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The documents employers in the Philippines ask for before or after an offer, where each one comes from, and which ones you get free on your first job.
Your employer's own list is the one to follow. Not every job asks for all of these.
From the National Bureau of Investigation. Apply and pay at clearance.nbi.gov.ph, then visit a branch with two valid IDs.
Free on your first job under RA 11261
From the PNP. Book and pay at pnpclearance.ph, then go to the police station you picked with one valid ID.
Free on your first job under RA 11261
From your barangay hall, which sets its own requirements and fee.
Free on your first job under RA 11261
From the Philippine Statistics Authority. Order it on PSAHelpline or PSA Serbilis, or walk in at a PSA outlet.
Free on your first job under RA 11261
From your barangay hall, at no cost. Under RA 11261, it's what waives the fees on the other documents here.
Your Taxpayer Identification Number, from the BIR. Once you're hired, your employer registers you through BIR's ORUS, or you can apply online yourself.
Free on your first job under RA 11261
Your Social Security System number. Apply on the SSS website, free, and your E-1 form comes by email.
Your PhilHealth number. RA 11261's rules make the PhilHealth ID free on your first job.
Your Pag-IBIG Membership ID number. Register on Virtual Pag-IBIG and check it two to three working days later.
If you freelance instead, see how much SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG cost you a month.
A pre-employment medical. Under RA 11261, a medical certificate from a public hospital is free on your first job, but the lab tests and other procedures for it aren't.
From your last employer, if you've worked before. BIR's rules say you get it on your last payday.
Republic Act No. 11261, the First Time Jobseekers Assistance Act, waives the government fees on documents "usually required in the course of employment", once. You need a barangay certification that says you're a first time jobseeker. You must have lived in that barangay for at least six months, and the waiver lasts one year from the certification date.
It covers police, NBI and barangay clearances, a medical certificate from a public hospital, PSA birth and marriage certificates, school records from state and local colleges, your TIN and a UMID card. Its rules add a PhilHealth ID, TESDA certificates and a few more. It doesn't cover the PRC exam, passports and DFA authentication, the Civil Service exam or a driver's license.
How to get your first time job seeker certificate
Applying is a different list. You send a resume, and sometimes an application letter. Our resume format and application letter template are free to copy.
RA 11261 names documents it calls "usually required in the course of employment": police, NBI and barangay clearances, a medical certificate, a birth certificate, a TIN and a UMID card, among others. Your employer's list is the one to follow, and it may add your SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG numbers or a BIR Form 2316.
On your first job, with a barangay certification under RA 11261: police, NBI and barangay clearances, a medical certificate from a public hospital (not the lab tests), PSA birth and marriage certificates, school records from state and local colleges, your TIN and a UMID card, once each.
To apply, you send a resume and sometimes an application letter. Pre-employment requirements are the documents you hand in after an offer or before your first day, like clearances and government numbers.
They're separate documents from separate agencies, and RA 11261 lists them separately. Ask your employer whether they want one or both.
The NBI and PNP pages we read don't say. Ask your employer how recent each one should be.
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