How to Apply for the Civil Service Exam 2027: Steps and Fee

Read the qualification list in Announcement No. 06. You must, among other items:

1. Be a Filipino citizen.
2. Be at least 18 years old on the date of filing. If you file and then fail the age rule before exam day, CSC says the fee is forfeited.
3. Be of good moral character; not convicted by final judgment of the offenses CSC names; not dishonorably discharged or dismissed for cause as stated there.
4. Not have taken the same level (PPT or other modes, including CS Digital Exam) in the 3-month prohibition window: 14 December 2026 – 13 March 2027.
5. Not have already passed the same level you are applying for.

If you already hold Professional eligibility, you do not re-take Professional to “refresh” it. If you are choosing a level, read Professional vs Subprofessional and the agency’s qualification standards — not a group-chat slogan.

Education: the admission list does not include a college-degree line. Do not turn that into marketing.

You file for one level. Mixing them later is not a CSC workflow we will invent.

• Professional — Verbal, Numerical, Analytical, General Information (scope in Announcement No. 06). Test proper in recent sittings: 3 hours 10 minutes.
• Subprofessional — Verbal, Numerical, Clerical, General Information. Test proper in recent sittings: 2 hours 40 minutes.

Pick the eligibility your target role actually needs. Then sit a free diagnostic for that level so application week is not your first contact with a mixed paper.

1. CS Form No. 100, Revised 2023 — Career Service Professional or Subprofessional. Available at Regional/Field Offices or downloadable from csc.gov.ph, printed on legal-size bond paper. See how to fill out CS Form No. 100.
2. Four identical Philippine Passport-size photos (4.5 cm × 3.5 cm) meeting that announcement’s specs (white background, hand-held handwritten name tag, and the other photo rules in the PDF).
3. Original plus photocopy of an accepted civil-service-exam I.D. Cards not on CSC’s list are not accepted. See the exam day / I.D. guide and the PDF. Prefer the same original I.D. you will bring on exam day.
4. Expired I.D. as last resort: Announcement No. 06 allows an expired card only if the expiry date is within calendar year 2026. Do not invent a wider window.
5. If the I.D. has no date of birth: original plus photocopy of a PSA or local civil registry birth certificate (PSA E-Certificate accepted under the rules named in that PDF).
6. Other papers the PDF names for your case (for example dual-citizen Identification Certificate under R.A. 9225). Do not guess extras from a blog.

CSC uses the Online Notice of School Assignment (ONSA) and/or Regional Office notices. The ONSA open date is cycle-specific — we will not invent it. If you cannot see your school a week before the test, CSC’s recent advisories said to ask the Regional/Field Office directly.

While you wait:

1. Sit the free diagnostic if you have not.
2. Drill the topics that slipped — Verbal, Numerical, GI, plus Analytical or Clerical.
3. Sit a timed mock so 14 March 2027 (or 08 August 2027) is not your first three-hour paper. Mock percent is not a CSC general rating. CSC’s passing general rating is 80.00 — a CSC formula, not our score. Read passing score vs mock percent.

Recent sittings restated no I.D., no examination, no calculator of any kind, and black ball pen rules. Gate times in the last fully extracted packing advisory (08 March 2026) were be at the venue not later than 6:30 a.m. and gates closed at 7:45 a.m. Those times can change. Use the school-assignment advisory named for 14 March 2027.

Pack from that advisory. Do not add folklore I.D. types. Details: exam day guide and the night before.

Target List of Passers for this sitting is on or before 11 May 2027 (may move with volume). Only the List of Passers on csc.gov.ph is official. Individual ratings through OCSERGS follow the posting, on the timeline CSC names.

Passing creates eligibility, not a job. Agencies still apply qualification standards.

If you do not pass, the three-month same-level window and the next calendar sitting are CSC rules. Build a real review from misses — see second take — instead of buying a “sure pass” PDF.