It’s supposed to be easy and should be a one day job. It should be a get-in-get-off-and-get-out kind of thing, right? You were half smiling when you approached the Releasing window when suddenly, the woman from the other side of the counter deliberately stamp a date on the back of the receipt and hand it back to you.
You looked at it and it says “HIT” then a Date of Release is written which is on the next eight (8) working days.
What the hell just happened?
Well… My precious little young one, you’ve just been HIT or also known NBI Clearance HIT!
What’s the deal with this NBI Clearance HIT?
“HIT” is the term used by NBI Clearance Outlets if the applicant has a namesake and requires the NBI Clearance to be verified further before released to its owner. There are 104 Million (and counting) breathing individuals in the Philippines. With that size of population, there’s a very small chance that you have a namesake who already applied for their NBI Clearance.
Once an NBI Clearance HIT status appears, NBI Personnel needs to perform further verification on the applicant’s identity. Applicants are instructed to return after eight (8) to ten (10) working days to claim their NBI Clearance Online Application.
What to do when you were HIT?
So what should I do after receiving a HIT? Nothing! As long as you don’t have a criminal record, you don’t have to worry about it. All you need to do is just need to wait at the comforts of your home and go on with your life. Wait for the date of release of your NBI Clearance, come back to the branch where you applied and claim it or ask someone (authorized representative) to pick your NBI Clearance for you. You just need to be patient.
You might be aware of several horror stories about having a namesake with criminal records, right? This is the time when the NBI Personnel do a further investigation about you.
The time has come (After Several Days of Waiting!)
When the assigned date of release of your NBI Clearance arrives, come early as possible. Claiming your NBI Clearance should be a quick business for you since they already did what they want to do.
The thing that can make you stay much longer and delays you to get your NBI Clearance is due to:
- Long queue lines because of high volume of NBI Clearance applicants and the people who also want to claim their NBI Clearance scheduled on the same day as yours.
- NBI Clearance Quality Control Interview (to know more about this, refer to this separate article.)
We advise you to bring at least two (2) Government Issued Identification Cards and especially your NBI Clearance Receipt. The valid IDs will prove your identity whenever they require you to undergo an on the spot NBI Clearance Quality Control Interview.
What is NBI Clearance Quality Control Interview?
In my own understanding, the NBI Clearance Quality Control Interview is a process by which an NBI Clearance Personnel reviews or verify the true identity of the NBI Clearance applicant. This happens everytime an applicant with a namesake have a pending case or arrest warrant.
This results from receiving an NBI Clearance HIT Status in Database verification process. The derogatory record can be his or her own criminal case or under his namesake. In short, your name has been tagged as critical and NBI wants to make sure that they’ll be giving out NBI Clearances to “clean” persons.
Why is this Happening?
The disappointment of not having my NBI Clearance really bugs me while sitting on the cab going to the NBI Main Office. Why did NBI Clearance Main office doing this Quality Control Interview? Then I realize few things that might be a good reason why applicants is suffering this.
Maybe:
- You have a pending or ongoing case.
- You are under for arrest and needs to be identified in relation to a crime by the Police Authorities
- Your Namesake has a pending or ongoing case or
- Your namesake are under for arrest and needs to be identified in relation to a crime by the Police Authorities
Another piece of advice, wear the appropriate attire when going to NBI Clearance Branch.
When you are applying for an NBI Clearance, wearing casual attire is usually appropriate. Please keep in mind that it is always important to be tidy and well-groomed during the application of your
Unfortunately, the clothes you wear everyday to the mall, or out with your friends, usually aren’t suitable inside the NBI Clearance outlets. There is certain (unwritten) policy.
Frankly, if there’s any, I haven’t seen the Official Policy Statement concerning the dress code inside the NBI Clearance centers. Any wise man can argue with me that since there is no written policy about this, you can deliberately wear anything. What we’re trying to follow here is the “general rule” when making any transactions with Government Establishments.
To show you what outfits that should be avoided when applying in NBI Clearance, here are examples of what not to wear on a job interview.
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But before we go, we would like to announce that we have written the updated guide on How To Apply NBI Clearance Online.
Best of luck with your NBI Clearance application! If you’ve got a great NBI Clearance HIT experience or valuable tips to add (or a question to ask), just leave a comment below.
The reason of HIT must be given when you get your paper NBI Clearance. This is for the person to know why you got HIT and not just them saying your a HIT for no reasons at all.
Good morning I will only ask if the first time I got my nbi clearance I was hit then now i need to renew my clearance still i will get hit and wait for 8 days ???
ng kuha ako ng nbi clearance today nov 7 tapos na hit ako dati wala nmn akong hit ….dati ginasuhan ako ate ko tapos hininto ninya ang kaso ..may criminal record paba ako…
Hello. I applied for NBI clearance today and got a hit. Nagtataka lang ako kasi previously wala naman akong hit. Nakailang kuha na din ako before. Bakit kaya ganun?
Same tayo. 1st time nangyare sa akin na may HIT ako after 4yrs lang since last ako kumuha.
Can I still able to claim my nbi beyond the given date to claim it? Kasi oct 29 ako pinapabalik pero nov 12 pa ko makakapunta to claim it, pwede kaya yun?
You can still get your NBI Clearance Online kahit na di ka nakabalik sa sinabing date. Basta po kunin nyo na po sa lalong madaling panahon.
Pwede pa po bang makuha ang nbi clearance ko na na hit noon Sept 2018?
what if ako po yong nagfile ng case against sa nangloob sa bahay ko, will I still get an nbi clearance without getting hit? last 3 years ago i got my nbi clearance in just one day and i was not hit.
wala po yun. hindi po magrereflect sa yo ung kasong isinampa mo dahil hindi naman ang kinasuhan.
My kaso po akung slight pisical injury kaya hnd ako bngyan ng nbi. Gametin ko sana ang nbi para sa aply ko ng resident dito sa canada. Anu po b dapat kung gawen para makakuha ako. Salamat po
Kung kukuha ka po ng NBI Clearance, magrereflect po ang kasong naisampa sayo. Mawawala lang po yun kung aasikasuhin mo ung kaso mo.
my question lng po aq, ngprocess po aq ng nbi ko nung oct 23 taz na”hit” po name ko at ang release ay oct 29, pgpunta ko po sa nbi interview po nila aq dhil allegedly my kpangalan po aq n my kaso ng theft d2 s bulacan , at violation of RA something nmn s cabanatuan city. sbi po ng taga nbi puntahan ko dw po s korte at hingi aq ng clearance from rtc15 at rtc29. ang tanong ko po , bakit aq ang kelangan mglakad non e pde nmn po ang nbi mismo ang mgayos dhil itatawag lng nmn nila yon. dagdag gastos at abala po kz skin yon e nbi clearance lng nmn po kelangan ko pra mkstart nko s work ko. pano po kung yun my kaso n kpngalan ko e s mindanao my kaso edi ppunta pko s rtc ng mindanao pra mgpclearance lng. salamat po s sasagot ng ktanungan ko.
kumuha ako ngaung araw nbi clearance ko(oct.30,2013) bale renewal na taz sabi hit daw den tinanong ako kng gs2 ko daw rush at makuha ko daw agad ngaun din?pwede ba un?dba pg hit hihintayin tlga?pro sabi ko cge rush na lng kc nagmamadali nman dn ako tz ang siningil 600…ganun na ba tlga kalaki babayaran?
wala ka naman dapat bayaran. Just go to nbi main office, kakausapin mo lang ung director dun, dadaan ka sa quality control.. and they can process your NBI clearance in just one day. Like what I did. Kapag nagexpire na ung NBI mo, dun kana mismo sa Main kumuha..para di kana mahihit ulit.
Saang nbi branch p.o. yan ate need ko kasi talaga makakuha ng nbi my hit ako eh matagal pa daw yun ma release sabi ng friend ko please need ko talaga makakuha ng nbi last 2014 pa yung kaso ko dismissed na din po yun nung may 2014 pa p.o. please Nan po pa emailed Namn po or p reply nlng po please
Can you explain what should i do if i am abroad and i got a hit on my nbi application?
galing po ako ngayon sa nbi para kumuha ng clearance…kaso wit hit ang sa result…ask ko lang if makakaaffect ba yong dating case namin sa right of way….kami ang nagfile pero nadismissed rin naman…need an answer badly. salamat….
nag try akung mag online aaplication .ng i click ko yong submit lumabas contact your administratorano po ba gagawin ko kc may hit ako
nangyari sakin hit ang nbi sa robinson sta.lucia super bagal ang sistema october 21 ,2013 ako kumuha then tatakan lang pla receipt ko ng hit tentative on nov.10 pa pinapabalik super bagal tlgamy appointment on dfa ay nov.7 ano ba yan nakakastressed
pano po if mag papa rest schedule po kasi hindi po ako makakapunta ngaun
Pwede lang yan. I check lang po sa transaction may validity date ang pagclaim po. May validity na 15days (or more) allowance from the transaction date stated.
Hi. Kumuha ako ng NBI nung Dec. 8 (Tuesday) and unfortunately I got a HIT! This is very frustrating cause I don’t have any criminal case of some sort and now di ako makapagsubmit sa inaapplyan ko dahil sa delay na yan. Twice n ako kmuha ng NBI clearance and this is the first time that i got a HIT. What gives? Can’t you speed up the process for the sake of people like me who really needs this as a requirement for our jobs? It’s such a huge inconvenience for us! Who can we talk to regarding this concern? And for the record, There is no way na may criminal record ako kasi wala talaga.
Tanong kulang po pano f my kaso ako 5yrs ago pro dismiss npu yon kukuha sna ako ng nbi kso na hit ako sbi don balik ako aftr 9 days pgbalik ko po sabi nla need ko po ng invistiation balik nlng dw po ako bnigyan ako ng sked kaso lng dna ako bumalik kc nahihiya at natatakot ako bka d ako mkakuha ng nbi ano po dpat kng gawin nahigiya na ako bumalik don kc bka d ako mkakuha kc my kaso nga ako before ano po gagawin ko..
Gud am pwede ba makuha nbi clearance kht after the releasing date? Today dpat me pnpblik kaso ngkconflict sched ko, pd p kaya bukas? Thanks
nag apply po ako ngayon ng NBI clearance pero na hit name ko, married na po ako pero gusto q dko dadalhin apilido ng asawa ko kasi lahat ng mga credentials q na apilido q parn ang nkalagay. i need to attach my NBI Clearance sa application q for senior high teacher deadline n po s friday. pls do comment asap if what should i do.?? THANK YOU VERY MUCH
You can attach a photocopy of the receipt ng nbi clearance mo to prove na on process sya. Remember to photocopy both sides kasi minsan sa likod tinatatakan yung HIT. Most if not all employers accept this kasi wala din naman sila magagawa kung hit ka. As long as you can show na kumuha ka talaga ng clearance. Nakalagay din naman dun kung kailan ang release ng clearance mo.
Hi sir, bakit po sa akin walang binigay na papel? Ang sabi lang po bumalik ako bukas? Pababalikin po ba ako para kunin lang iyan papel na may date kung kelan lalabas yung clearance ko?
Nope walang binibigay na papel. Yung mismong resibo dapat tatakan nila ng date kung kelan ka babalik. Yun ang titignan nila kasi once bumalik ka na ulit to claim your clearance. Kung sinabi sayo na bumalik ka bukas eh basta dalahin mo lang yung resibo mo. Kung walang tatak yun sabhin mo sa releasing na pinabalik ka lang at tapos ka na mag biometrics. Makikita naman nila sa system nila yun.
Same tayo mam, just got married tapos biglang may HIT ang NBI ko nagpalit lang ako ng last name. Nakuha na ba ninyo yung sa inyo?
Just want to ask..my name got “Hit” and the clearance is to be released on Dec 8. However, I will leave for abroad on Dec 3. Is there any way to secure the clearance earlier before I leave? Thank you very much