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How to apply for your NBI Clearance online

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My wife and I hit a few rough spots when we applied for a multi-purpose clearance from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) of the Philippines. Realizing that other clearance applicants might be encountering similar difficulties, I would like to share how we got ours, plus some handy tips. Summary Sign up for a new account on the NBI website. Fill up an online form. Apply for clearance: schedule your appointment and select the type of clearance and payment method. Pay the processing fee. Verify that your payment was processed correctly. Print the application form. On the appointed date, proceed to the NBI office. Rough Spots The first one concerns the name of a married female who is trying to register as a new user in the system.  The second concerns payment. For the payment method we selected, we were presented with so many instructions in the form of screen popups, as you will see below. They were all intended to help us, of course. But seeing it all fo