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Friday, July 14, 2017

STEPS | How to get a police clearance in Manila Police District (Updated 2017)

In 2015, I posted in my main blog a simplified list of steps on how to get a police clearance in Manila, particularly in Manila Police District (MPD). Now, I am posting a revised version of the steps plus the associated police clearance application payments.

Siyempre, we use the police clearance as part of a list of requirements need when applying for something in the bank, at work, or in a government facility. In this post, I will be detailing the steps on how a police clearance (certificate and ID card) can be obtained if you are near Manila Police District.

Location of MPD:

Image Courtesy: Google Maps
Located along UN Avenue in Ermita, Manila, its nearest landmark include Manila Medical Center (Manila Med) so if you're riding LRT 1, just stop at UN Avenue station.

Requirements for getting a police clearance in MPD:
  • CASH - you'll have to spend at least 300 Php, the breakdown of which is as follows 
    • Cashier 1 (I really don't know what payment here is for): 100 Php 
    • Cashier 2 (beside Cashier 1 for pPolice clearance ID card and certificate): 200 Php 
    • Manual fingerprinting donation: at least 1 Php 
    • Take note that two receipts should be issued to you, one from each cashier


You start at the small entrance on the left side of the MPD complex where you'll see a small booth with men handing out an application form and people writing and waiting for their clearances to be released. So, this area is the registration and waiting area at the same time.

1. Fill out the application or registration form.
    Time allotment: 3-5 minutes. This varies depending on your writing speed

Police Clearance Application Form 2017
After filling in the necessary information, proceed to the cashiers at the left passageway. You'll just have to follow the trail of how the booths are arranged.

2. Pay 100 Php in the first cashier.

   Time allotment: 2-3 minutes. Just bring the exact amount para mabilis hehe. Don't forget the receipt 'cause it will be checked.

So I checked the first receipt (refer to photo above). It's issued by the Office of the Treasurer pala. Maybe it's a contribution to the city's coffers associated with safety? I don't know haha.

3. Proceed to the next booth to pay 200 Php for the police clearance ID card and certificate.
    Time allotment: 2-3 minutes. Again bring the exact amount para walang problema hehe  and don't forget the second receipt.

Here's the second receipt you should have received after passing the cashier booths located adjacent to each other.

4. Manual fingerprinting.
  You will then get inside the Main Area for processing everything and look for the manual fingerprinting area. There you'd have your hands dirty with ink. Hence, the guys handling that section will be ASKING you to DONATE for their wet wipes. Show your form and receipts to them.
    Time allotment: 2-3 minutes
5. Data encoding.
    Once done with step 4, look back and you'll see chairs. Line up (by sitting) and wait for your turn to show your application form to the data encoders. They will have computers with screens facing you so that you'd be able to double check the information they're typing. Make sure there's no problem in the information they inputted.
    Time allotment: 3-5 minutes
6. Face capture (photo) and digital signature input, plus biometrics.
   When you're finally done with the data encoding, the encoder will give you a printout. Give this together with your receipts to the section for photo capture, digital signature and biometrics. Basta andiyan lang yan, madaling mahanap, promise.
    Here, the facilitator will ask you to remove any earrings, eyewear, etc so that your bare face will be placed on your police clearance ID. Here, the facilitator will request that you place your right thumb on the biometric scanner four (4) times to record your thumb print. It's also in this section wherein you'd have to sign digitally.
    Take note that your receipts and the printout handed to you will not be given back in this area. Why? You will be asked to go back to the entrance or waiting area. There you'd just have to wait for a few minutes so that your police clearance ID  and certificate will be released.
    Time allotment: 5-10 minutes

7. Releasing area. WAIT.
   Here, you'd just have to wait until your name is called. Releasing of my clearance ID and certificate only took 5 minutes hehe. It's really fast. Well, I guess it depends on the number of people who are there. Nung time ko, Friday morning, konti lang tao.
    Time allotment: 5-10 minutes

There it is! Swabe ba? Hope you'd be able to get your police clearance certificate and ID in the Manila Police District super fast. Please be aware though that the duration it would take might depend on whether or not there's a lot of people

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  1. Wala na po bang other requirements like barangay clearance? basta bayad na lang? Thanks! :)

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  3. Just got my Police Clearance from MPD. Wala naman po silang hihingiing ID sa mga kukuha. May form lang po kayo na sasagutan at kung para saan ang pagkuha. Php300 ang usual na bayad. Tapos sandali lang, makukuha mo na. ID Card nga siya valid for 1 year

    1. hello po. ask ko lang if need pa ng sedula ? and please help to advise the best time para makakuha ng mabilis. thanks a lot po 🙂😇

    2. you need to pay the guard to process it for faster transaction. :)

  4. Ask ko lang po yung office hours nila . Bukas po ba ng saturday?

  5. nagtataka lang ako bat pag may id kana kailangan mo magbayad ng id ulit para sa 2nd police clearance?

    1. i think kung hindi pa expire yung ID na nirelease nila sayo noon .. you should explain na di kana kukuha nung ID.. Bsta ipakita mo lans sakanila :) syang pa ng 200 php

  6. Pwede Po b dun kahit hindi taga manila

  7. Hi po. Same pa rin pp ba ngayon? Kasi may mga nababasa ako need ng cedula and barangay clearance.

  8. Kailangan pa po ba ng cedula sa pagkuha ng police clearance.. Salamat po

  9. kahit barangay clearance lang ata o birth certificate


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  14. hello po ano pa po need na requirements? yan lang po ba cash lang po ba?
    please help me balak ko kumuha sa U.N ave bukas

    1. Ask ko lang din po kapag ba nag work ka sa manila area. Kaylangan sa manila area kadin kkuha ng police clearance? Salamat

  15. Bukas po ba ang police clearance ngayon