Just imagine you’ve waited for so long and saved enough money to travel abroad so you could enjoy your much needed vacation with your family.
Had booked your flight, your itinerary is done and dusted, hotel accommodations booked as well as visa to your destination country, then on that very day of your trip, after check-in at the International Airport like everybody else you need to go through the Immigration window prior to your boarding. But unknowingly and to your surprise they won’t allow you to leave because you have similar name identical in the hold departure lists.
This can happen not just for foreign visitors but for Filipino travelers leaving abroad. It can be another time consuming and possible hassles every time you travel for business since you will always end-up being screen and questioned at the immigration counter. But you can always prepare and avoid it.
It is like having a twin brother or sister baptized with the same first and last name, however, your twin name has a criminal or having a derogatory records. If you’re familiar with the word ‘hit’ when you secure your NBI Clearance it’s basically the same concept. An affidavit must be executed to clear your own name.
With the sharing of information among countries due to terrorism as well as for security purposes, the Immigration Bureau need to verify the status of one’s traveler personal information prior to departure as well at the time of arrival. They need to make sure that people traveling are clear. Meaning you don’t have pending cases or not in Bureau’s Hold Departure Order/Blacklist and Watch list. In other word’s you’re not a flight risk.
Who need to get an NTSP?
According to Bureau of Immigration ‘An individual attesting to the fact that he/she is not the person listed and/or included in the derogatory database or record’.
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