You’ve been HIT: Reasons why you can’t afford a One Day Processing NBI Clearance!
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.
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 F*** just happened?
Well… My precious little young one, you’ve just been HIT!
What’s the deal with this HIT?
“HIT” is the term used by NBI Clearance Outlets if the applicant has a namesake. There are 104 Million (and counting) breathing individuals in the Philippines. With that size of population, there’s a chance that you have a namesake who already applied for their NBI Clearance.
Once a 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.
What to do when you were HIT?
Nothing! As long as you don’t have a criminal record then you’re good to go. You just need to wait for the date of release of your NBI Clearance and claim it or ask someone to pick your NBI Clearance for you. You just need to be patient.
You might be aware of 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.
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.
Hi. Thank you for this article… i know it stated learly that if under a HIT status, all you have to do is to wait for the date given for the release of your certificate. I just still wanna know if there is a chance that an NBI Applicant with HIT status get early release on his certificate?? Like for example, it was needed for renewal of passport and you need the certificate on an earlier time? If so, please help me out. Lol. wil be waiting for any response thank you.
I apply for NBI clearance every year as I travel frequently. But starting last year, I’ve been getting a “HIT”. I applied again a few days ago for this year and I got told I got “hit” (for the 2nd consecutive time). If they’ve cleared my name after being categorized a HIT last year, why do I undergo a similar long time this time as well? Will that mean that I’d have a longer processing time every time I’d apply?
Why in the world is the Philippine Government still using this backwards 20th Century way of doing things? There are 104 Million people in the Philippines so of course there are going to be many people with the same name. Have they ever heard of assigning records by Social Security # so that every name is attached to a unique number so that they can figure out exactly who they are dealing with?? In the U.S. when you apply for a job your background check is done automatically by the employer (all electronically) and the employee doesn’t have to do anything at all. No line, no stamps, nothing. Everything is computerized and your unique background check is attached to your social security number so there are no mix-ups. You just put in your application and interview and any background checks are done by the employer and they just simply call/email you when it’s done processing and then you’re off to work if you pass. I can’t believe how hard it is to get a job in the Philippines. You even have to get a medical exam just for a call center job? Really? In the U.S. there are no physicals or medical exams unless you’re doing a high-risk job that puts other people at risk such as joining the Military, being an Airline Pilot, or a Truck Driver. The government shouldn’t be making it harder on the Philippine people to have work.
Yung online application website nila parang pang scammer yung interface I was so skeptic to make an account baka phishers lang gumawa nun at baka gamitin pa sa kalokohan yung info ko, kaso kailangan pala talaga eh. It was my first time to get an NBI clearance and I was hit, hopefully next time hindi na ako ma.hit.