Legal process of changing names, nicknames

Legal process of changing names, nicknames "My wife and I have diligently collated all the requirements for my petition for a change in my first name, but a technicality in one of the required clearances poses a problem. The document I am referring to is the certificate from my employer indicating that I have no administrative case. What I have is a standard certificate of employment from our company. I am working in an engineering company in Spain and despite my appeal for the required notations as shown in the request letter from the Office of the Civil Registry in Manila, my plea was not granted. I am trying to make the necessary corrections in my birth certificate to keep my job but because of this technicality, it seems like I would lose it. What can I do? Ramon Dear Ramon, In your desire to change your first name, you are bound to follow the requirements, steps and procedure provided for by Republic Act 9048, which states: “The petition shall be in the form of an affidavit, subscribed and sworn to before any person authorized by law to administer oaths. The affidavit shall set forth facts necessary to establish the merits of the petition and shall show affirmatively that the petitioner is competent to testify to the matters stated. The petitioner shall state the particular erroneous entry or entries which are sought to be corrected and/or the change sought to be made.”In addition, the petition shall be published at least once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation. Furthermore, the petitioner shall submit a certification from the appropriate law enforcement agencies that he has no pending case or no criminal record. The petition and its supporting papers shall be filed in three copies to be distributed as follows: first copy to the concerned city or municipal civil registrar, or the consul general second copy to the Office of the Civil Registrar General and the third copy to the petitioner.”In case of change of first name or nickname, the law requires that the petition shall be supported with a clearance or a certification that the owner of the document has no pending administrative, civil or criminal case, or no criminal record, which shall be obtained from (a) employer, if employed, (b) National Bureau of Investigation and (c) Philippine National Police. Thus, we enjoin you to request your employer to issue the appropriate clearance for your petition. We do not see any valid justification why your employer will deny you of such certification of no pending administrative case if indeed you have no pending case in your work.We hope that we were able to enlighten you on the matter.Editor’s note: Dear PAO is a daily column of the Public Attorney’s Office. Questions for Chief Acosta may be sent to dearpao@manilatimes.net or via text message (key in: Times dearpao and send to 2299)." - https://www.affordablecebu.com/