Documents Needed

for
Application of
PHILIPPINE NURSE LICENSURE
EXAMINATION (PNLE)
(ORIGINAL AND PHOTOCOPY)

1. BIRTH CERTIFICATE:
* Issued by National Statistics
Office or NSO/ Security Paper
(SECPA)
* Issued by Local Civil Registrar or
LCR (Form 1-A)

2.MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
IF MARRIED(for female
applicants only)
- Issued by NSO and LCR

3. VOTERS ID OR
CERTIFICATE OF
REGISTRATION
OR PASSPORT
(For Foreign sounding name
ex. Tan or Johnson,etc.)

4. TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDS or TOR

-With degree/course, exact

date of graduation and with
scanned picture and remarks
For Board Examination
Purpose only at the T.O.R.

5. SUMMARY OF
RELATED LEARNING
EXPERIENCE OR
RLE

6. SCRUBS or
Record of
OR/DR CASES

7. FOR SECOND
DEGREE
COURSER:

8. CURRENT
COMMUNITY TAX
CERTIFICATE OR
CEDULA (YEAR
2014)

THESE INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING

PAPERS PREPARED BY YOUR SCHOOL:

Prepare cash for your PRC

Fee of P900, and
additional amount of
metered and documentary
stamps fees.

FOUR COPIES COLORED

PASSPORT SIZE PICTURES
WITH NAME TAG(LAST
NAME, FIRST NAME, AND
MIDDLE INITIAL) AND
WITH PRC SEAL.

(2 )PCS. Large envelope

w/ plastic and printed
in bold letters your last
name, first name, and
middle initial

MAJOR ERRORS in Entries on the

Birth Certificates:
1.Discrepancy in the surname/ last name

and given name/first name

Examples:
Reyes and Perez
Amelia and Susan

2. Discrepancy in the date of birth

Examples:
August 20 1990- August 5, 1990
November 12, 1989- December 12,
1989

REMEDY
1.

Those identified as MAJOR ERRORS

shall NOT BE ACCEPTED unless the
entries are CORRECTED, thereby
maintaining the NO DEFFERED
Policy.

2.For Major Errors a court petition must

be filed before the Board Exam.

Defining MINOR ERRORS in

Entries on the Birth
Certificates that shall be
acceptable and shall not be
Considered as Deferred Cases

1. Inconsistencies in the usual writing

or printing of names of persons

Examples:
Ma. and Maria
Jr. and Junior

MINOR ERRORS
OTHERS EXAMPLES:
De la and Dela
Maryjane and Mary Jane
and names with or without hyphen

MINOR ERRORS
2. Wrong Gender
Male instead of female, and vice versa
3. No Gender printed on the birth
certificate

MINOR ERRORS
4. Discrepancies in vowels/ double and
single letters in the spelling of first, middle
and last name
Examples:
Raymundo-Reymundo
Munda-Mundo-Mondo
Barrameda-Barameda

REMEDIES for MINOR ERRORS

Those identified as MINOR ERRORS
in the usual writing or printing of names,
with or without hyphen, whole or separate
names, whole or abbreviated traditional
names, discrepancies in vowel/double and
single letters in the names SHALL BE
ACCEPTED

provided an AFFIDAVIT OF
DISCREPANCY shall be executed and
submitted. The name in which the
applicant is customarily known shall
be followed.

Those with wrong gender or without gender

printed on the birth certificate SHALL BE
ACCEPTED provided the following shall
be presented and submitted:
a.Birth certificate LCR Form 1A

authenticated by NSO or voters

registration record

a.Parents/ guardian or personal

affidavit
b.Barangay certification attesting the

applicants true and correct gender

Guidelines in the
Evaluation of Birth
Certificates and
Marriage Certificates

1.No entry on the NSO Certificate

of Live Birth
Example:
- Baby Girl/ Baby Boy/ Baby
- No Date of birth

REMEDY
- To submit a photo copy an
annotated Birth Certificate from
NSO, with given name and date of
birth indicated.

TWO (2) GIVEN NAMES

REMEDY
To submit any of the following:
- Authenticated copy of LCR Certificate

of Live Birth

- Baptismal Certificate
- Philippine Passport
- Voters 'Registration Record or

COMELEC Certification

MIDDLE NAME INITIALS ONLY, OR

MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME INDICATES
MARRIED NAME
REMEDY
To submit ANY of the following:
- Mothers Birth Certificate

- Marriage Certificate of parents

- Mothers Voters Registration

Record
- Mothers Philippine Passport

ADOPTIVE PARENTS
REMEDY
To Submit Birth Certificate of SECPA or
NSO
- Must bear the annotation of the courts

decision and the finality of the

adoption.

Without annotation- submit

a copy of the courts
decision or a certification
on the finality of the
adoption.

BIRTH IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY

REMEDY
To submit ANY of the following:
- Report of birth on SECPA issued by the

Philippine Embassy/ Consulate

- Photocopy of the birth certificate issued by
competent foreign authorities and Alien
Certificate of Registration (ACR)

IMPORTANT

If the report of birth is not on NSO

security paper, the application
shall be advised to go to DFA for
endorsement of the Record of
Birth to NSO for future
requirements

FEMALE MARRIED APPLICANT

WHOSE MARRIAGE SOLEMNIZED IN
A FOREIGN COUNTRY

REMEDY
To Submit
- Report of Marriage issued by the

Philippine Embassy /Consulate in NSO

security paper.

IMPORTANT
if report of Marriage is not yet in the form of
an NSO security paper, applicants are
advised to go to DFA and have it be
endorsed to NSO for future requirements.

NON-READABLE ENTRIES
REDEMY
Must be supported by a clear copy of:
- LCR Form 102 or LCR Form 1A duly
signed/ certified by the LCR

FORMS NEEDED DURING PRC

FILING.
1. Nurses Application Form (NAF)

2. Notice of Admission Slip (NOA)

3. Permanent Examination and
Registration Record Card (PERRC)
4. PRC Certification