DOST-SEI Final Clearance

I finally got my DOST final clearance after 4 years of service. Yay!
For all DOST scholars who are planning to get the clearance...may this serve as your guide.

To get the letters [for Bureau of Immigration Commissioner and certification from the DOST regional director], you will need:

- photocopy of your Diploma
- photocopy of your TOR (transcript of records)
- letter of request address to the regional director
-Certificate/s of employment (CoEs)

I have my letter of request simple and short.

Engr. Rene Burt Llanto
Region 7 Director
Department of Science and Technology


Dear Sir:


I would like to request your good office for my final clearance.

Hoping for your kind consideration.

Thank you very much.




Respectfully yours,

Karen Celeste P. Roa
DOST 7 RA 7687 Scholar

I went to the DOST regional office and passed the requirements. The in-charge told me to be back after 1 week to get the clearance.

It is also advisable to call their office first to ask if the clearance is already available for pickup.

After a week, I called their office and my clearance is ready for pickup. Yey! :) I went right away to their office and the in-charge gave me the letters. I thought that's the end of it...but they told me that I still need to go to the Bureau of Immigration (BoI) in Intramuros, Manila to have my name lifted from their list for travel ban.


GAAAAAHHhhhhh!!



So I booked a flight and went to Intramuros. Good thing I have my friend, Audrey, to accompany me with this adventure..haha. We checked-in at White Knight Hotel Intramuros, the nearest, safest hotel we've searched via net.


From the hotel, we went directly to the BoI. There were a lot of people, mostly foreigners. I thought this clearance thing would take a while...but I was wrong. I went directly to Window # 12, gave the 2 letters, got a priority number, then waited for about 10 minutes...and ohlala!!!! I got the letters back, signed and stamped with "No Derogatory Records". I couldn't believe it at first (because as what I have read from other forums, they said it took them from half a day to 3 days). So I asked the personnel if I still have something to do after...and they said I just have to present the letters when I go abroad. Wuhoooo!!