Getting NBI Clearance while outside the Philippines

let-it-be · January 4, 2013

She still has to the last day of her visa issuance to submit it. At least, that's when they ask for it.

Per instructions for IV Packet during the NVC stage. Civil documents like police certificates/clearances.

Refer to this link: http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3195.html

let-it-be · January 4, 2013

http://travel.state....5.html?cid=9719

I guess I have to check with my nearest consulate if they do this. If not, I will have to wait til I go to Tokyo next month.

Can you please tell me how long an NBI clearance is valid? And also, if I get it this early (Feb/March), will that be too early for an intended Sept/Oct interview with the consulate in Japan?

Call the Philippine Consulate there in Japan. Ask them about how to go about getting your fingerprints taken there. They can answer all your questions.

let-it-be · January 8, 2013

That is not a link to the Manila site. It's at the end of the NVC stage. The last day you will ever deal with the Embassy.

You'll be doing this in NOX-2. But when you go to NOX-2, you basically turn in your few sheets of paper, sit, do biometrics, sit, swear-in, and go home! Then your passport with visa comes in a few days.

So yeah, you turn those forms in during the last couple hours of the process.

As far as I know, NVC will not schedule an interview unless those civil documents are sent to them. Case not complete, no interview schedule. The OP is not filing DCF.

let-it-be · January 8, 2013

Ah, "DCF"... lol VJ's gobbledygook can be confounding. lol

I guess that might be different then. I forget that some people don't live with their spouses. And in in different countries than them. I don't see how that works...

I also see that her children are filing for her, not a spouse. My mistake.

I'm petitioning my parents.

lierre · January 8, 2013

Sorry. I see now that you did make it clear you are filing in Japan. My mistake. The whole trip to the Philippines confused me.

If you did do your NBI in the Philippines(I'd recommend 2 months in advance) you could send a relative for the releasing.

But yes, just to to an Embassy. Very easy to get it done. Most want you to get your fingerprints done at a local police agency and bring them with you.

Curious why you don't get information about this from your consulate:

http://tokyo.philembassy.net/consular-section/services/miscellaneous/nbi-clearance/

Looks like they have their own way there. It's also odd that the Philippine Embassy in Japan, requests payment in US Dollars. Why?

Call the Philippine Consulate there in Japan. Ask them about how to go about getting your fingerprints taken there. They can answer all your questions.

Daniel99, I think it might be because it's almost a universal currency here in this part of the world?

Let-it-be, thanks for the info!

Thank you to you both. I have actually read up more on this and did find that I need to go to a consulate or the Philippine embassy to have my fingerprints and photk taken. How unfortunate it is though that they don't facilittate the submission of the clearance application to the NBI. I will actually have to send the application MYSELF!

Anyway, i am going on a Manila trip 4 months prior to my original plan, so I should be able to apply for the clearance then. Great to know that it will be valid for a year.

Question, will the US consulate expect the NBI clearance to have an AKA of my married name? Even if I have never used my married name in Philippine ID cards and documents before. i have only used my married name for my US military ID card.

Hank_ · January 8, 2013

Anyway, i am going on a Manila trip 4 months prior to my original plan, so I should be able to apply for the clearance then. Great to know that it will be valid for a year.

Question, will the US consulate expect the NBI clearance to have an AKA of my married name? Even if I have never used my married name in Philippine ID cards and documents before. i have only used my married name for my US military ID card.

Yes, you should make sure to do AKA in any name that you have used; married name, single name.

Florianns Man · January 8, 2013

Yes, you should make sure to do AKA in any name that you have used; married name, single name.

Hi There,

What I did, I Visited the nearest Philippine Consulate Office where I lived.I worked outside the PHilippines for many years and submitted and got my interviewed outside the country where I got my Expatriate Card. I asked for a fingerprint Card form and I filled up the the form required for both sides of the card.( This all about personal Data)

You can ask assistance of the consulate to have your fingerprints impressed on the spaces on the card..

FYI...Make sure that the consular officer who fingerprinted you signed his name and official designation on the card.

Hope this help.Good Luck.

Florianns Man · January 8, 2013

Hi There,

What I did, I Visited the nearest Philippine Consulate Office where I lived.I worked outside the PHilippines for many years and submitted and got my interviewed outside the country where I got my Expatriate Card. I asked for a fingerprint Card form and I filled up the the form required for both sides of the card.( This all about personal Data)

You can ask assistance of the consulate to have your fingerprints impressed on the spaces on the card..

FYI...Make sure that the consular officer who fingerprinted you signed his name and official designation on the card.

Hope this help.Good Luck.

Florianns Man · January 8, 2013

Also,Just a thought... since your married now...Make sure you got your name change to married name. Hope you already reported your marriage in the Philippines so your NBI clearance will be in your married name.:-) I never gone through this name change during my K-1 Visa so not sure...but I am pretty sure someone who is more familiar on this process will help shed some light...:-)

lierre · January 9, 2013

Yes, you should make sure to do AKA in any name that you have used; married name, single name.

Thank you for that response! will definitely do so. Will it matter whether i use "single name AKA married name" or "married name AKA single name"?

Also,Just a thought... since your married now...Make sure you got your name change to married name. Hope you already reported your marriage in the Philippines so your NBI clearance will be in your married name.:-) I never gone through this name change during my K-1 Visa so not sure...but I am pretty sure someone who is more familiar on this process will help shed some light...:-)

We have NSO certificate already because we got married in Manila. but thank you for trying to remind me.

FYI...Make sure that the consular officer who fingerprinted you signed his name and official designation on the card.

Hope this help.Good Luck.

Thank you! Wll definitely make sure of that

Hank_ · January 9, 2013

Your legal name now is your married name so the AKA would be your single name

lierre · January 15, 2013

Thank you, everyone!

For my maiden name. i actually had two first names. Fake example: Ivy Jane (mother's maiden) (father's family name)

But when I started doing ID card and other US military-related paperwork (my husband's military), I used my preferred married name. Fake example: Ivy (father's family name) (husband's family na,

Me)

I didn't include the second first name because the 2nd fake example is what I want all my US documents to have as my married name. I know my Philippines passport, when I change it to reflect my married name, will have the Filipino tradition of naming and not the US way.

Question. Should I include that in the AKA in the NBi clearance?

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And there are so many silences to be broken.”

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of those differences between us, for it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence.
And there are so many silences to be broken.”

“The fact that we are here and that I speak these words is an attempt to break that silence and bridge some
of those differences between us, for it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence.
And there are so many silences to be broken.”