1. CAV Requirements for Deped, CHED and TESDA – Certification Authentication Verification
First things first, you must prepare your original Diploma, T.O.R. and other Certificates (TESDA/CHED) on hand and have it photocopied with Certified True Copy stamp.
Approach your School Registrar and Ask for the following:
- Endorsement from the school registrar
- Certified true copy of TOR or Diploma
- Certified true copy of Special Order
By the way, your school can do the process for you but expect for a longer awaiting time. If you are in a rush, might as well do it yourself.
For your information:
CAV is usually a requirement for Filipinos who are applying to work or study abroad. Usually TOR (Transcript of Records), diploma and certificates are requested for CAV. Thus the authorized government agencies for these are the:
- Deped – if you need your documents and school records such as TOR and Diploma from your high school have CAV or Red Ribbon.
- TESDA – if your training and technical course certificates need to have CAVCHED – if you need your documents from yourcollege or graduate school to have certification, authentication and verification or pass thru Red Ribbon purposes.
- CHED – if you need your documents from yourcollege or graduate school to have certification, authentication and verification or pass thru Red Ribbon purposes.
CAV Requirements and Fees
- Original and Photocopies of your documents needed for CAV (TOR, Diploma, other certificates)
- 2X2 picture for CHED, TESDA or DepEd
- Some money for gathering your documents from your school
CHED charge P40 (price may change after the date of this post)
Second step is go to the authorized government agency (CHED, DepEd or TESDA) and submit the listed requirements above. The regional offices of those agencies will serve your CAV applications.
Keep your receipts, claim stubs, reference number and everything they issued you.
Claim your Red Ribbon documents (a.k.a. authenticated documents) at the DFA if you are working or studying abroad. Claim your documents at the CHED Regional Office if you are on local purpose.
That’s all. You’re done. Easy right? By the way, for employment abroad purposes, you also have the option to receive your DFA authentication or Red Ribbon documents via DHL or courier. You will then have to pay delivery and other charges.
DFA Process and Requirements
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) performs its authentication function/services in the context of 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. Given the existence of a multi-state system, aforesaid Convention stipulates that, among other things, the various kind of documents sourced from particular sovereign states (e.g. public documents, private documents, and commercial documents) shall have validity or operative effect in another sovereign state's legal jurisdiction after subjected to an agreed upon authentication procedure.
PROCEDURE:
Applicant must file/claim their
documents personnally. Should
they be unable to do so, they way
send authorized representatives
must submit the following:
- An Authorized letter or Special Power of Attorney from the applicant.
- A Photocopy of the applicant's
ID bearing its signature, and - Representative's own ID bearing
its signature.
How many days for CAV processing?
For CHED, TESDA, DEPED expect 3-5 working days
For DFA authentication of employment, expect 10-15 working days
Note: Always keep receipts with you and photocopy everything just so you have a back up document in case something goes wrong along the way. :)