kailangan mo ang nbi for passport. hnd na need na ipakita sa bi. i was able to get my passport ng wl akong nbi clearance just 2 valid ids and nso bc. galing ako sa dost kahapon nag submit ng deed of undertaking, tom sana dapat ko makuha ang temporary clearance. ang clearance ay hnd na dadalhin sa BI kaya hnd na magbabayad ng 1,200 for clearing sa bi database. weird. ung clearance daw ipapakita na lang sa airport. sa case ng friend ko n nag pnta ng SG last april at kumuha ng clearance sa dost, hnd din nmn siya tinanong sa airport. natatakot lang ako kung anu man maging problema kay nag secure pa rin ako ng temporary clearance. haaaaaaaay. c kelubai nakaalis ng bansa many times yata for the past 6 months without securing travel clearance
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By: cdrqueen
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By: Dux
Whats the status pal? Had you gone abroad without any hassle. I am really in need of your update. For I really need to got abroad for my training and dont have enough money to pay for the collateral. Please email me at this address for your updates. thank you very much…
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By: wacky
Just sharing.
There’s a new memo from the Bureau of Immigration, dated 14 June 2012, that is circulating in Facebook. Here’s what it states:
“Pursuant to the legal opinion of the Honorable Department of Justice Secretary particularly disapproving the Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of Science and Technology and the Bureau of Immigration, the Chief of the Information and Communications Technology Section is directed to remove the names of ANY and ALL scholars in the Watchlist (DOST/CHED/SUC Scholars) within five (5) days from the receipt of this Order. Pending the total removal of these names, scholars whose names appear in the Watchlist shall be allowed to leave without being required to present any document issued by the Bureau, unless the concerned scholar is prevented to travel by some other lawful cause.”
You can check the memo here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151100633049604&set=a.496658819603.276071.702954603&type=1
One day after celebrating liberation, I read an announcement from the Engg Student Council of UPD.
“ATTENTION DOST Scholars!
In connection to the memorandum recently circulated in Facebook regarding the lifting of names from watchlist of DOST scholars, DOST-SEI clarified that clearances are still REQUIRED to be secured from DOST whenever a scholar/someone who is under a contract with them would like to leave the country. The memorandum just says that DOST scholars will be allowed to leave the country WITHOUT going to the Bureau of Immigration to ask for the lifting of their names from the watchlist (different from the usual procedure). To reiterate, DOST scholars still need to secure a clearance from DOST following the process in your contract, but are not anymore required to go to the Bureau of Immigration.
If you have further questions, you may ask DOST-SEI directly by calling 837-1333.”
I think we can leave w/o securing the clearance from DOST. Well technically, it will be the BI officers who will hold us from departure.
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By: Chii
I’m a DOST scholar and I’m currently on my 2nd year of service for this “bond”. I never really liked the idea of the “bond”, but like most of the scholars, I needed to sign the scholarship or else I wouldn’t be able to go to school. If the government really wanted to help, they should help without any conditions. Besides, di naman malulugi ang economy natin pag dumami ang OFWs since di ba nga ang laki ng kinikita ng Pinas dahil sa mga OFWs natin. Sayang ang opportunities na dumadating sa mga scholars na makatulong sana sa family by working abroad, pero hindi nila pwede itake ang mga opportunities na yun dahil lang sa bond na yan.
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By: wena
i agree that we’ve missed a lot of opportunities travelling abroad,,,pero we still owe it to our country naman di ba…kya tayo nakagrad..=] we should be grateful enough to abide our contract..sigurado naman ako na naiintindihan natin lahat ng yun bago natin pinirmahan di ba…=]
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By: Anonymous
The memorandum states the removal of the names of the DOST Scholars from the watchlist upon receipt of the order. Therefore BI should not have our names listed to hold our departure.
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By: iska
A contract is void if it is against the law, morals, good customs, public order and public policy. Clearly, the right to travel is protected under the Constitution and the Constitution is the fundamental law of the land. I also cannot figure out which law this travel ban is based on. There is nothing under RA 7687 that prohibits a scholar to travel out of the country. I’ve long been wondering why no one has come out to assail the constitutionality of this travel ban until I’ve read about this.
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By: iska
Of course we, as scholars, should be the first ones to serve our country. But traveling abroad is not limited to pursuing jobs. There are other reasons why a person may need or want to go abroad. E.g., you may want to visit or spend a holiday with your family or loved ones. Traveling abroad doesn’t always mean absconding from our scholarship obligations. While we have and we do recognize our obligations to our country, we also have our own obligations to ourselves and to our family that they must also recognize.
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By: missy
Hello everyone, I just want to share my experience here, I am a DOST scholar for my master’s and still under contract, I haven’t finished my thesis yet when I left for US last jan. 2012. Before I left I went first to the Immigration to check if I have a derogatory record or if I am on the watchlist/blacklist,because I wanted to make sure that I don’t have a hit on the BI, so after confirming to me that I don’t have a hit, I obtain a clearance in case maharang ako sa BI may ipapakita akong clearance from their main office, yong data base kasi nila d updated so better be safe. I get a clearance a month before I left( clearance is worth 1,500 and took me just 2 hrs. to get it,maaga kasi ako pumunta). How to do it: just go to the Bureau of Immigration main office in Intramuros, then proceed to the window that provides checking for derogatory records,watchlist,blacklist, they will give you a small slip to fill up info. about you,it’s free bide the way,then after like an hour (kung busy medyo matagal tagal) they will give you the result. On my part I did not have a record so hindi na ako pumunta sa dost to get a clearance,as long as your cleared sa BI your free to go out of the country. At the immigration sa airport, they just asked me where am I going, what will i do there and for how long,just answer professionally,politely and show confidence, ‘coz they will look at you while going through your passport and your record. Fortunately they didn’t raise any issue about dost thing,so I was able to breath when I pass the BI, nabunot lahat ng tinik,so to speak. I sneaked out of the country bide the way, hindi ko pa kasi tapos young thesis ko sa master’s din may dumating na opportunity sa US and wala akong pambayad sa DOST so I sneaked out but I will be back next year din naman. I hope I’m able to help here, if you need clarification with my post just asked me 
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By: Anonymous
OMG I’m leaving the country this Sept. 10, 2012 for 5-day travel in Bangkok. I already secured clearance from DOST last 2008 but I never went to BI since this is my first time to travel abroad. I’m worried because I no longer have time to go to BI because of my current work schedule. I’m arriving in Manila on Sept 8, which is Sat and my flight to Bangkok will be on Sept 10 in the morning. I just hope it’s true that all our names have been cleared in BI. I’ll keep you posted of my experience.
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By: anonymous0910
hi all, just curious if there are any updates to the recent posts? How did the Immigration check at the airport go? If you can kindly share a follow up on your posts, that would be helpful. Am going on a short trip outside the country next week. thanks!
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By: valynn
hi guys and gals. i got my final clearance sometime this year. today, i went to the bureau of immigration (BI) because i wanted to secure an allow departure order (ADO). segurista mode. i showed my final clearance certificate at the VCU receiving counter and, after a few minutes, they released that same document with ‘no derogatory records’ stamp and valid initials and i was told: “ok na ‘to. ipakita mo na lang ‘to sa airport.” so… it’s true, there’s no need to get an ADO from BI anymore.
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By: Twinkle Tion Denoyo
Hi missy, i am in the exact situation. Gusto ko magtravel pero hindi ko pa gawa ang ms thesis ko.
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By: Twinkle Tion Denoyo
I just came from the BI today and saw for myself on their records my name, with an indication WLO “Lifted”
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By: Anonymous
so does it mean po ba na pwede na tau lumabas ng bansa kahit d pa tapos ang service?
i think mas OK if kumuha ka ng written clearance from BI para wala ng prob pag nasa airport na…
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By: karen
Hello, for pag-alis sa bansa ng less than a year, a bond is not required, pwede na ang deed of undertaking, but for those that will study/work abroad for more than a year, dapat mag-post na ng bond. In my case, I have to raise money within this year para makaalis ako for my PhD next year. I already called up with DOST regarding this and they gave me 2 choices, either I post a cash bond or give them a property title (equal to the amount that they gave you + 12% interest minus the return service, if ilang months)
For those na less than a year aalis ng bansa, hindi ka naman haharangin sa airport. Nakaalis ako kahit di pa tapos ang return service ko. I traveled ng 1st week of Sept to Germany and I secured a deed of undertaking pero hindi naman siya hinanap. Yun, I hope this helps.
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By: Kurat
Email BI and ask if you have any derogatory records at binoc_immigration@hotmail.ph
If there is none, BI has no reason for holding your departure.
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By: skylarktin
Last year I went to Singapore for 2 weeks. I secured a DOST clearance but I didn’t go to BI before my departure. Ng nasa airport na, tinanong ako ng immigration officer kung DOST scholar ako. I said yes and pinakita ko yung DOST clearance ko. Umalis sya saglit to check then pagbalik nya sabi nya okay na daw and pinatuloy nya ako – but advised me to go to BI pagbalik to have my name cleared para daw next time hindi na ako mahassle.
I went to BI today to have my name cleared from the watchlist. I gave them the DOST letter stating that I have completed the years of service. The immigration officer just gave back the letter to me and said, ‘okay na to. Cleared ka na. May memo na i-clear na sa watchlist ang mga DOST, CHED scholars..(pinabasa nya sakin ang memo posted sa window).’ Di ako kuntento sa sagot nya, so I asked ‘ okay na po to? Hindi ba ako mahaharang sa airport?’ Sabi nya ‘clear ka na sa watchlist. haharangin ka lang kung may ibang kaso ka.’
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By: Anonymous
i went to taipei last aug 12-18, although i secured a dost temporary clearance, immigration didn’t ask for anything in the airport
i’m not sure if its a fluke…i’m going to japan for another business trip on oct 14 but i haven’t requested for temporary clearance…hopefully i can secure one just to make sure
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By: jiraiyasanin
hey guys i email BI regarding this and asking if my name is still in watchlist order, im happy to say that no derogatory records found for my name, does it mean that i can work now abroad? ang hirap kasi maghanap ng trabaho sa Pinas lalo na pag hindi ka license engineer, khit nga mga licensed electronics engineer nahihirapan ding maghanap ng trabaho e, ang Immigration lng ba ang nanghaharang sa Airport? pano ang DFA? may passport na din pla ako, walang hassle kumuha ng passport, i don’t know if meron pa ding nakalagay sa NBI clearance ko na DOST Scholar etc.. tatry ko kumuha ng NBI Clearance. ung aalis ng Pinas sa Oct. 14 tapos mo na ba service obligation mo?
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