Change of Name: PRC Edition
Eight months from getting married, I finally decided to let go of my maiden name and update all my IDs and records. #Adulting it is. Before going to PRC, I visited their website, downloaded and filled up the necessary forms and had my photo taken thinking that I was already well-armed to update my physician registration details.
I was wrong.
Aside from the fact that the available form at the PRC website itself is passe, their registration requirements posted online is also outdated and badly, badly needed revamping. I ended up having a new set of photos done (in all my haggard, post-commute glory) and had to fill up new forms that I didn’t even know existed. Anyway, just so you guys won’t end up as haggard-looking in your PRC license ID for the next couple of years as I do, here’s an updated how-to on changing your status and name for PRC-registered professionals (teachers, engineers, nurses, physicians et. al) – the updated 2017 edition. For clarifications, this is NOT for renewal of registration. The steps outlined below apply to professionals with an existing, valid registration who only wish to change their name due to marriage. The expiration of your new ID will remain the same as your existing old ID.
Requirements:
- Filled up form for “Petition for Change of Registered Name Due to Marriage” – 1 copy
- Available at the Regulations Office, 2nd floor, Main Building
- Filled up Registration Form – 1 copy
- Available at the Public Assistance Desk right after entering the gate.
- 2 pcs 1.5″ x 1.5″ colored photo, plain white background, with name tag (use your married name)
- Original and one photocopy of Marriage Contract from NSO
- Photocopy of Old PRC ID
- Documentary Stamp
Step 1:
Upon entering PRC, get a registration form from the Public Assistance Desk found immediately after the entrance gate. I filled this up using my married surname. However, upon submission at Window 27 later on, this was computerized still reflecting my maiden name. So I guess, it won’t matter whether you write your maiden name or your married name. Attach a photo.
Step 2:
Proceed to Regulations Office at 2nd floor, Main Building. The main building is the building on the left side, across the exit gate. Get the form for “Petition for Change of Registered Name Due to Marriage”. Do not bother to download this from the PRC website because the one available at the website is the old form. Fill up the form and attach a photo.
Step 3:
Go to the Legal Office found at the end of the hallway and proceed to the desk after the water dispenser on the right side of the office. Present your filled up petition form. Pay 50 pesos and have the form signed by the lawyer from the next desk.
Step 4:
Submit all your forms (registration form, petition form, photocopy of old PRC ID, photocopy of marriage contract) to Window 27 at the ground floor. They will return your forms and your registration form will now be computerized and your photo will be immortalized digitalized.
Step 5:
Go to the cashier window (Windows 1, 2, 35 or 36) and pay 475 pesos for the certification fee and reprint of duplicate ID.
Step 6:
Go to the Records Section at the ground floor of the annex building. The annex building is the building near the entrance gate. Proceed to Window H. Sign the logbook using your maiden name. They will fill up your form.
Step 8:
Buy one documentary stamp from the booth across the annex building. This costs 25 pesos.
Step 7:
Proceed back to the Regulations Office where you got your petition form (2nd floor, Main Building) and submit your papers. You may be asked to present your original NSO-certified marriage contract and receipt. Sign the logbook using your married name.
Your ID will be ready for claiming after 3 months. Don’t forget to keep your claim stub. 🙂
I completed all steps in around 45 minutes. I arrived around 3:30 pm and was out of the door by 4:15pm. The total time for processing the papers could have been less had I known that I needed a photo with a nametag and a photocopy of my old PRC ID. Total cost was 550 pesos.
There… I hope I made it easier for you. Had I known that it will be a breeze, I could have done this months ago. Hehe. Please stay tuned for my next installment on the how-to-change-your-name series in the coming weeks as i go on a name-change adventure to update all my records post-getting married. See you!
Thank you so much for sharing your experience. What a great help!
thanks, it gives me knowledge on how it will be process. How about if you wanted to renew the ID card at the same time? What I know the new card with a new name will still reflect the same expiration date.
Thanks for your reply.:)
Hi! You still need to go through the same process I think since you’re changing your name and you’ll really have to go through the Legal Office for that. If it’s near-expiry they will also renew it at the same time I guess. Thanks for dropping by!
Hi! Ask lng po my idea po ba kayo how to change my married status to maiden name? Thanks po
Married to maiden? Hindi ko sure pero baka same lang yung process na kailangan mo dun pumunta except ang dala mo is proof of nullity of marriage or death certificate.
pag po ba nachange name (single to married) paanu po ung expiry date sa prc card.. same expiry pa rin po ba kagaya old id ( single)???
my license will be expired on JANUARY 2021, plan ko po sanga magchange status from single to married name,.
Same yung expiry date. Magkakaroon ng word na “duplicate” yung bago mo. 🙂
Pwde po ba sabay na change of status at renew? expired na license ko since last year pa. and ipapanotarize pa ba yung petition form? thanks
I think pwede mo naman gawin yan ng sabay since it will reflect in their system that your ID has already expired. You will have it notarized there. No need to go outside. Please check Step 3. Please note that this post was way back in 2017 pa so there might have been some slight changes.
hi mam.. can i renew and use again my maiden name sa PRC license ko without changing my marital status? im using my husbands name sa license ko. if pwd, ano po requirements? thank u
Hi! Sa pagkakatanda ko, same lang din naman ang process and requirements. Sa alala ko, ikaw ang maglalagay kasi ng preferred surname mo if papalitan mo siya and hindi naman siya automatic. I know of professionals na married ang status pero di naman nagchange ng surname. 🙂 Sorry I cannot fully remember na yung itsura kasi ng form.
last 2 years ago, pmnta po ako sa prc to renew my license and at the same time pra mgchange ng name sa ID and update my marital status from single to married. gusto ko sna mgchange name ulit sa license ko using my maiden name again. is it possible pb?
wat about change name lang po from married to maiden name without changing my marital status? pwd pb un at ano po requirements? thank u po
Ay wait. You will use your maiden name na ulit instead of your married name? As far as I know hindi mo siya pwede palitan back to your maiden name kung dati mo na ginagamit ang married name mo sa PRC license mo. I remember sa ibang forms from other government institutions na inasikaso ko, you can only go back to your maiden name if you are already annulled. I assume PRC is following the same rule.
Good day po! Walk in po ba kayo? Thanks in advance!
Hi! Yes. Walk-in ako, but my experience is about two years old na po. September 2017 pa po itong entry ko na to.
Hi, Did you surrender your existing valid ID in your single name nung marelease nila ung new ID mo in your married name?
No. They issued a duplicate ID with the same expiration date as my existing one.
Hi did u just walk in po ba or nagonline po kau? Ok lng po ba na ngayon Lang mag pachange status as well as married name. But the marriage date was since 2015? Dipo ba nila quequestionin un?
Hi. Please note that this post is 2 years old. Walk-in lang ako noon. I’m not sure if they still allow walk-in transactions. Regarding your second question, married women in the Philippines ARE NOT BOUND BY LAW to change names when you get married. You can actually keep your maiden surname even if you are married, hence they will NOT question you why it took you 4 years to change your name. Thank you for dropping by!