PRC opens application for licensure exams overseas

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced that it is now accepting applicants for the scheduled Special Professional Licensure Examinations (SPLE) in the Middle East this September.

In an online advisory, PRC disclosed that interested applicants should first fill out the online registration form available at https://sple. prc-online.com/ before submitting its printed copy together with photo copies of the needed documentary requirements at the nearest Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in their area.

Each applicant should present a copy of their transcript of records (with or without scanned picture), valid passport, two passport size pictures with complete name tag, and other specific documents depending on the exam they will take.

The deadline for application for the exams is on June 9, 2017.

"The POLO will submit to PRC the list of pre-qualified applicants for the various discipline/boards at latest by Friday, June 23, 2017," PRC said.

The names of applicants, who will be conditionally approved, will be posted at the PRC website and shall be forwarded to the eight testing centers.

The tests will be held in Al-Khobar, Jeddah, and Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Doha in Qatar, Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, Al Ahmadi in Kuwait, Muscat in Oman, and Tel Aviv, Israel.

PRC said it will hold the SPLE for architects, certified public accountants, civil engineers, dentists, electronics engineers and electronic technicians, environmental planners, mechanical engineers and certified plant mechanics, master plumbers, nurses, registered electrical engineers and registered master electrician, physical therapists, professional teachers, radiologic technologists and X-ray technologists, respiratory therapists and veterinarians.