How to Renew Your Driver's License (Philippines)

I would like to share my experience with driver's license renewal at LTO Manila South District Office. It's a very simple process and, depending on the number of people at LTO during your visit, you can finish in as short as one hour. If you want to know about how to renew your car registration, you can check my other post: How to Renew Your Car Registration.

LTO Manila South District Office

WHAT YOU NEED

-expiring driver's license
-application form (can be taken from LTO)
-money (P518 total)

THE PROCESS

First, get an application form from the Public Assistance and Complaints Desk. After filling out the form, you will be instructed to get a medical exam. This service is available inside the LTO compound for P100. Weight, height and blood pressure will be measured. Eye test will also be done. This can be completed in just 5-10 minutes.

Area for medical exam within LTO compound.

Afterwards, submit the forms along with your expiring driver's license to the Public Assistance and Complaints Desk and wait for your name to be called. At around 11am on a Monday morning, I was #44. Waiting took about 15 minutes.

Once your name is called, proceed to Window 1 for your photo and signature to be taken. Then, wait another 15 minutes for your name to be called. Once your name is called, proceed to Window 9 to pay for the renewal fee which costs P418. (If you had changed your address, you would be called by the evaluator to Window 2 for clarifications, which could prolong the process by a few more minutes.)

Wait another 15-20 minutes and your name will be called again. This time, proceed to Window 4 for the release of your new driver's license, which is valid for another three years. Yehey! The entire process took less than one hour, which was good enough for me considering that there were a lot of people at LTO.

EXTRA NOTES

Pay attention to the names being called because they only repeat the names once or twice. Also, pay attention to the window number that you're being called to go to.

No noon break.

LTO follows the No Noon Break policy, which was fortunate for us since we arrived a bit past 11am.

LTO Manila South District Office also offers other services aside from driver's license renewal, including:

-student permit issuance (for Filipino citizens only)

-duplicate license / student permit

-MV registration (renewal), excluding tax-exempt, imported, diplomatic and for-hire

-transfer of ownership

-mortgage annotation

-duplicate plate / certificate of registration

For more information, you can contact their office at (02)528-4682.

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Hope my post helped somehow. Feel free to share your LTO experience. :)