PRC Registration Renewal at SM City Pampanga

Hello! How are you? Today, my post is not about cooking or recipes. I just want to share my experience with my PRC ID renewal recently at SM City Pampanga hoping to help our fellow PRC ID holders by giving an idea on the renewal process.

My license was supposed to be renewed in late 2012 but since I was pregnant with our first baby then, I did not want to travel too far to Manila (since I am from Pampanga). Anyway, to cut the story short, 2014 came and I still haven't renewed my PRC License. Because of the long travel, the fact that I did not know how to commute to and from PRC (Opo, maliligaw ako sa Maynila. Promdi lang. Lol!), the long lanes at PRC, and most specially my little girl, I really could not go to Manila because it was too inconvenient for me.

Thankfully, last January, my tita (aunt), who is also a professional, informed me that the Business Center at SM City Pampanga is already accepting and processing PRC ID Renewal. Thank God!!! I mean how convenient right? It was so time and energy saving and moneywise, too! So at the soonest time possible, I went to SM City and finally got my ID processed for renewal.

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Just in case you asked, the SM Business Center is located near Tom's World, Toy Kingdom, Partyland, Our Home, etc and beside Enfant (if I remember it clearly). I am not sure though if the Business Center inside the department store is also accepting PRC renewal transactions.

Anyway, I arrived at the business center at around 10 in the morning and thankfully, I was their first customer. The manong guard assisted me and I was asked to fill up the PRC Form and attach a picture with it that conforms to the PRC requirements. (Important Reminder: Come to the business center wearing something with collar. This is for picture purposes.) Since I did not bring a picture with me, I went to Tronix (located at the 3rd level) and it took me around 15 minutes only to get my pictures done and cost me Php60. Just tell them that your picture would be for PRC renewal, with name tag, and they'll know what to do.

Application Form (Click to view larger image) or
you may download it here.

After I got my pictures, I went back to the SM Business Center, filled up the application form correctly, attached my photo and went to the transaction counter. They asked for my old PRC License (the card itself and not a photocopy) , got my application form and encoded it to their computer. At this point, I was asked to stand in front of their camera because they would need to take my picture for the ID. I asked them how come they asked me to attach a picture in the application form and the lady said that it was for "back up" purposes only, in case the photo that they captured will not be accepted by PRC Main Office. Note that I have mentioned previously that you should come to the Business Center wearing something with collar and this is what it was for.

Now, the fee for renewal alone is Php 450. If your ID is not expired, you would only have to pay 450 pesos plus SM's transaction fee of PHP 50. But since mine was expired for 15 months, I had to pay a penalty of around 25 pesos per month that my registration have lapsed. So overall, I paid the amount of Php 860 (810 for PRC Fees amd 50 for SM fees).

After my payment, the lady showed me the confirmation that my transaction was successful and returned my expired card, asked to keep my receipt and claim slip for claiming the card. All-in-all the transaction at the Business Center took less than 15 minutes only. Whew!

Normally, it would take 30 to 40 business days before the PRC ID can be claimed unless there would be a problem with the delivery, like what happened to mine. So anyway, it's Holy Week already and I would have to check mine by next week and update this blog soon.




UPDATE:
SM CITY Pampanga no longer processes PRC Registration Renewal. However, PRC has a new office located at the ONE STOP PROCESSING CENTER inside Clark.

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Let me know how yours went! :)

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