CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Philippines (PIA) – The Region 10 office of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI-10) has implemented a new system in the fingerprinting of applicants who want to get NBI clearances.

Since last August 15, the NBI-10 started to use the “Biometrics” system where applicants will just have to show their fingertips on screen of the NBI computers to get their fingerprints.

“This process no longer requires applicants to put liquid ink on their fingers to capture their prints,” NBI-10 Regional Director Jose Justo C. Yap said.

This new process saves time and effort on the part of the applicants in getting rid of the ink after they file their applications for NBI clearances, which was the practice in the past, Yap said.

Meanwhile, Yap said some P7.08 million has been collected by the NBI-10 for processing a total of 61,442 clearances from January to July, this year.

Of the amount, P4.61 million or 65 percent was generated from processing 40,094 local clearances, while P2.43 million or 34 percent was generated from the processing 21,146 clearances for travels abroad.

Processing of 98 clearances for business transactions also posted a collection of P16,170 while processing of 56 clearances for change of names posted a collection of P9,240.

Likewise, processing of 38 clearances as requirement to possess a firearm posted a collection of P6,270 while only one clearance for naturalization was filed during the period that generated the amount of P415.

Yap said the highest number of clearances was issued during the month of May with 9,578, followed by January with 9,257.

The other months posted the following number of clearance issued by the NBI-10: June – 9,102; March – 9,033; July – 8,353; February – 8,219; and lowest during the month of April with 7,900.