I'm currently taking a day off so that I can apply for a NBI clearance renewal as part of my work requirement. My name has a "HIT" which means my nbi clearance could not be released on the same day. :-(
As you know, or if you still don't know, NBI now doesn't take walk-in applicants and had to go online. But what if you don't know, or perhaps do know that but just went walk-in for adventure's sake? Oh my, that's risky and that's what I just did. (haha..)
Anyway, I went to the NBI Main Office in United Nations Avenue. Though I had an NBI satellite nearest my house, I dreaded the possibility that the release could be more than a week. I got a feedback from a co-worker that she got her NBI clearance which she applied from NBI Otis after 2 weeks. The max days I had before I got my NBI clearance was 7 days.
So okay, back to the story. I confirmed with the employee at the entrance if there are still walk-in forms and he said that NBI is now online. Don't worry if you had not gone online prior to going to NBI because they have a computer inside the NBI located at the back of the employees who are at the entrance and it's usage is free. But it may take some time as there might be other people in line too which by the way I had encountered so I had to be in line too. Good thing there were chairs. :-)
After 15-20 minutes of waiting, an employee was announcing "Baka mamaya pila kayo ng pila diyan. Pwede na yung may nbi 2014 pataas na pumasok. Pwede na din yung xerox." (Maybe you are falling in line there. You can proceed if you have NBI for 2014 and above. Xerox [referring to photocopy] is accepted.) Thank God I was able to abl0e to bring a photocopy of my NBI clearance. Lucky day for me. :-) And worrywart that I am, it might sure look stupid to some but to be better sure than sorry, I asked the employee if my nbi photocopy would suffice and he said yes with nodding gesture.
Next step - 3rd would be PAYMENT. Make sure you have an exact amount of 115 pesos (local employment) on hand as sometimes the employees are rude if you hand them a 500 bill. (Though I understand the dilemma if you had a series of customers who hand you 500 and 1000 bills) But of course, this doesn't change the fact that being rude just because of this is unacceptable.
The 4th step would be ENCODING located at the 2nd floor. There are reminders saying that you have to put your online reference number/deposit slip at the back of your official receipt. As for my case, I'd written my NBI ID number at the back of my receipt. NBI ID Number is found on your previously issued nbi clearance. When it is my turn, picture taking is done and then I was asked to get my clearance tomorrow. (Yey! This was the fastest on record)
However, since I had no off which is a weekday for this week I asked the woman if I could get it rather next thursday. The lady said that I could but make sure that I get it before 1 month expires.
And before I went out from the NBI, I asked another employee if someone could get my nbi clearance for releasing instead of me. He confirmed.
So there you go. Hassle-free way to get your NBI clearance for renewal. NBI Main is open from 8 am to 5 pm. Hope it helps.
Always,
Sanegeal Farmhear
