I recently needed the service of NBI. Since I came from province, I thought of getting the clearance because I thought there will be less lines, less hustle. I am wrong with this one.
I came up early, about 7AM in NBI Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija. I saw pool of people. Feeling hopeless, I went thru the door and ask the agent that immediately approached me. And so I ask, "how do I get a clearance?" The agent told me that I am late because the giving of queue number is at 5AM. Duh???? And so I asked him again, "What time does your office operates?" "8AM Ma'am," he replied. Then how come the giving of the queue number is at 5AM? He even told me that they have reached the cut-off. Whatever that means, I turned my back and decided not to pursue getting the clearance from here.
I rode a tricycle and planned to go to Tarlac, a nearby province with which I am getting my clearance for four years already. With my emotions, I told the tricycle driver what happened to me in the NBI. He assured me that I am not the first person to feel that way. He even told me that if I can approach a fixer then I could have the clearance then and then. The usual clearance for local employment or ID purposes costs Php 115.00 but when a fixer comes in, the price would be Php 300. For me, the price is just fine because you need not to wait long just to get your clearance but deep inside me, my ego prevails. I cannot tolerate those fixers. I can the NBI clearance in my own!
I came to Tarlac, it took me almost two hours because it's traffic. The NBI Tarlac office was really different compared to NBI Cabanatuan. People are lined up in chairs. All sat, non of them are standing. One employee was deployed to assist them and one was announcing names of those who have got the clearance already. I approached the one announcing and he told me that they have reached the cut off. I asked him what does your "cut-off" means and he told me politely that the NBI offices are only allotted to release 500 clearances in a day. He even advised me to start my online application thru the NBI website and return on the following day for which I cannot afford to because I needed the clearance on Monday.
Depressed. I called my classmate and told her the experiences I had. Surprisingly, she had the same experience in Alabang but she got her clearance because she already did the online application and that she is #125. And I am number #501, fuck!
To read about How to get NBI clearance in less than an hour, please see my next blog.
I came up early, about 7AM in NBI Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija. I saw pool of people. Feeling hopeless, I went thru the door and ask the agent that immediately approached me. And so I ask, "how do I get a clearance?" The agent told me that I am late because the giving of queue number is at 5AM. Duh???? And so I asked him again, "What time does your office operates?" "8AM Ma'am," he replied. Then how come the giving of the queue number is at 5AM? He even told me that they have reached the cut-off. Whatever that means, I turned my back and decided not to pursue getting the clearance from here.
I rode a tricycle and planned to go to Tarlac, a nearby province with which I am getting my clearance for four years already. With my emotions, I told the tricycle driver what happened to me in the NBI. He assured me that I am not the first person to feel that way. He even told me that if I can approach a fixer then I could have the clearance then and then. The usual clearance for local employment or ID purposes costs Php 115.00 but when a fixer comes in, the price would be Php 300. For me, the price is just fine because you need not to wait long just to get your clearance but deep inside me, my ego prevails. I cannot tolerate those fixers. I can the NBI clearance in my own!
I came to Tarlac, it took me almost two hours because it's traffic. The NBI Tarlac office was really different compared to NBI Cabanatuan. People are lined up in chairs. All sat, non of them are standing. One employee was deployed to assist them and one was announcing names of those who have got the clearance already. I approached the one announcing and he told me that they have reached the cut off. I asked him what does your "cut-off" means and he told me politely that the NBI offices are only allotted to release 500 clearances in a day. He even advised me to start my online application thru the NBI website and return on the following day for which I cannot afford to because I needed the clearance on Monday.
Depressed. I called my classmate and told her the experiences I had. Surprisingly, she had the same experience in Alabang but she got her clearance because she already did the online application and that she is #125. And I am number #501, fuck!
To read about How to get NBI clearance in less than an hour, please see my next blog.
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