NBI Clearance

Once you are required by the Visa Office to update your documents prior to decision on your permanent residence visa application, one of the documents you need to submit is is the NBI Clearance.

Since a large number of our clients are overseas contract workers, one of the commonly asked question is how to get their NBI Clearance from abroad.

Here are the instructions from NBI website:

To get an NBI Clearance from abroad, here's what you should do:

You can visit the nearest Philippine Consulate Office and asked for a Fingerprint Card Form.

Fingerprint Card Form – fill up the personal data called for on both sides of this card truthfully and legibly.

Request the assistance/endorsement of the nearest Philippines Consulate Office for the police agency in your locality to have your fingerprints impressed (ROLLED IMPRESSION) on the appropriate spaces. The officer/person who fingerprinted you should sign his name state his official designation on the space provided for the purpose in the card.

In case you are a married woman, the order of writing your name is as follows:
-Your maiden surname (father’s surname).
-Your husband’s surname.
-Your first name or given name.
-Your maternal surname (family name of your mother)

Attach a latest copy of your 2”x2” photograph (white background), taken within three (3) months before this application at the appropriate box in the fingerprint card form.

Upon completion of this requirement, send back your form to NBI and enclose Money Order in the sum of Php 200.00 or any currency/bankdraft of its equivalent which is negotiable in the Philippines payable to the Director, National Bureau of Investigation, Taft Avenue, Ermita 1000 Manila, Philippines.

NBI will mail to you the corresponding clearance certificate after they have processed your application papers.

Upon receipt of your clearance certificate, please examine it for the presence of the embossed NBI DRY SEAL at its lower left portion, the clearance is invalid without it. Also, you must affix your clear and properly taken THUMBPRINT on the space provided for it in the clearance certificate before submitting it to your end-user, otherwise, your clearance will be subjected for further verification/authentication and will cause the delay of your immigration requirements.

To RENEW your NBI Clearance from abroad, here's what you should do:

Just send your previously issued clearance, attach a latest copy of your 2”x 2” photograph (white background), taken within three (3) months and enclose Money Order in the sum of Php 200.00 or any currency/bankdraft of its equivalent which is negotiable in the Philippines payable to the Director, National Bureau of Investigation, Taft Avenue, Ermita 1000 Manila, Philippines.

You may also send your authorized representative in any of the following Offices

NBI Clearance Center in Carriedo

NBI Satellite Offices

NBI Regional / District Offices

To process your NBI Clearance, together with your previously issued clearance, attach a latest copy of your 2”x 2” photograph (white background), taken within three (3) months.

Update the information that needs to be updated. NBI accepts changes in address and purpose, else write Same Data if there are no changes.

If there would be changes in your NAME, DATE OF BIRTH and PLACE OF BIRTH, NBI will require you to fill-up a new application form and attached a photocopy of your birth certificate.

You can visit the nearest Philippines Consulate Office and asked for a fingerprint card form  to write all personal data. Request the assistance/endorsement of the nearest Philippines Consulate Office for the police agency in your locality to have your fingerprints impressed (ROLLED IMPRESSION) on the appropriate spaces.

The officer/person who fingerprinted you should sign his name, state his official designation on the space provided for the purpose in the card. Then send it back to us.

*NBI Kiosks – does not accept renewal of clearance handed by your representative, even without corrections, they will take your picture personally. It does not accept any correction in NAME, DATE OF BIRTH and PLACE OF BIRTH.