Sometimes you just need to comply with these requirements and not be too bothered when you know it would cost your job. Before I started working on my first job in the Philippines, I was required to submit my passport, birth certificate, NBI clearance (like a CRB check), etc. No fuss and no drama, it's the requirements so just comply. Those who don't have any of those documents must get one. And all the companies I've worked for asked the same things.