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Fingerprinting for Application for clearance from the national bureau of investigation (N B I )

Consular Service

The requirements are as follows:

  1. Personal appearance;
  2. Duly filled-out NBI Form No. 5 (this form is available at the ;
    1. In case you are a married woman, the order of writing your name is as follows:
      1. Your maiden surname (family name of your father;)
      2. Your husband’s surname;
      3. Your first name or given name;
      4. Your maternal surname (family name of your mother;)
    2. In case you are a man or an unmarried woman, just read carefully the data fields and think carefully about the data being asked for so that you can supply the appropriate data accordingly.
  3. Attach a colored photograph (2" x 2"taken within three months prior to the application;
  4. Pay the fee of C$28.75 in cash, postal money order, company cheque or certified cheque;
  5. With the assistance of an Embassy/Consulate staff, have your fingerprints (in a rolling impressed on the appropriate spaces of the NBI form;
  6. After the NBI Form No. 5 has been completely processed (Embassy-sealed and signed by the , the said duly processed form, together with postal money order equivalent to two hundred pesos (P200.payable to the Director, National Bureau of Investigation, should be sent by registered mail to:
    7. CHIEF, IDENTIFICATION AND RECORDS DIVISION
    NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
    TAFT AVENUE, MANILA, PHILIPPINES

The NBI will process your clearance certificate and mail the clearance directly to you.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

If you have relatives or friends in the Philippines who may be able to assist you, the Embassy suggests that you mail the duly-processed NBI Form No. 5 to your relative or friend with a letter from you authorizing him/her to file the application, pay the required fee and obtain the NBI clearance on your behalf. You must make arrangements with your relative or friend on sending you the NBI clearance.

Upon receipt of your NBI clearance certificate, please examine it for the presence of the embossed NBI dry seal located at the lower left portion. You must also clearly and properly affix your thumbprints at the space provided for prior to submission to authorities concerned.

For more inquiries and latest information on NBI clearances, you may wish to browse the NBI website at: http://www.nbi.gov.ph