Nurse Licensure Examination (NLE) Application (Step-by-Step Instructions)
The Professional Regulations Commission (PRC)
Step-by-Step instructions on how to apply for the Nurse Licensure Examination (NLE).
STEP 1. Secure a Nurses’ Application Form (NAF) from the PRC Customer Service Center (CSC) and accomplish the same.
(Admin Note: You can also download the Nurses’ Application Form (NAF) here.)
STEP 2. Submit the Nurses’ Application Form (NAF) for processing and evaluation at any of the processing windows together with the rest of the other Nurse Licensure Examination (NLE) Requirements.
Secure the following from the processor upon approval of your application:
STEP 3. Pay examination fee at any of the cashier Windows and claim the Official Receipt (OR).
- Baccalaureate Degree: Php 900
- Non-Baccalaureate Degree: Php 600
- Removal: Php 450
STEP 4. Pay for metered documentary stamps and mailing envelope with metered documentary stamps at the CSC.
(Admin Note: This is for the Nursing Board Exam Report which will be sent to the address give by the examinee after the nursing board exam result has been released. )
STEP 5. Fill-out the PERRC and NOA form. Indicate the Application Number, OR number and the date on it, and amount paid on the NOA form.
STEP 6. Proceed to any of the Issuance Windows (Window 9, 10, 11, 12) for final review of qualifications and documents and issuance of NOA form, Program of Examination, Examinee’s Kit and Self-Instruction Sheet.
(Admin Note: You can also download the PRC Examinee’s Self-Instruction Sheet here.)
STEP 7. Keep the NOA form and the OR. Bring them on the first day of the examination. For further information, read the General Instructions at the back page of the NOA form, Program of Examination, Examinee’s Kit and Examinee’s Self-Instruction Sheet.
STEP 8. Bring the NOA form when verifying with the PRC the school/building where you are going to sit for the nursing board exam. School/building assignments will be posted at the PRC premises two (2) or three (3) working days before the examination date.
Reminders:
- No applications shall be accepted after the deadline set by the PRC.
- Do not apply if you are not qualified. Any payment made will be forfeited.
- Applications whose entries with respect to NAME, DATE OF BIRTH and GENDER differ from entries in the Birth Certificate, Transcript of Records (TOR), and other required documents WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
- Affidavit of discrepancies will not be accepted.
Source: http://www.prc.gov.ph/articles.asp?sid=31&aid=3619










paano mu ba malalaman kung removal exam nalang ang kukunin mu?
Maam i would like to ask po about the exam kasi po for removal po ako and plan ko na po mag file this week same lang po ba exam ng removal sa regular this june 2012 i heard po kasi mas mahirap daw ang binibigay and how’s the procedure kasi po i have to take np1 it means po ba after my set uuwi na me maraming salamat po more power!
I have a question, how will I know if I qualify to take removal exam? Ano dapat ang general average and ilang subj Lang ang dapat I-take? Thanks
Maam Good evening tanung ko lang po kung kailan maipapanukala o talaga bang totoo na ipapatupad yung 3 takes ang pagkuha ng board kasi more than 3 narin akong nakapagboard may nagsabi kasi sakin pero d rin niya sigurado kung mangyayari nga talaga yun. Please reply. Thanks in Advance.
good day to u miss rona… i would like to enquire about retakers for NLE, im working ABROAD. how can i FILE for the NLE for this year exam on july 2013?? what are the requirements? i heard that PRC needs power of attorney to allow my relatives to file for me.
i need ur immediate response….
best regards and god bless you…
thnx you…
ms LEO
Good day po Ma’am!I would like to ask regarding sa pag-apply for the nursing licensure exam.I have a problem po regarding my NSO birth certificate.Inohonor ninyo po ba yung affidavit of discrepancy because meron na po ko nun and I want to know kung makakapagapply po ko sa nursing licensure exam gamit nun.Yun lang po,salamat po.
ma’am i would like to ask if filing for retaking the NLE is the same for filing for the first time?
hi miss rona:) i would like to ask kung pwede ko ba malaman online yung registration number ko as nurse? kelangan ko lang ei submit agad sa inaaplyan and to follow nalang yung card. thank u! and god bless
Ma’am ask kolang po kung nag aallow ang prc na ibang person yung mag aapply on our behalf? Yung sister ko po kasi is in the states and balak nya po sana na yung daddy po namin mag aapply for her papadala nalang po sana yung following requirements needed for it. Pwede po ba yun?
good eve po bkit hndi poh ako makapasok sa online application?
hello po panu ung process pag gusto moh magtake ng NLE pero sa abu dhabi ka?
gud day ma’am.. ano po ba ang ibig sabihin ng removal exam sa nle? ibig po bang sabihin na ung failed subject(s) na lang po ba ang iretake? d ko po kc maintindihan. pls po paki explain. salamat po ma’am
good eve po. bakit hndi po ako mkapasok sa online application for nle?
Gudevening po Maam, pg nkafile n po b kayo for ds coming exam in June hindi na po ba pwdi e.withdraw???