Manila, March 4, 2013 – The Professional Regulation Commission, through Memorandum Circular No. 2013-11, announces the procedures on the payment and validation of overseas examination fees as follows:

1. All conditionally-approved applicants based on the list forwarded to the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) and posted at the PRC website shall be directed to pay the corresponding examination fee:
    

   Particulars	Amount
   Examination Fee	Forty US Dollars ($40)
   Remittance / Cable Charges	Ten US Dollars ($10)
   Total	Fifty US Dollars ($50)

2. Applicants must remit their payments to the following authorized Remittance Partner Office of the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP):
    

   CITI EXPRESS Payment (HK) Limited
   Shop 312, 3F, Worldwide House
   19 Des Voeux Road
   Central, Hong Kong

3. The examination fees shall be remitted to LBP using the specified account name and account number:
    

   Beneficiary / Account Name	TREASURER OF THE PHILIPPINES – FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSIT – DOLLAR ACCOUNT
   Account Number	0014-0087-21
   Bank Name	LANDBANK OF THE PHILIPPINES
   Bank Address	LBP INTRAMUROS BRANCH, MANILA

   The Remittance/Transfer-Cash Sale Slips shall clearly show the complete name of the applicant as remitter/depositor and the board examination applied for.

4. The POLO shall also direct the applicants to appear at its office on a specified date prior to the schedule of examinations and to present the original and photocopy of the Remittance/Transfer-Cash Sale Slips to the official delegates of PRC as proof of payment and
5. The PRC officials shall validate the remittances of the applicants before issuing the Official Receipts and Notices of Admission. Under no circumstance shall an Official and Notice of Admission be issued to an applicant unless the correct and valid amount of remittance shall have been established.