Ridiculous Residencia!!

This will not help you but isn't less interesting. I have a German passport and married 1967 a Spanish woman in Spain where I was living then (since 1963). When our children were old enough to attend school, we decided to move to  Germany for their education. When applying for residence for my wife I was told that she would be treated as an alien as the Spanish marriage certificate was not acceptable. The only way to bypass restrictions for aliens would be to marry again in Germany and ADOPT OUR CHILDREN. Good enough for saying definitely farewell. On the contrary, In Spain as an alien married to a Spanish subject I had privileges like unlimited residence and working permits (automatically renewed). Occasionally I was even offered Spanish citizenship.

Hi, I do understand your frustration and we all know that Spanish adore their paperwork, but it is not xenophobic or racially prejudiced.  We are a British married couple, and when we applied for autonomo, residency etc, we had to get a new marriage certificate, because the marriage certificate was (obviously) older than 6 months old.  I applied online and surprisingly received a copy back quickly from the UK.  There was no time limit to this, but just meant we had to wait for this final piece of the jigsaw, to be legal.  Hopefully, the Phillipine authorities can help.  

Spain can be frustrating but is really worth it.  You just need a very sharp pair of scissors, to cut through the bureaucracy  😊

No, ours was a renewed Marriage Certificate in English. 

 I believe the authorities accept the language of origin.

Yes, I understand your personal situation, but I think this is irrelevant for the  OP.  By the way, I do speak Spanish 😊

As I already have my Residence card in Spain, my wife is applying for Residence as a Non-EU spouse of an EU resident in Spain. We submitted our original certified Marriage certificate and a Cert. of Authenticity from the Philippines dept. of Foreign affairs. We also submitted a Spanish translation of both documents. But, they are insisting that the Marriage Cert. should be less than 6 months old. This would mean obtaining a duplicate Marriage Cert, from the Philippines. 

My argument is that there is nothing written on this matter. When we attended at the Immigration Dept. they were unable to provide any written proof of this '6 month' rule. The Spanish Gov website simply says we have to submit a ''Certified Marriage Certificate'', with no mention of the Certificate having to be less than 6 months old, so how can they insist on this when it doesn't appear anywhere on their Gov. info? My wife already has Residency in Cyprus valid until 2023 and our Marriage Certificate was accepted there without question. To add insult to injury, my wife also speaks fluent Spanish, it's her 2nd language. 

As I already have my Residence card in Spain, my wife is applying for Residence as a Non-EU spouse of an EU resident in Spain. We submitted our original certified Marriage certificate and a Cert. of Authenticity from the Philippines dept. of Foreign affairs. We also submitted a Spanish translation of both documents. But, they are insisting that the Marriage Cert. should be less than 6 months old. This would mean obtaining a duplicate Marriage Cert, from the Philippines. 

My argument is that there is nothing written on this matter. When we attended at the Immigration Dept. they were unable to provide any written proof of this '6 month' rule. The Spanish Gov website simply says we have to submit a ''Certified Marriage Certificate'', with no mention of the Certificate having to be less than 6 months old, so how can they insist on this when it doesn't appear anywhere on their Gov. info? My wife already has Residency in Cyprus valid until 2023 and our Marriage Certificate was accepted there without question. To add insult to injury, my wife also speaks fluent Spanish, it's her 2nd language. 

As I already have my Residence card in Spain, my wife is applying for Residence as a Non-EU spouse of an EU resident in Spain. We submitted our original certified Marriage certificate and a Cert. of Authenticity from the Philippines dept. of Foreign affairs. We also submitted a Spanish translation of both documents. But, they are insisting that the Marriage Cert. should be less than 6 months old. This would mean obtaining a duplicate Marriage Cert, from the Philippines. 

My argument is that there is nothing written on this matter. When we attended at the Immigration Dept. they were unable to provide any written proof of this '6 month' rule. The Spanish Gov website simply says we have to submit a ''Certified Marriage Certificate'', with no mention of the Certificate having to be less than 6 months old, so how can they insist on this when it doesn't appear anywhere on their Gov. info? My wife already has Residency in Cyprus valid until 2023 and our Marriage Certificate was accepted there without question. To add insult to injury, my wife also speaks fluent Spanish, it's her 2nd language. 

I think that you need to get your marriage certificate, certified here in Spain. Simple as that.