Exam day guide

From Examination Announcement No. 06, s. 2026, for the 14 March 2027 exam. Any card not on this list is not accepted.

1. Driver’s License / Temporary Driver’s License (LTO O.R. with old license; O.R. alone not allowed) / Student Driver’s Permit
2. Passport
3. PRC License Card
4. SSS I.D.
5. GSIS I.D. (UMID)
6. Voter’s I.D. / Voter’s Certification
7. BIR / Taxpayer’s I.D. (ATM or TIN card with picture; Digital TIN I.D. included per CSC footnote)
8. PhilHealth I.D. (name, clear picture, signature, number)
9. Company / Office I.D.
10. School I.D.
11. Police Clearance / Police Clearance Certificate (with picture)
12. Postal I.D.
13. Barangay I.D.
14. NBI Clearance
15. Seaman’s Book
16. HDMF Transaction I.D.
17. PWD I.D.
18. Solo Parent I.D.
19. Senior Citizen’s I.D.
20. CSC Eligibility Card
21. PhilID (ePhilID or PVC). Digital National I.D. only if it verifies at everify.gov.ph/check

If the I.D. has no date of birth, CSC also asks for an original PSA or local civil registry birth certificate (S1 / S3). Last-resort expired I.D. rules are written per cycle. For filing for 14 March 2027, Announcement No. 06 allows an expired I.D. only if its expiry date is within 2026. Do not assume the same window for later sittings.

CSC prohibits calculators of any kind (including watch calculators) at the examinee’s seat, plus phones, smart watches, printed aids, and scratch work on extra paper, skin, or clothing (S1; restated in Advisory No. 10, s. 2026). Violations can cancel the exam.

CSC uses the Online Notice of School Assignment (ONSA) and/or Regional Office notices. Printouts of ONSA are typically optional. If you cannot see your school a week before the test, CSC says to ask the Regional/Field Office directly (S3). The next ONSA open date is cycle-specific — we will not invent it.

The last fully extracted exam-day packing list we have is Examination Advisory No. 02, s. 2026 (08 March 2026): original I.D., black ball pen only, optional application/official receipt (for your examinee number later), optional small sanitizer, optional water in a clear container. That advisory also said be at the venue not later than 6:30 a.m. and gates closed at 7:45 a.m. Advisory No. 10, s. 2026 exists for 09 August 2026; we retrieved the HTML reminders (no I.D. / no calculator) but not the full PDF. Use the advisory named for your exam date.

From CSC Examinee’s Guide / school-assignment materials:

• Professional test proper: 3 hours 10 minutes (8:00 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.)
• Subprofessional test proper: 2 hours 40 minutes (8:00 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.)
• Expect pre- and post-exam activities of about an hour before and after

On our full mocks, treat the server timer as non-negotiable practice. Flag and skip hard items; return via the progress map.

1. First pass for easy points. Mark uncertain items and move on.
2. Budget by feel, not by rumor. CSC does not publish per-subtest weights.
3. Leave a short final pass for flagged items.
4. EDQ is personal data and is not scored content — still follow proctor instructions.

Keep your Examinee Number and application receipt. You need the number to get your rating through OCSERGS, and the receipt helps when you claim your Certificate of Eligibility. CSC posts the official List of Passers on csc.gov.ph — see how to check your Civil Service Exam results.