For the unemployed, here’s quick guide on how to secure legal licenses.
BARANGAY CLEARANCE – P25
- Go to your respective barangay and give and ID that shows your current address – a proof that you really are part of that barangay and not some alien creature trying to get by in securing an earthly address.
- Before the clerk does anything, pay P25 first.
- The clerk will type your basic information on the computer and print it out. In pronto, you will see a paper emerging from her printer and she will ask you to sign it and run after someone who will sign it on behalf of the whole barangay itself. I ran after a guy in green, who was a kagawad, chitchatting with his minions outside the barangay hall.
- The clerk will stamp your paper with dry seal.
- You leave happy.
- Go to the nearest police station.
- Ask where to pay for the police clearance.
- Pay P70 to get a form which you will fill up.
- Submit to the window assigned to receive your form.
- Wait to be called.
- When called, go to the window where you will get your photo taken.
- You can choose not to smile, unless you’re guilty of something, better make your clearance presentable.
- Wait again.
- When called, your clearance will be released photo-finish.
- This is tricky and a pain in the... First fall in line to get your form. (Note: Better go there early because this is by far the longest to get. But because everyone almost has the same idea, you will still end up lining with the number 200 something. I suggest if you have time to spare, go there after lunch or a bit later before the afternoon cut off. By then it won’t be too hot and people won’t be too grumpy.)
- PayP115 for local (employment and other local purposes) or travel (for... travel. This is used for visa purposes most of the time. I don’t know how else to use it. I use it all the time though and never got the chance to have the local one).
- Fill in the form.
- Have your hand inked and mark the sheet with your thumb and hand prints. If you feel like it, you can buy a pair of cheap wet ones to clean your hands. It is not compulsory. It’s a business of the man doing the printing I guess. If you feel like making him feel bad, bring your own expensive Wet Ones.
- Submit your form to the window for photo-taking. If you’re the vain kind, try dressing up for your clearance day so you don’t look bad in those papers. Don’t smile. Criminals and people with criminal intents don’t smile.
- Wait. This takes hours or if you have a “hit” (a namesake) you will wait ten days.
- Meanwhile, better bring something like a book, a magazine a board game or a cellphone with video recorder because the waiting game with hot-headed people can be nasty.
- While waiting, you can also get your other clearances. This saves time and disposition.
- Go to the MTC office and present your intent.
- Make sure you have your police clearance and community tax certificate with you.
- Pay P80. (P30 is for the stamp)
- Wait.
- Check for errors and sign the paper.
- Smile at them. Especially when they’re nice.
- Check if they only process papers half day. I didn’t, so I have no RTC clearance and have no idea how to get one.
- Different from Mayor’s Permit, mind you.
- Pay P50 at the appropriate window.
- Present your receipt and give your barangay and police clearances, and your community tax certificate Make sure you have a photocopy of all those.
- Wait.
- Read something / Chat with the guard / Throw a tantrum. This is tricky also because there is no one assigned to do this and this alone. You seem to be making pakiusap for someone inside the mayor’s office to type one for you and if that someone is typing a thousand-page report, your one-page, less-than-a-hundred word clearance will have to wait.
- Sign the paper and leave.
- Say thank you to the guard.
Special mention to Ate Maricar of the Community Tax Certificate division.
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