when I get my NBI clearance, nHIT ako pero dati d naman. I am not sure kung due to DOST, kc ung ibang scholars hindi nmn nHIT. ung iba, HIT. Nway, hindi nmn ako hiningan ng agency ng clearance. after a week ata, I've got my NBI clearance for Immigration. When I applied for a passport, kumuha talaga ako nga clearance from DOST kac nkspecified sa requirements ng DFA for scholars. There was no problem in my passport, the staff did not even ask my clearance, I just reminded her dahil baka mgkproblema processing. I hope there will be no problem in my visa, wala nmn kc akong nrereceive n email asking for additional documents.
The travel ban has long been lifted actually. Guess, around 2011?? ive read also that return service can be deferred, Others have settled their obligations to DOST, and were able to migrate. afterall, if mklabas tlaga ang scholar, they can just run after the CO-MAKER. However, I noticed that in ASHTRDP-DOST, they dont have that in their contract, unlike the ERDT-DOST.