MANILA — Land Transportation Office (LTO) can now issue plastic driver’s license cards to holders of expired and paper-printed licenses.
LTO assistant secretary Vigor Mendoza II made the announcement in a press briefing on Thursday.
“We already have enough plastic cards, the driver’s license cards, to be issued to them,” he said.
He also reported about 700,000 to 800,000 plastic cards have been delivered to different LTO offices nationwide.
Meanwhile, another two million cards are expected to arrive by the end of October.
“So if they have paid in the past but only got a paper license, all they have to do is go back to the district office or LTO office where they paid and present their official receipt,” he advised drivers.
The expiration date of the driver’s license and its corresponding renewal schedule are as follows:
* April 1 to 30, 2023, renew from October 6 to 31, 2023
* May 1 to 31, 2023, renew from November 1 to 30, 2023
* June 1 to 30, 2023, renew from December 1 to 31, 2023
* July 1 to 31, 2023, renew from January 1 to 31, 2024, 2023
* August 1 to 31, 2023, renew from February 1 to 29, 2024
* September 1 to 30, 2023, renew from March 1 to 31, 2024
“We made it staggered… We didn’t do it at the same time for two reasons: Number one is that our supply of plastic cards is staggered,” Mendoza explained.
“Secondly, we don’t want everyone to go to our district offices all at once,” he said.
LTO previously extended the validity of expired driver’s licenses.
However, drivers who will fail to renew on the given schedule will have their licenses considered expired and they will pay a penalty.
The office hopes to resolve about 2.4 million backlog in driver’s licenses by the end of the renewal schedule. (Luisa Cabato © Philippine Daily Inquirer)
