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| Getting an NBI law enforcement clearance could be a bit more complicated because of internet connection |
Little
by little ., I had begun the work of returning back again in working to a ship
and had been doing steps on renewing my working papers ., My first step will be
getting the NBI law enforcement clearance certificate.
Its
been almost a year since I got one and getting an NBI certificated has changed
little since I last got one. First off getting an NBI is still via online
appointment and applicants have to pay the fee via local payment centers. Good
thing making an appointment is not that hard for NBI - well at least compared
to 'other' government offices.
My
user name in NBI is still active and I just simply updated my profile data .,
then put on the option "Visa Seaman" ., then choose a schedule on
which date on an appointment and that's how easy it is . I choose the
appointment in getting an NBI the other day and paying it the day before my
appointment
Earlier
I had problems., First was that when I choose the payment center to be
"7-11" ., it did not occur to me that 7-11 store in the Philippines
had always have a problems with online payments . Thankfully a good Samaritan
told me at a payment center that I should book another appointment and this
time make the payment go directly to "BAYAD CENTER". It was a good
info and "BAYAD CENTER" never let me done when it comes to
transaction payments.
Now
that payment for NBI Clearance was arranged ., yet again it was stalled for
another two days because of some internet connectivity issues (again). This
time the problem is the connection of the data base from the NBI branch. Well
no matter what the problem is its understandable given that internet connection
on the Philippines is one of the slowest in the planet (seriously).
Now
that my NBI Clearance has been acquired., I can now proceed to the next phase -
Renewing a Seaman's book
