Drivers License and Vehicle Registration
2,120 pesos
DRIVER'S LICENSE
Like most things in the Philippines, getting a new Drivers License can be easy, but for the new visitor or non bisayan speaker, it can be a long, daunting and frustrating process.
When you arrive at the LTO, ( Land Transportation Office ), you will be one of the hundred or so people "queuing" or rather jostling in order to get to the front of the line to have their application completed first. The signs directing you where to go and how to follow the process, are inadequate or non-existent. If you arrive after lunch, most of the people queuing with you will have been there since early morning. Most new arrivals will be greeted by "fixers" who offer to get your license for you for a fee, but that fee is likely to change the further into the process you get. My experience with "fixers" is that they invent problems - they will tell you they can sort it out; then they disappear for 30 minutes, probably for a cigarette, and come back and tell you they have fixed it. This way they justify their high fees.
The basic requirements for the conversion of your foreign license according to the LTO website are as follows:-
1. Driver's
License
2. Duly Accomplished Application Form
3. Must
have passed the written and practical examination
for the restriction code being applied for.
4. Negative Drug
Test result (from a DOH accredited drug
testing center)
5. Medical Certificate
(from a LTO accredited or government physician)
If you use our Drivers License service, I will escort you to the LTO, often with my native speaking wife, Elsa, and take you smoothly through the process. Normally you can expect to receive your Drivers License within about two hours of arrival. In many cases, you will be able to have additional classes of vehicle added to your permit. Your conversion to a local license will cost you about 1,120 pesos for the LTO fees and my fee is 1,000 pesos - all up 2,120 pesos!
Beware! You will be required to undertake a strict test for drugs and alcohol - if you fail you will have wasted your money!
VEHICLE REGISTRATION
I can also renew you car or motorbike registration - my fee for this is 1,500 pesos plus the fees charged by the LTO, which will all be receipted. I will pick up your vehicle and deliver it back to you the same day.
For more details of fees and what you need to bring, wear, etc., please contact us by cell or email.
Paul
