Annual Renewal of LTO Registration

 

Steps in Renewing Annual Car Registration

1. Secure CTPL (Comprehensive Third Party Liability Insurance). Expected cost around 1k depending on vehicle type.

2. Visit nearest MVIS (Motor Vehicle Inspection System) center. Expected cost around 1.5k to 2k plus Php100 for stencil.

3. Once done, visit your nearest LTO office for the renewal. You can get a package to have this processed by the MVIS but this is costly. 

4. When visiting the LTO office, prepare photocopy of your car's Certificate of Registration, previous year's Official Receipt registration, and the forms from MVIS. 

5. If no findings and in good standing, proceed to payment. Expected cost around 1.5k depending on vehicle type. 

6. CTPL, MVIS were done fast. Processing at LTO Robinsons's Galleria took approximately 3-4 hours despite being scheduled.

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LTO License Renewal for 10 Years

 

Steps in Renewing Your LTO Driver's License

1. Visit the LTO portal website. 

2. Once you have your account set up and verified, click on E-Learning then Driver's Renewal Course. Select CDE Online Validation Exam. 

3. After passing the exam, have the certificate printed and attach it together with your medical exam. The medical exam at SM City Cebu will just take your height, weight, and biometrics and there will be no drug tests (which is odd). It costs a whooping Php600 pesos for this!

4. Submit your old driver's license, medical cert, CDE certificate of completion to your nearest LTO office. 

5. Pay Php585 to renew your license. 

6. They will take a new picture and verify all info provided. Biometrics will be taken. 

7. Once done, the new license will be printed instantly. This is an improvement from my previous renewal where the ID was not printed clearly and took a couple of days to get back. The office did encounter connectivity and lag issues. You need to allocate at least half a day to have this completed, depending on number of applicants.

8.First thing that you notice on the new ID are the new codes. Gone are the 1 and 2, etc and are replaced by A, A1, B, B1, B2 etc.

9. You will have 10-year validity for the license provided that you don't have any violations. 

10. Medical exam is needed on the 3rd and 6th year of your license.

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Renewal of Car Registration at LTO Talisay

 Finally, after a  few days of delay due to the late upload of my plate number (given last 2018 but not uploaded by LTO, no advise from casa to have plate uploaded into the system), I was able to renew my car's registration. 

LTO Talisay, Cebu

I arrived at LTO Talisay around 7:45AM and by that time, around 60 numbers have been given already. It pays to arrive early and be first in line.

 When to Renew Car Registration

 Here are some of the items that you need to bring before having your car registration renewed:

1. CTPL

2. Emission Test

Once you have this, the next step will be to have your vehicle checked by an LTO employee. 

So why did I renew at LTO Talisay and not in Cebu? I was advised by a colleague that the registration in LTO Cebu is expensive because it has been privatized. I'm not familiar with the rates but I did read some news about exorbitant fees collected. 

After the inspection, you will pay the fees and get your updated car registration receipt. 

Overall,  it was a good experience. The staff and guards were friendly and accommodating. The only downside is the slow internet or software they are using for the registration.

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Frustrating Experience in Renewing Car Registration

It was a very frustrating experience when I tried to renew my car registration this week. Since I failed to renew on time, a penalty is in store once this process is done.

But before we get into any of that, here are the items that you need for the renewal:

1. CTPL (Compulsory Third Party Liability Insurance)

2. MVIS (Motor Vehicle Inspection Report)

3. Emission Test

4. Renewal at LTO Office

Here in Cebu, the old plate numbers use to start at A but was changed to G. When I got my plate number, the car dealer installed the plate and the LTO sticker. 

When i was about to renew my car registration, my old plate (A) was still the one available in the system, and not the G one. 

So my questions are:

1. Why did LTO issue the plates and the stickers if the new plates are not yet uploaded in the system? 

2. Why didn't the car dealership give me an instruction that I need to visit LTO to have my new plates uploaded? 

How could have avoided this? Start renewing your car's registration at the start of the week.

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