QUEZON CITY (PIA) -- Registered examinees of the cancelled Career Service Examination-Pen and Paper Test (CSE-PPT) which was supposed to be held on 15 March 2020 may now claim their P500 application fee refund until 14 March 2025, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) announced.
According to the CSC, all unrefunded examinees may file a claim for refund except for those who were accommodated in the conduct of 7 August 2022 CSE-PPT and have used up their previously paid application fee; and those who will opt to be accommodated in the 26 March 2023 CSE-PPT.
Unrefunded examinees who no longer want to take the CSE-PPT, and those who have taken and passed the 19 June 2022 CSE-PPT and recent Computerized Examinations (COMEX) and paid the application fee for such, can still claim their refund.
Affected examinees may claim the refund in person, either at the CSC Regional/Field Office (RO/FO) where they originally filed their application or through a conduit RO/FO, or file an online claim and receive the money through a payment facility. They shall be asked to submit a filled-out Request for Refund Form (RRF), downloadable from the CSC website at www.csc.gov.ph, along with other requirements.
For those who will choose to claim the refund in person, they are advised to coordinate first with the concerned CSC RO/FO to schedule an appointment; thus, avoid going there without a confirmed appointment or schedule or without prior notice. [CSC directory]
When claiming, the examinee must submit the filled-out RRF and present an original and photocopy of his/her valid ID card.
The refund may also be issued through a representative, who shall bring the RRF filled out by the examinee, an authorization letter, photocopy of a valid ID card duly signed by the examinee, and original and photocopy of the representative’s valid ID card.
In case the registered examinee is already deceased, the immediate family member may claim the refund by presenting a filled-out RRF with notation “deceased” after the name of the examinee, original and photocopy of a valid ID of the deceased examinee, Death Certificate, as well as the original and photocopy of the claiming family member’s valid ID card.
