The Davao City Business Bureau is urging all business owners to process their business permits and licenses either online or on-site before the deadline for renewal on January 31.
From January 2 to 10, the Bureau has already accepted 21,203 applications for business permits. Of these, eight are new applicants while the rest are for renewal.
Business Bureau Head Maribel Paguican said around 25% of these applicants have paid their dues and are set to be issued their permits.
Businesses that fail to renew their permits this month will have to pay surcharges to acquire their licenses.
“We encourage everyone, we have 17 days left for the renewal of our business permit. Dili na nato hulaton na didto na ta sa last days,” Paguican said during the Ispeak media forum on Thursday.
To avoid queueing in the bureau’s processing sites, she urged business owners to process the renewal of their permits online at https://appbts.davaocity.gov.ph.
However, Paguican said clients who find the online process too difficult may choose to process their business permits completely on-site or through a hybrid process. Clients may file their applications online and proceed to one of the bureau’s processing sites to complete their transaction. The reverse is also allowed, she said, as those unable to file their application through the bureau’s website may file their application face-to-face and proceed to finish the process online.
“Three steps ang atong process pag magkuha og business permit. We have the file, pay, and claim. On any of these steps, they can opt to either mag-manual or mag-online (Our process has three steps to get a business permit. We have file, pay, and claim. On any of these steps, clients may choose to go manual or online),” she said.
The Business Bureau’s 10 processing sites are at the SP Building for the Poblacion District, Almendras Gym for the Talomo and Agdao Districts, Gaisano Grand CitiGate Mall for Buhangin District, Baguio District Treasury Office for Baguio District, Marilog District Treasury Office for Marilog District, Tugbok District Treasury Office for Tugbok District, Calinan Gym for Calinan District, Toril District Treasury Office for Toril District, Bunawan District Treasury Office for Bunawan District, and Paquibato District Treasury Office in Paquibato District.
For the month of January, these processing sites will be open even on Saturdays and on January 28, Sunday. On January 31, the SP Building and Almendras Gym processing sites will be open until 10 p.m. while the processing sites for Buhangin, Calinan, Tugbok, Bunawan, and Toril will be operating until 7 p.m. The rest will follow the regular schedule from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CIO
