Consulate launches appointment system for Filipinos

The Philippine Consulate General (PCG) in Dubai has set up an online appointment system (www.dubaipcg.dfa.gov.ph/nbiclearance-appointment-system) that will help Filipinos in the emirate secure a good conduct certificate faster. “The new system is dedicated for Filipinos in Dubai who are currently on visit visas. Most importantly, the system also allows Filipinos to have their fingerprinting done in the consulate — a vital step to secure the good conduct certificate. This means Filipinos on visit visas no longer need to go to police stations to get their fingerprints done,” according to a recent video message Philippine consul general Paul Raymund Cortes read in Tagalog. “Due to the thousands of Filipinos in Dubai who currently need the certificate, we have set up an appointment system at the consulate where we can also do the fingerprinting for them,” Cortes said. In the Philippines, the CGC is known as the ‘NBI Clearance,’ a document issued by the National Bureau of Investigation.

How to get it done

> Book an appointment at the PCG portal - www.dubaipcg.dfa. gov.ph/nbi-clearance-appointment-system) > Visit the notarials section of the consulate on the date and time of appointment > Accomplish the NBI Form 5 and the Special Power of Attorney authorising your representative in the Philippines to submit your requirements to the NBI, the Philippine Deparment of Foreign Affairs and the UAE Embassy in Manila

> The consulate processor will take the fingerprints of the applicant

> Pay the corresponding fees:

Notarisation of SPA — Dh100; notarisation of NBI Clearance — Dh100 > Come back on the date and time of release indicated in the receipt

Documents needed

> Accomplished Special Power of Attorney (SPA), which may be downloaded from the consulate’s website> > Original and photocopy of accomplished NBI application form > One 2x2 ID photo with white background to be attached in NBI Form 5 > Four copies of applicant’s passport identification page