Requirements For Applying NBI Clearance

Before going to the nearest NBI Clearance Outlet, make sure to bring all the
necessary requirements in applying for your NBI Clearance. NBI requires you to
present two (2) valid IDs. The list of valid IDs accepted by NBI Clearance Outlet
are:

Val i d p a s s p o r t

Vot e r s I D

Drivers License

PRC License

SSS ID

GSIS UMID

School ID

Tax I d e n t i f i c a t i o n N u m b e r ( T I N ) I D

Philhealth ID

N S O Au t h e n t i c a t e d B i r t h C e r t i f i c a t e

Alien Certificate of Registration

Senior Citizen

Previous Copy of NBI Clearance

Postal ID

Some NBI Clearance Outlets requires Community Certificate or Cedula

t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e t w o ( 2 ) Val i d I d e n t i f i c a t i o n C a r d s y o u p r e s e n t . As o f t h i s
writing, we still dont know the bearing of cedula in applying for NBI
C l e a r a n c e . M a yb e t h e G o v e r n m e n t w a n t s t o d u p e m o r e b u c k s f r o m u s .
NBI Clearance Fees
The NBI Clearance fee depends on the purpose of application, please be aware of
the fees to be collected.

NB I Cl earance Purpose of Ap pli cati on

NBI Clearan ce Fees

Local Em pl o ym ent, Change of Gender, For Probat ion, Correcti on of

Bi rt hdat e, Enlistment AFP, For Promotion, Enli stm ent PNP, ID
Purposes, C ust om s Pass ID, Student Visa, Lat eral Entr y, S eaman,

P 115.00

S eawom ans Book, B ID, CA, LTO, NSO, P NP, SSS, DND, DOT ,
Marriage and Ot her Requi rem ent

Travel Abroad, Afri ca, Asi a, Aust ral ia, C anada, C ent ral Am eri ca,
Europe, Hongkong, Li b ya, Mi cronesia, Mi ddle East , New Zeal and,
North Am eri ca, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Qat ar, S ai pan, Singapore,
Sout h Am eri ca, Tai wan, US A, Passport R enewal, For Deport ati on,

P 115.00

S el f Deport at ion, Imm i grat ion Requirem ent , Visa Australi a, C anada,
China, New Zeal and, Visa S eaman, Seawom an, USA

Business R equi rem ent , Change of Nam e, Permi t to Carr y Fi rearm s,

Firearms Li cense , Adopti on NFA, POEA, PR A, SEC , NTC, ACR

P 165.00

R equi rem ent, Speci al Invest or s R esidence Visa

Nat uraliz at ion, C ancel lati on of Ali en Cert ificat e Of Registrat ion
(AC R) , Repatriati on

P 415.00

B a s e d f r o m o u r e x p e r i e n c e , a n N B I C l e a r a n c e w i t h t h e p u r p o s e o f Tra v e l Ab r o a d
can also use as a requirement in Local Employment. But a NBI Clearance for Local
E m p l o y m e n t i s n o t a c c e p t a b l e f o r Tra v e l i n g Ab r o a d .

We c a n n o t s a y w h i c h N B I C l e a r a n c e o u t l e t h a s t h e l e a s t a p p l i c a n t s b e c a u s e
(1) we cant monitor the volume of applicants daily per NBI Clearance
O u t l e t a n d ( 2 ) i t s re a l l y p u re l u c k i f y o u m a n a g e t o g e t y o u r N B I C l e a r a n c e
o n y o u r t a r g e t p ro c e s s i n g t i m e .

A l l N B I P r o c e s s i n g C e n t e r s a r e o p e n f r o m M o n d ay s t o Fr i d ay s e x c e p t
H o l i d ay s .

N B I C l e a r a n c e O u t l e t o ffi c e h o u r s v a r i e s f r o m o n e t o a n o t h e r.

Re g i o n a l a n d D i s t r i c t O ffi c e s , L o c a l G o v e rn m e n t U n i t s a n d E v e r
G o t e s c o M a l l s a re o p e n f ro m 8 : 0 0 A M t o 5 : 0 0 P M

N B I C l e a r a n c e i n Ro b i n s o n s M a l l s i s o p e n f ro m 1 0 : 0 0 A M t o 7 : 0 0 P M

D u t y Fre e P h i l i p p i n e s i s o p e n f ro m 9 : 0 0 A M t o 5 : 0 0 P M

Steps In Applying NBI

Clearance
1 . Fi l l o u t a n d p re s e n t t h e a c c o m p l i s h e d a p p l i c a t i o n f o r m t o g e t h e r
with two (2) valid IDs to the Data Check Counter for checking if
d a t a a re c o m p l e t e a n d c o r re c t . M a ke s u re t h a t y o u a c c u r a t e l y fi l l o u t

y o u r N B I C l e a r a n c e A p p l i c a t i o n Fo r m o r e l s e i t w i l l b e re t u r n e d t o y o u
f o r c o r re c t i o n s . T h i s i s t h e p a r t w h e re y o u w a i t i n l i n e . S e v e r a l N B I
Clearance Outlets encounter long lines of applicants in obtaining a
b l a n k N B I C l e a r a n c e A p p l i c a t i o n Fo r m a n d i n t h e p re s e n t a t i o n o f t h e
fi l l e d o u t A p p l i c a t i o n f o rm t o t h e D a t a C h e c k C o u n t e r. W h a t y o u n e e d
h e re i s t o b e p a t i e n t a n d w a i t f o r y o u r t u r n .
2 . Pa y f o r t h e c o r re s p o n d i n g N B I C l e a r a n c e f e e a t t h e Pa y m e n t C o u n t e r.
Re f e r t o t h e N B I C l e a r a n c e Fe e a b o v e f o r t h e f e e s re l a t e d t o t h e
p u r p o s e o f y o u r a p p l i c a t i o n . T h i s m i g h t s o u n d re d u n d a n t b u t y o u n e e d
t o f a l l i n l i n e a g a i n ( a ft e r t h e D a t a C h e c k C o u n t e r ) . T h i s t i m e , y o u l l
p a y t h e c o rre s p o n d i n g N B I C l e a r a n c e Fe e .
3 . T h e d a t a o n t h e a p p l i c a t i o n f o rm w i l l b e e n c o d e d a t t h e D a t a E n t r y o r
E n c o d i n g C o u n t e r. A P C m o n i t o r i s p ro v i d e d f o r t h e a p p l i c a n t s t o
c h e c k a n y e n c o d i n g e r ro r , t h u s , a v o i d i n g re p a y m e n t o n t h e i r p a r t a n d
c o m p l a i n t a g a i n s t t h e e n c o d e r. Yo u d o n t h a v e t o d o a n y t h i n g
h e re . T h e N B I C l e a r a n c e Pe r s o n n e l w i l l e n c o d e e v e r y d e t a i l t h a t y o u
h a v e d i s c l o s e d i n y o u r a p p l i c a t i o n f o r m . Yo u r o n l y re s p o n s i b i l i t y h e re
i s t o w r i t e l e g i b l y. Yo u d o n t w a n t t h e N B I C l e a r a n c e Pe r s o n n e l t o g e t
confused with your poor handwriting.
4 . Pi c t u re - t a k i n g o r i m a g e c a p t u re a n d s c a n n i n g o f t h e a p p l i c a n t s
fi n g e r p r i n t s ( B i o m e t r i c ) w i l l f o l l o w. I t i s n o t c l e a r l y s t a t e d i n N B I
Clearance Application if having a beard or mustache is allowed.
We re n o t a w a re o f N o B e a rd , N o M u s t a c h e Po l i c y . B u t f o r t h o s e
p e o p l e w h o re a l l y d o n t m i n d s h a v i n g , t h e n d o i t . T h o s e w h o f e e l n o t
s h a v i n g , d o w h a t y o u w a n t . Re m e m b e r t h a t i f t h e N B I C l e a r a n c e
re j e c t s y o u b e c a u s e o f y o u r t h i c k b e a r d o r m u s t a c h e , i t s y o u r f a u l t .
B u t i t s re a l l y u p t o y o u a n d w e d o n t h a v e a b u s i n e s s i n y o u r
p e r s o n a l l i v e s , s o f e e l f re e t o d o a n y t h i n g .

Fi n g e r p r i n t i n g i s o n e e a s y t a s k t o a c c o m p l i s h . Yo u j u s t n e e d t o p l a c e
y o u r t e n fi n g e r s o n t h e s c a n n e r a n d t h a t s i t .

5. At the Image and Biometric Counter, name of applicant is

a u t o m a t i c a l l y s e a rc h e d a g a i n s t t h e N a m e D a t a b a s e t o c h e c k w h e t h e r
o n e h a s n o o r w i t h n a m e s a ke . T h i s i s t h e p a r t w h e re y o u n e e d t o p r a y
t h a t y o u d o n t h a v e a n a m e s a ke . B e c a u s e i f y o u r d o , f u r t h e r
v e r i fi c a t i o n w i l l b e n e e d e d .
6 . N B I C l e a r a n c e c e r t i fi c a t e o f o n e w h o h a s n o n a m e s a ke w i l l b e p r i n t e d
a t t h e P r i n t i n g C o u n t e r a n d re l e a s e d o n t h e s a m e d a t e o f a p p l i c a t i o n .
T h o s e w i t h n a m e s a ke s a re v e r i fi e d a g a i n s t t h e C r i m i n a l H i s t o r y
D a t a b a s e t o c h e c k w h e t h e r o n e h a s c r i m i n a l re c o r d / s .
7 . T h o s e w i t h n a m e s a ke s a re a d v i s e d t o p ro c e e d t o t h e Re l e a s i n g
C o u n t e r. T h e re l e a s e d a t e i s w r i t t e n a t t h e b a c k o f t h e O ffi c i a l
Re c e i p t w h e n t o c l a i m y o u r N B I C l e a r a n c e . T h e a p p l i c a n t s w i t h
H i t S t a t u s w i l l re t u rn t o t h e N B I C l e a r a n c e O u t l e t a f t e r E i g h t ( 8 )
working days.
8 . T h o s e f o u n d t o h a v e c r i m i n a l re c o r d s a re a d v i s e d t o p r o c e e d t o t h e
Q u a l i t y C o n t r o l f o r i n t e r v i e w . I n t e r v i e w e r s w i l l re q u i re a n
a p p l i c a n t t o e xe c u t e a n A ffi d a v i t o f D e n i a l i f h e i s n o t t h e o ff e n d e r
a n d C o u r t C l e a r a n c e / O rd e r i f h e i s t h e o ff e n d e r.

Guidelines To Be Observed In Applying NBI

Clearance
The following guidelines must be observed by any applicants:

1 . N B I C l e a r a n c e i s a Fi r s t C o m e Fi r s t S e r v e B a s i s .
2 . N B I C l e a r a n c e A p p l i c a n t s m u s t o b s e r v e p ro p e r d re s s c o d e . Av o i d
c o m i n g t o t h e v e n u e w e a r i n g s l i p p e r s , s h o r t s a n d s a n d o t o p re v e n t
re j e c t i o n .

3 . A p p l i c a n t s m u s t b r i n g t w o ( 2 ) v a l i d I D . G o v e rn m e n t I s s u e d I D s a re
p re f e rre d .
4 . C o u r t e s y l a n e s a re p ro v i d e d f o r S e n i o r C i t i z e n s , P re g n a n t Wo m e n ,
Nursing Mother and those with Disability (PWD).
5 . T h e re i s n o m o re re n e w a l o f N B I C l e a r a n c e . H o w e v e r , t h e o l d N B I
C l e a r a n c e ( w i t h i n k fi n g e r p r i n t s ) c a n b e a t t a c h e d t o y o u r a p p l i c a t i o n
f o r m f o r N B I Pe r s o n n e l s re f e re n c e .
6 . N B I C l e a r a n c e c a n b e c l a i m e d b y a n y A u t h o r i z e d Pe r s o n o f t h e
A p p l i c a n t a s l o n g a s a n A u t h o r i z a t i o n Le t t e r i s p ro v i d e d .

W h i l e m o s t o f t h e p e o p l e s t i l l p re f e r t h e o l d c o n v e n t i o n a l w a y , w e h i g h l y
s u g g e s t u s i n g t h e N B I C l e a r a n c e O n l i n e A p p l i c a t i o n ( N B I E - C l e a r a n c e ) . We
have heard a lot of positive feedback about the new NBI Clearance Online
a p p l i c a t i o n . Yo u c a n l e a r n m o re a b o u t t h e N B I C l e a r a n c e O n l i n e a p p l i c a t i o n
h e re .

I f y o u a re a Fi l i p i n o l i v i n g a b ro a d a n d y o u a re t r y i n g t o a p p l y f o r N B I
C l e a r a n c e , y o u m a y re a d t h i s g u i d e o n h o w y o u c a n e a s i l y s u b m i t y o u r N B I
Clearance application in any part of the world.