if the child is registered under the surname of the mother and without the name of the father, the father will execute a notarized Affidavit of Acknowledgement/Paternity with government-issued valid (2 original copy and 2 photocopies with a countersignature).

What you do	What the office does	Fee	Time
Submit all the requirements	If the requirements are met, interview the parents (Administrative Aide IV/MGDH-I (MCR))	None	6-10 minutes
	Prepare, assign registry number and sign the documents for submission to PSA Central Office Manila via courier (Administrative Aide IV/MGDH-I (MCR))	None	10-20 minutes
Pay the required fee and submit the O.R. for recording (The courier fee will be covered by the client.)	Instruct the client to pay the required fee at MTO (Revenue Collection Clerk I)	P200.00	10-20 minutes
	Record the O.R. (Administrative Aide IV/MGDH-I (MCR))	None	3-4 minutes
	A copy will be provided to the client to present in requesting for a copy with annotations at PSA. (Administrative Aide IV/MGDH-I (MCR))	None	3-5 minutes
Receive the document(s)	copy with annotations at PSA. (Administrative Aide IV/MGDH-I (MCR))	None	3-5 minutes