Duterte Gov’t Fast-Track 5-Year Drivers’ License Issuance, Get Cards On The Same Day
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has rolled out Tuesday,
August 29, the drivers’ license cards with five-year validity.
LTO Chief Edgar Galvante said drivers who will either
acquire or renew their licenses will be getting cards on the same day.
He assured that the license cards will be tamper-proof as
these will contain biometric information of the drivers.
“The license cards will have a barcode that will record the
driver’s fingerprints. Prior license cards do not have this security feature,”
the LTO chief told reporters
“The processing of the license cards is very
technologically-advanced. Thus, we are confident that nobody will be able to
breach or tamper with the data,” he added.
Galvante said drivers who have shown good driving behavior
will be able to renew their licenses for up to ten years.
President Rodrigo Duterte has recently signed into law
Republic Act No. 10930 extending the validity of driver’s licenses from three
years to five years.
Under the law, professional or nonprofessional drivers who
did not violate traffic regulations during the five year period can renew their
licenses up to 10 years subject to restrictions by the LTO.
Galvante likewise expects the agency will be able to address
its backlog in issuing driver’s licenses.
The agency has more than three million backlogs in driver’s
licenses nationwide from October 2016 to July 2017.
“We have started issuing five-year validity driver’s
licenses since October 2016 but these are through paper receipts,” he said.
The LTO is eyeing to issue the license cards at its
satellite offices in the National Capital Region (NCR) by the first week of
September.
In Regions 3, 4-A and 11 they will be available by middle of next month while the rest of the country will have them by October.
In Regions 3, 4-A and 11 they will be available by middle of next month while the rest of the country will have them by October.
Source: Philippine News Agency
Duterte Gov’t Fast-Track 5-Year Drivers’ License Issuance, Get Cards On The Same Day
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