The Land Transportation Office (LTO) is eyeing the expansion of its online driver’s license renewal to other countries after a successful two-day pilot implementation in Taichung and Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
LTO chief Vigor Mendoza II said they are consolidating all the feedback and observations during the two-day pilot implementation of the online driver’s license renewal in Taiwan over the weekend, wherein about 1,000 overseas Filipino workers were accommodated.
He disclosed the project would be replicated in the United States of America, Europe and the Middle East.
He thanked ex-labor and justice secretary Silvestre Bello III, Manila Economic and Cultural Office chairman and resident representative; Migrant Workers Office Taipei Labor Attaché Cesar Chavez Jr., now the Presidential Communications Office Secretary; Kaohsiung Labor Attaché David Des Dicang, and other MECO officials for their all-out assistance that led to the successful pilot implementation.
“Our online driver’s license renewal in Taiwan was successful. Now, we are reviewing all the feedback and all the observations to determine where we should improve and which should be retained because the order of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to do the same in different countries where there are a large number of our Filipino compatriots,” the LTO chief said.
Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista previously lauded the efforts of the LTO, Depart,ent of Migrant Workers and MECO, citing the fast and comfortable online driver’s license renewal was one othe goals of the Marcos administration under the Bagong Pilipinas.
He urged the OFWs to ensure that all the required documents are submitted to avoid delays in the processing.
Editor’s Note: This is an updated article. Originally posted with the headline “LTO eyes online driver’s license renewal abroad after successful pilot in Taiwan.”
