MERGED: NBI Clearance: Inquiries and information

[geff_chang]

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@greatoutlaw: Around 9 or 10 in the morning.

[sui.caedere]

Mao diay permi na lang ko ma HIT each and everytime mo process ko ug NBI clearance. Pastilan..


CEBU CITY (Updated 6:50 p.m.) -- A retired police officer in the US who is now living in the Philippines is lamenting the records keeping system at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Central Visayas.
The system, said Bingen Mendezona, who now does private consulting work involving security, prejudices people who share the same name as people that have criminal records by declining their application for an NBI clearance, a requirement for jobseekers.


"Then, to add insult to injury, you are asked to clear your name," said the one-time police training consultant to the Cebu City Government, adding that people who draw a "hit" get told to come back with proof that they and the person with the record are not one and the same.

Moreover, he added, the problem has been there for a long time and still has not been fixed.
His is a case in point, Mendezona said.
He recalled having applied for an NBI clearance during the directorship of Reynaldo Wycoco, some half a decade ago, and got a "hit." Now, after clearing himself in that mess, Mendezona said he still gets a "hit" whenever he applies for a clearance.
With established rules on "burden of proof," Mendezona said people should not be the ones required by the NBI to clear themselves when they happen to share the same name as a person that has a criminal record.
"You, NBI, put it on your system, now you prove that the person you identified as having some hit is me," he said.
"If it is me, then you take action. If it's not me, then clear my name and stop accusing me of having a hit, because you are being a hindrance to my ability to conduct myself as a lawful citizen," he stressed.
Or, at the very least, people who've already cleared themselves should be taken off the list and not have to face the same problem the next time they apply for an NBI clearance.

The NBI records division processes thousands of NBI clearance applications every day.
At NBI-Central Visayas, new applications are processed at the regional office but renewal applications may be submitted to the satellite offices in Cebu City and in Talisay City.

But, whether new applications or renewal, if the applicant draws a hit, the applicant is still required to go to the NBI regional office for interview with an agent or special investigator.
In some cases, the applicant is asked to come with documents like a clearance from the municipal or regional trial court, showing that the applicant has no pending criminal case. (KNR/Sun.Star Cebu)

[ryemont7650]

"But, whether new applications or renewal, if the applicant draws a hit, the applicant is still required to go to the NBI regional office for interview with an agent or special investigator."

Joke? Interview with an agent or special investigator? sure ui... special fixer nuon daghan sa gawas. Lami pa kaayo ang feeling sa mga fixer kay tawagon ug "Sir" sa mga tao. heheh

[joop]

naisahan jud ko fixer dra ba? buenga nuon salig sad ko kanahan kay kaila lage makuha daw dayun tuod man balik daw ko after 10working days, resibo ra gihatag sa kagwang kay duna daw ko ka pangalan...,lol

[bowee]

mao ni akong dilemma ghapon.. na HIT akong name (pag adto nako sa ilang main office).. pabalikon daw ko 15 days from now.. ahak kau jud!!!

[nijazared]

Mao jud ni problema nila...they should be the one's who should investigate and not the person. Common sense lang unta bah, ngano ang tawo mukuha pa man ug NBI clearance kung kahibaw siya nga naa siya kaso?

[nealotol]

mao jud ning taga NBI,, wlay ayo ang serbisyo sa katawhan,,hahahhayy pastilan nang mga tawhana,, simple ra kaau ug mga trabaho pero lisod liso ron pa jud,,,,

[bahiista]

ka experience pod ko ani...i was told ng amubalik lang ig kaugma...pero i think dili nila kaya ma process ang mga applicant and pra dili hasol ila lang guro alibi ng "hit"...

bati kaayu ug systema ang NBI dri sa cebu. murag kwarta ra giapas..serbisyo wala asinso.

[bowee]

"siento kinse basta local... One hundred fifteen basta gawas.... "

[blair]

Mao diay, nahibongko. 7 days raman unta to akoa sauna, karon 15 days naman