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GN 00307.761: Developing Evidence of Age for a Claimant Born in the Philippines - Procedure

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  • Effective Dates: 06/17/2014 - Present
  • Effective Dates: 04/13/2018 - Present
  • TN 31 (08-05)
  • GN 00307.761 Developing Evidence of Age for a Claimant Born in the Philippines - Procedure
  • Develop evidence of age as follows for a claimant born in the Philippines.
  • If the claimant is in the ....
  • And....
  • Then....
  • U.S.
  • says a civil or religious record was established before age 5,
  • get it through the Foreign Service Post (FSP) in Manila, Philippines as explained in GN 00312.318.
  • get it through the Federal Benefits Unit (FBU) in Manila, Philippines as explained in GN 00312.318.
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  • for some reason the record cannot be obtained through the FSP
  • for some reason the record cannot be obtained through the FBU
  • tell him/her to request that the certificate show the specific date on which the event was registered.
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  • submits a civil or religious birth record which does not show the recordation date and none can be assumed,
  • get whatever preferred evidence is available. If none is available, get convincing evidence as explained in GN 00302.110 - GN 00302.125.
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  • does not know if a record was made before age 5,
  • consult the Catalog of Available Records in the Philippines.   Request preferred evidence of age through the FSP if the catalog either shows no entry or that records are available.
  • consult the Catalog of Available Records in the Philippines.   Request preferred evidence of age through the FBU if the catalog either shows no entry or that records are available.
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  • states no record was made before age 5,
  • document the file as to his/her basis for this information. Treat the response as “unknown” and develop as shown above if he/she never tried to get a record or did not get a response to a request.   Develop for convincing evidence if he/she says he/ she tried to get a record and the custodian said the record either did not exist or was destroyed.   NOTE: Assume a “no” response to the public record means the claimant believes that neither a local civil, BRM or NCSO record was made. If the registrar advised the claimant no record exists, assume neither type of public record exists.
  • Philippines
  • will obtain the record directly from the local civil registry
  • tell him/her to request the certificate show the specific date on which the event was registered.