THE SUPREME Court has approved 14 testing sites for the 2022 Bar Examinations in November.

Five testing sites will be in the National Capital Region. There will be three each in the rest of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

The testing centers will be in Northern Manila, Southern Manila, Pasay City, Quezon City, and Taguig City; Baguio City, Lipa City and Naga City for Luzon; Northern and Southern Cebu and Naga City for Visayas; and Cagayan de Oro City, Davao City, and Zamboanga City for Mindanao.

The assignment of a Bar candidate’s exam venue site will be on a first come, first served basis. Those who submitted their applications and paid the Bar fees earlier will be assigned to the earlier batches, Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa said.

“Each batch of unconditionally and conditionally approved Bar candidates will receive two notifications in their Bar Personal Login Unified System (Bar PLUS)-registered email address: (1) an email notification informing them that their applications to take the 2022 Bar Examinations have been approved; and (2) an email notification informing them that the venue selection module is available in their Bar PLUS accounts,” he added.

The bar candidates will be divided into three batches.

The selection of venues will be on September 14 to September 15 for the first batch; September 16 to 17 for the second batch and September 18 to 19 for the third batch.

“Once a Bar candidate submits his or her venue choice, the submission shall be final and irrevocable. A video tutorial and user guide on venue selection will be uploaded in the Supreme Court microsite today (September 12, 2022),” Caguioa said.