Good news for car owners.
You may now renew your vehicle registration online, and it takes only five to 10 minutes to do it.
However, there are some protocols to follow.
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) on Tuesday launched its online motor vehicle registration rene al through the Land Transportation Management System (LTMS) portal, a process that may take only five to 10 minutes to complete.
LTO chief Jose Arturo Tugade said under the scheme, private individuals, companies or organizations can now use the LTMS portal to renew the registration of their MVs without the need to personally go to any of the agency’s district offices.
Arturo clarified however, that the online renewal of car registration would only apply to plain renewal transactions, and that the private vehicle owner must have a registered LTMS portal account and the last renewal transaction was completed using LTMS, he said.
Before conducting the online renewal, the owner should secure or acquire a certificate of coverage or insurance of their choice, and the vehicle must be brought to a private motor vehicle inspection center (PMVIC) and checked for road worthiness.
Both the validated insurance and the vehicle inspection report would be electronically sent to the LTMS.
Once all the requirements are met, the vehicle owner could now log in to his or her LTMS Portal account and conduct the renewal process, including online payment.
A vehicle owner could do it in a month’s time, at their own pace, and in the comfort of their homes or during their office break.
“If your plate number ends with three, you have the whole month of March to get your choice of insurance coverage, have your vehicle inspected in any PMVIC near you, and access the LTMS portal for the online renewal,” Tugade said.
“There’s no need for vehicle owners to spend a whole day to renew the registration of their vehicles,” he added.