PCC AND NBI CLEARANCE!!!HELP...

[jrd4508 0]

hello everyone.. just a lil bit confused

this is my concern.. was born here in the Philippines, and never been outside the country. i currently live in xxxx city, but when i was 17, i studied in

another city and i lived there for 4 years. i read from many of the posts here that i need to get PCC from each place/locality where i lived for more than

6 months in my country of nationality..so that means i need to get 2 PCC? one from my current place of residence and one from the city where i studied

for 4 years? is that right? and also, i want to ask and verify (especially those from the philippines who had their cases complete) about a police clearance and an NBI clearance.. about this PCC required by the NVC,what do i need?--should i get an NBI clearance from the Regional NBI office or should it be a Police Clearance from a local Police office in my place of residence? or do i need them both? because in the Philippines, an NBI office and a Police office aren't the same right?

So pls..anyone who can tell what to do..just want to make everything clear to get rid of what they call a "RFE"..

thank you so much!

[walls1010 3]

NBI will cover it all.

[Lancelotte25 1]

As far as I know NBI is good to go alone.

[happypuppy 0]

NBI and yes, u need to get from both cities where u lived more than 6 mos

[Mobiusrain 0]

There's been a lot of confusion regarding this matter. If you check out the link here you would see that the Philippine NBI Clearance is the official document required by the NVC for police clearance purposes. Nowhere in there does it say you have to include local police certificates. The NBI is considered more valid than local PNP police certificates since it has nationwide jurisdiction. I know this because I've filed the DS-230 documents for my mom's brothers and sisters. The NBI clearance is all I've included in each packet, with no RFEs issued. The cases we're approved. Now unless the NVC finds something suspicious with the application and may need additional information, maybe perhaps then they would issue an RFE and request for local PNP police certificates, but I haven't encountered such a case personally.

I just feel this needs to be clarified because some people may find it hard to obtain local police certificates if for instance they've moved from previous locations that may be far away, or worse, if he's been in many locations since age 16, which would be a really big time-consuming task.

Then again, some people want to be thorough and proactive. No harm in including local PNP police certificates for each city you've lived in since age 16, just to cover all your bases. Just saying that it may not be necessary.

[jrd4508 0]

NBI will cover it all.

thanks for the info

[jrd4508 0]

As far as I know NBI is good to go alone.

NBI and yes, u need to get from both cities where u lived more than 6 mos

There's been a lot of confusion regarding this matter. If you check out the link here you would see that the Philippine NBI Clearance is the official document required by the NVC for police clearance purposes. Nowhere in there does it say you have to include local police certificates. The NBI is considered more valid than local PNP police certificates since it has nationwide jurisdiction. I know this because I've filed the DS-230 documents for my mom's brothers and sisters. The NBI clearance is all I've included in each packet, with no RFEs issued. The cases we're approved. Now unless the NVC finds something suspicious with the application and may need additional information, maybe perhaps then they would issue an RFE and request for local PNP police certificates, but I haven't encountered such a case personally.

I just feel this needs to be clarified because some people may find it hard to obtain local police certificates if for instance they've moved from previous locations that may be far away, or worse, if he's been in many locations since age 16, which would be a really big time-consuming task.

Then again, some people want to be thorough and proactive. No harm in including local PNP police certificates for each city you've lived in since age 16, just to cover all your bases. Just saying that it may not be necessary.

thanks a lot to all of you!

[AbbynSheryl 0]

i sent both to nvc originals

abby n sheryl

[jrd4508 0]

i sent both to nvc originals

abby n sheryl

thanks abbynsheryl

congrats and may you have a happy life together..God bless

God bless!

[Lancelotte25 1]

NBI will cover it all.

I hope it will really work, because I lived in Bicol since I was born up to 1997 and moved to Manila from 1997 to 2001.

Now I'm currently living in Saudi Arabia. I can't go back to the Philippines just to obatain those PCC in Bicol and Manila.