PRC forms for renewal of PRC ID License for all OFW and Migrant Filipino professionals abroad
By bluepanjeet on May 9, 2008 in *Professionally Speaking
Two weeks ago I was given the task by my sister to contact the PRC here in our province to renew her and her hubby’s License. So I phoned the PRC office and a staff there told me the details. She even told me to go online at the PRC official site to download the online form. But before she ended the conversation, an intriguing instruction caught my attention “Sir if you cannot download the form, just drop by here in our office and you can scan the form and send it you your sister”. Indeed I smell something was going on with her instruction so I went online ASAP and yes she was right, the infamous PRC official website is nowhere to be found. I tried googling the site, actually I have no idea if the site is on renovation or did they just vanished magically from the cyberspace. When my CIA and NBI skills paid off and found the site (It has an extra domain suffix at the end intended for site test), the link for the online form was incompetent like some of the PRC staff in Manila. The link was useless and you can’t even download the darn forms.
In dismay and utter disappointment for the incompetence of one of the most busiest (o busy-busihan) government branches of the Philippines, I went to the PRC office LIVE! I got this pink form which thanks be to God is not scented. I once again googled for answers and to my surprise in many of the nursing forums that I stumbled upon, there is one shout that echoes the cyberspace: PRC is Incompetent. An array of comments and clamor towards the service and their personnel bombarded the Philippine Regulations Commission. Some of the comments were atrocious (who can blame them?) and some are stories worth reading. So as a public service I decided to upload the forms of the PRC not only for my sister but for the whole migrant professionals who are having a hard time renewing their respective licenses. So below is the the instruction on how to fill up, download and submit the requirements for your License renewal.
Prepare the following:
1. two pieces of your latest passport size photos of the renewee in white background and with name tag (full name) on the picture.
2. two xerox/photo copies of your recent PRC ID/ License front and back
3. Authorization letters for your representative in the PRC. Just to make sure, provide one authorization letter for application of renewal of license and one authorization letter for the actual redemption of your license. So that makes two. If your representative (the person who will apply for you) is not a professional licensed by the PRC meaning they have no license such as (a student, a blue collar worker, a military personnel, a casual employee in a government office etc) , a power of attorney is needed.
4. A renewal fee of P650 to P780. The fee depends on the months or years of lapse of validity of your license.
5. Special Mention: If you are going to take the NCLEX or similar examinations and your license is still in the process of renewal, make another two authorization letter, but this time for application of certification and redemption of certificate. The certification will prove that your license is being renewed. Fee ranges from P96 to P200. It is advised that two to three months prior to the expiration of your license, you should apply immediately so that you can avoid delays and penalty.
6. Download the PRC Form Here then fill out the form. The file is in Microsoft Word document because not all professionals are literate in adobe PDF files. Print the form then at the back of it, print the second page of the form. Then cut it into its original form size. PRC will not accept forms that are not within their size limit. That’s how OC they are there.
7. Mail via courier your filled up form (attached with the said requirements above) to your representative. It is best to send the documents via courier because postal services here in the Philippines are soooooooooo unreliable and soooooooooooooooooo slow!
8. Then wait for two months before your new ID is released. Yes two months… I know, don’t get me started on that.
RENEWAL OF LOST PRC ID/LICENSE
For those who lost their Licenses (PRC ID) and wanted to renew them, please look for an old license or a back to back xerox copy of your old PRC license because they will require them from you. I askjed the rationale behind, they said that it will be easier for them to locate or validate your old license with the use of your old PRC ID. That is why do not throw your old IDs and Licenses because they will require them from you if you ever lost your recent ID.
DUPLICATION OF LOST PRC ID/LICENSE
The process is the same as the renewal of lost PRC License except that you have to indicate in the form the specific application you want and provide an affidavit of loss. Please also attach authorization letters to every transaction that your representative will do in the PRC office in your behalf. Proper requirements and documentation will lessen the delays and hassles to the already bombarded and incompetent PRC offices.
DESTROYED ID CARD
If your PRC ID/License was destroyed, mutilated or was soaked in a sulfuric acid (I’m exaggerating), please include the destroyed card in the requirements to be submitted. PRC staff are too paranoid and skeptic in believing that you will go through all the trouble of applying for another ID just to to bluff.
Below is a detailed run-through in filling up the form:
1. Make sure to check or tick the box on the upper left hand corner of the form. Specify if your license is for renewal, duplication, reprinting or change of name.
2. Attach on the upper right hand corner of the form, one of your passport size photo with name tag. The other copy of your photo is for the PRC staff use.
3. Fill up the form legibly with your name, mailing address and pertinent details of your License. Do not forget to sign the form with your signature on the space provided.
4. Do not fill in the boxes highlighted below. The PRC staff will be the one to fill those blanks.
5. Wait for the PRC staff to give you your claim stub. That stub bears the date when you can redeem your license. Tell also your representative to not lose this stub because PRC staff will not release your license if this stub is lost. When redeeming the license, tell your representative to attach the stub to your Authorization letter because they will ask for it upon redemption of your license.
6. At the back of your form, do not forget to sign it with your signature. Submit this fully filled up form with your photos, xerox copies of your license and other requirements mentioned above depending on the kind of application you are targeting.
If you have further questions, request or any suggestions to help Nurses and professionals renew their licenses without going into trouble of looking for answers on the web, just feel free to leave a message below leaving your true email address on the comments form so that I can personally contact you with your inquiry. Or subscribe to the comments subscription below so that you may be updated with the changes here . May this little run-through help you in renewing your licenses.
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19 Comment(s)
By brotherutoy on May 10, 2008 | Reply
hmmm… tamang tama ito kasi balak kong magrenew ng lisensya kong lampas dalawang taon nang expired. anlake siguro ng babayaran ko. salamat sa post mo, kapatid. dapat, may mga ganitong instruction ang gobyerno. hindi yung parang engot lagi akong palinga-linga at palipat-lipat ng windows sa munisipyo, sa NSO, sa LTO, etc.
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bluepanjeet reply on May 11th, 2008:
yun nga kinaasarko kaya pinost ko to. sana lang maindex ng google para mahanap ito ng iba.
Naku baka malaki na babayaran mo haha. lam mo naman sa PRC parang taxi, kaunting distansya lang ang taas naagad ng metro.
By mixglorioso on May 11, 2008 | Reply
Ayan na nga ba! dapat may karatula yung website nila na “This is where your taxes go!” para naman mahiya sila sa mga balat nila. Sa buong panahon na iginugol ko sa pag-aasikaso ng aking mga papeles eh hindi ako nakaranas ng kaginhawahan sa bawat ahensiya ng pamahalaan. Grrr!
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bluepanjeet reply on May 11th, 2008:
Korek!
ang susungit pa! ang dahilan marami daw kasi cliente… e di mas lalo na siguro ang bangko? pero wala namang masungit sa banko.
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By Glenni on May 30, 2008 | Reply
Hi, this is very useful information. I also cannot access the PRC website, how did you do it? Would you know where I can get the renewal form for the Manila PRC office? Thanks.
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bluepanjeet reply on May 30th, 2008:
hello glenni. You can use the form above for manila offices. It doesn’t matter if the form says its from lucena office because they have the same format. they only differ in color. if you want print it in black and white then put a liquid paper on the word “LUCENA” on the claim stub so that when you submit the form and the PRC people tears it, they won’t ask you to go to LUCENA when you claim your ID. Pag naman sila nagreklamo pa dahil lang sa technicality ng form, ewan ko na.
Or kung dito ka lang naman sa region4 (Calabarzon area), dito ka na sa Lucena mag-apply kasi di hamak na mas komportable kesa sa manila.
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Glenni reply on May 31st, 2008:
Ok, I’ll do that. Thanks!
bluepanjeet reply on May 30th, 2008:
just download the form from the link I gave above. Hope you can renew you License.
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By sr marie on Jun 7, 2008 | Reply
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bluepanjeet reply on June 11th, 2008:
Hello Sr. marie. Thank you so much. Pax et Bonum
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By Ricky Dimayuga on Jun 11, 2008 | Reply
I found this very useful site when I googled “PRC Renewal Requirements”. The PRC official website is FOREVER inaccessible!
Comment: I think the PRC Manila requires that the official photo be taken in one of the “authorized” (read as: may kotong?) photo booths inside the PRC complex. I think they want the logo of the PRC to appear in the picture.
R.
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bluepanjeet reply on June 11th, 2008:
Hello Ricky.
I don’t know about that since they only allow photo be taken in their office when filing for a licensure exam and ID. I think PRC as a whole will not impose that because some of the professionals are not in the country. It would be very impractical for them to impose such profiteering. You can just pass a passport size photo with your name tag on it wherever it is taken as long as it is recent and has a white background for attachment on the renewal of license form.
and you are right. The PRC website is so impotent that’s why I cam up with this public service.
Ricky Dimayuga reply on June 12th, 2008:
Hi again! I just went to the PRC office today to have my ID renewed. Guess what? They didn’t honor the form I downloaded from your site. They have a “new” green form. In your detailed run-through #1, there is no longer a choice of “renewal”; it has been replaced with “Original ID”. Other than that, the “new” form is no different from the one you posted in this site.
And by the way, the run-through #4 is NO longer true. They asked me to fill up all the blank spaces except the last two blanks (date when to claim and the window where to claim the ID).
Any yes, they have an additional “form” to fill-up (1/4 bond paper stamped with some data you need to provide), with essentially the same data in the application form, but this one with a choice of “renewal”.
Maybe next time, I will try the “PRC EXPRESS ID RENEWAL” service of LBC. Just call 02-8544848. It a door-to-door service. It will save me all the time lining up in PRC.
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bluepanjeet reply on June 13th, 2008:
Hello Ricky
Of course they won’t honor your form becuase uou are not renewing the license with a representative. Sa tagalog wala ka naman sa abroad. andito ka sa pinas. so ang punto ng PRC, andito ka na rin lang, gamitin mo na yung tamang form.
THIS INSTRUCTION IS NOT FOR PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE LIVING HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES! THIS IS FOR THOSE SPECIAL CASES WHOSE LICENSES NEED TO BE RENEWED BY A REPRESENTATIVE BECAUSE THEY ARE IN ABROAD. PRC GIVES CONSIDERATION FOR THOSE CASES, AND NOT ON PROFESSIONALS WHO IS ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THE PROPER REQUIREMENTS AND FALL IN LINE DURING THE RENEWAL BECAUSE THEY LIVE HERE.
THESE ARE FOR PINOY PROFESSIONALS ABROAD
Your LBC express padala feature is not even functional on the PRC website. Swerte ka nakapunta ka sa PRC Office, may LBC express padala ka, pano na yung iba na nasa abroad?
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By emms on Jun 12, 2008 | Reply
thanks for the info about prc license. how about the ptr (philippine tax registration)? kapag license ka na, need to be registered pa and pay for the tax? u know how can we apply for this? di ko kc ma makita sa mga govt website.
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By emms on Jun 12, 2008 | Reply
sorry ptr (professional tax receipt)?
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By marrisa on Jun 18, 2008 | Reply
hinanap ko nga thru google ang official web site ng PRC pero sabi… under construction daw. napansin ko lng, ilang months na yang ganyan eh…
salamat nman at nakita ko site mo. many thanks for posting this one. when i renewed my license before (nung nasa pinas pa ako), ang maremember ko is may kanya kanyang kulay yata yong form sa ibat ibang profession ang i understand that this form that is available is for the registered nurse kasi nurse yong kapatid mo. anyway, the procedures that you have posted here ay malaking bagay na to sa akin. maraming salamat sa yo…
GOD bless
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bluepanjeet reply on June 18th, 2008:
hello marrisa
nagtanong ako sa PRC about the multi-colored form for different professions pero sabi nila iisa na daw. kasi yun din alam ko nung nagrenew ako ng license. anyhow, maraming nagtatanong tungkol sa technicality ng form and i am always saying to them that PRC would not mind about the color or label of the forms (like the one above which is LUCENA) because you are from abroad. you can print the form in black and white if you want or put a liquid paper on the LUCENA label of the form because iisa naman daw ang format. as you can see wala naman naka specify kung pang nurse yung form. ang mahalaga ay yung format.
marrisa reply on June 18th, 2008:
thank you very much for the immediate reply.
GOD bless
By badet on Jun 19, 2008 | Reply
Hullo! This piece is truly helpful. PRC website is forever under construction! I salute you for taking the time to post this very enlightening and instructive article.
Thanks.. and hope you can post more of these.
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bluepanjeet reply on August 2nd, 2008:
I will badet. Thnaks for the visit
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By ched on Jun 23, 2008 | Reply
Ask ko lang, do I need to send my PRC card to the Philippines for renewal? Or photocopy of it is sufficient? Thank you.
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bluepanjeet reply on August 2nd, 2008:
Photocopy will do.
By kaecie on Jul 15, 2008 | Reply
hi. thanks for this, kaya lang ang prob ko is ala akong MSWord (I know!!!).. can you send it to me na adobe format??? thanks… i really need this… hilo na ako sa kakahanap sa PRC site, na ala naman help… thanks again…
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bluepanjeet reply on August 2nd, 2008:
Hello Kaecie.
Try downloading it from other PCs. Its hard to convert an ms word doc to PDF file.
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By mych on Jul 19, 2008 | Reply
Can anybody tell me how much is the renewal of prc id for nurses na hindi pa expire? Para lang more or less how much will I bring. And is it true na merong express id, wherein I will be there morning pa lang and in the afternoon kuha ko na ung id but definitely mas mahal un? do you know also how much is that service?
Thank you for the help..
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bluepanjeet reply on August 2nd, 2008:
I think I have written the answer above. Pakibasa na lang kapatid uli sa taas. baka naoverlook mo yung amount. Regarding sa express, its supposed to be double the price plus the shipping and handling costs
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By kiks on Jul 19, 2008 | Reply
i passed the nle last given last dec. 2007. when can i get my prc card?
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bluepanjeet reply on August 2nd, 2008:
ang tagal na.. dapat after pa lang ng oath taking nyo eh nakuha mo na. You should follow it up o the PRC office where you registered for the exam
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By archie on Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
sana po wag nyo nang alisin sa web site ang good news na to. You are indeed a professional.
Next month po kasi alis ko and my prc license need to be renewed on october thanks for everything. God bless.
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bluepanjeet reply on August 9th, 2008:
hello archie, don’t worry this will stay here for a long time even up to ten years. if you have any questions just leave a comment here.
Pax et Bonum
By liz on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply
hello, thanks for this info it’s very useful and saves me a lot of time.
i want to know what you mean by having the name tag on the picture… do i write it on the pic with a pen, or have the name tag taken with the frontal face view? thanks again.
liz
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bluepanjeet reply on August 20th, 2008:
hello liz
name tag as in you are holding a cardboard with your full name in it as you are photographed. Much like a mugshot. Digital nametags such as edited in adobe photoshop are not allowed (as far as I can remember)… you have to hold your name in the photograph or someone else hold it for you.
By liz on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply
thanks so much
am preparing my forms to send to my loving kuya back home who will be taking a day off from work just to take care of my license renewal. can you give a time frame this can all get done? i would hate for him to be there all day. wawa naman kuya!
mabuhay to the brothers / sisters like you who take the time to do this for us abroad. such an act of love.
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bluepanjeet reply on August 20th, 2008:
okay just one reminder, I received a note that some are worried that the pink form may not be entertained in the Manila PRC (not confirmed but that is their fear), to be sure:
1. put a liquid paper on the word “PRC-LUCENA” on the form.
2, Print it as a balck and white and not colored to obscure the color code
3, and tell your kuya to argue with the stubborn PRC people there to accept the form since their stupid website is useless and is offline.
4. that you are from abroad and there is no way for you to get the form but through download on the internet
5. and that tell your brother to be equally aggressive and resonant because these PRC people sometimes bully customers when they are kind. I should know because I have been there in the Manila PRC. Hindi uso ang bait sa PRC.
Time frame, if all your documents are properly signed, properly copied (xerox) and properly represented as what I have enumerated above, there would be no hassle. He could finish it half a day depending on the queue of people. The best day to come to PRC is on Monday and tuesday since that is the day which has the lowest number of people in line..
double check your forms and requirements before sending them to your brother. we dont want the PRC to tell him to get back just because you lack a requirement of a signature on your form. Plus don’t forget the authorization letters that are described above.
after that your brother will be asked to comeback after 2-3 months to fetch your ID. He will receive a claim stub for the redemption of your id. If your license is needed their in abroad, ask your brother to file a certificate telling that your license is still under process for renewal. every transaction you make on the PRC should be backed up with your authorization, including applying and redemption of license.
Goodluck and feel free to leave a message here if you have a question. I will do the best I can to update this post if there are developments in the PRC.
Don’t believe in hearsay. Because I have been there in the PRC personally and applied for the license renewal of my sister, my brother in law and my own license so I know these things.
Pax et Bonum
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By liz on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply
galing! thank you again. i will send the link to my kuya.
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By jophilsuperman on Aug 22, 2008 | Reply
Buti naman my information tulad nito kasi kailangan ko to para sa renewal ng license ng friend. Salamat kapatid.
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By ella chan on Aug 27, 2008 | Reply
how long will it take for me to renew my expired prc id? i am a nurse currently working here in UK but i applied in australia. they want my papers ASAP so i want to know how long will it takes for PRC ID renewal since they asked me for a time frame to submit all te requirements. many thanks, cheers!
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bluepanjeet reply on August 27th, 2008:
hello ella
The license (ID) will be released after 2 months, but PRC can give you a certification to prove that you’re License is in the process of renewal. Kindly send a authorization (requesting and redeeming the certificate = bale 2 authorizations) to your representative so that after he finished renewing your license and getting the stub, he can apply for a certificate which can be released within a day or three depending on the PRC staff. Certificate of Renewal can be submitted to foreign agencies as a proof that you already renewed your license and that your new ID is still in the process of being made.
Hope this helps.
Cheers!
PS. always remember that every transaction you make, either applying for a renewal or redeeming your license, there should always be an authorization coming from you since you are represented by someone.
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