1. Secure an NBI clearance application form (NBI Form no. 5) from the Philippine Consulate General in Toronto by sending a letter requesting for the form with a return self-addressed/stamped envelope so the Consulate can mail the NBI form. Kindly indicate the applicant’s citizenship for the issuance of the proper form.
2. Applicants must accomplish the form and their fingerprints taken at any nearest RCMP station or RCMP-accredited fingerprinting office and request for the calling card of the officer who took the fingerprint impression.
3. The following requirements should be submitted to the Philippine Consulate General in Toronto:
   • Duly-accomplished NBI form No. 5 with 2x2 colored photo taken within three (3) months;
   • The business card of the officer who took your fingerprint impressions; A photocopy of your valid passport;
   • Return Expresspost envelope;
   • NBI Payment fee of C$36.25, through postal money order or bank draft payable to the Philippine Consulate General in Toronto.
4. Register online at https://clearance.nbi.gov.ph/. New applicants are required to sign up and to sign in to apply for a clearance where a reference number will appear. Take note of the reference number as this will serve as the NBI’s code in the retrieval of the applicant’s data and status of application.
5. Send the authenticated NBI Form no. 5 to the NBI office in the Philippines via international courier of the applicant’s choice. Send the NBI clearance application and the other requirements (extra ID photos and copies of valid passport & another valid ID) directly to the Philippines to:
   • Mailed Clearance Section,
   • 3rd Floor, NBI Bldg.,
   • UN Avenue, Ermita, Manila 1000
6. Include payment of 155 Philippine pesos application fee, either in cash or in the form of an international bank draft or international postal money order which is negotiable in the Philippines, payable to the NBI Director. The following are accredited banks: Philippine National Bank (PNB); HSBC; ANZ Bank; Metrobank; and Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI). Applicant must also send a self-addressed envelope from their preferred international courier. Note: Another option aside from sending Pesos 155 in cash would be to send the equivalent amount in US Dollars (about US$ 4).
7. Applicant's NBI clearance certificate will be mailed to them directly from NBI-Manila using Philippine post or the applicant’s return envelope.
8. Applicants may also send the requirements to their authorized representative in the Philippines to apply for the NBI clearance certificate on applicant’s behalf at the NBI Main Office in Manila. In this case, applicant does not need to send a self-addressed return envelope but must provide an authorization letter for their representative to apply on applicant's behalf. If applying for the NBI clearance through a Philippine representative, applicant's NBI clearance certificate will be released to their representative, who will then have to send it to applicant abroad.

Applicants may also visit the NBI website for important advisories/announcements regarding the NBI clearance application at www.nbi.gov.ph

Please note that there is no need to request and accomplish the NBI Form No. 5 and your fingerprints taken, if you have your old NBI clearance issued from 2014 to present, and no correction in your name, place and date of birth. You may directly send your original NBI clearance, copies of your valid passport and another valid ID, one 2x2 photo with white background and a letter of authorization to your authorized representative in the Philippines for onward submission/filing to the NBI office in Ermita, Manila.