5-year validity of driver’s licenses takes effect in NCR
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Tuesday said the extended five-year validity of driver’s licenses is already in effect in the National Capital Region.
In an advisory, the DOTr said the extended validity was implemented on Oct. 10 at the Quezon City Licensing Center, Quezon City Licensing Renewal Section, Central Office License Section all at the Land Transportation Office compound in East Avenue.
It took effect for the rest of Metro Manila on Oct. 17.
The extended validity will be rolled out in other regions next month—Nov. 2 for regions 3, 4, 7, and 11; Nov. 7 for regions 1, 2, 6, 10, and 12; and Nov. 14 for regions 5, 8, 0, Cordillera Administrative Region, and CARAGA.
Professional and non-professional driver’s licenses were previously valid for only three years.
In a bid to lessen queues and crack down on red tape amid backlogs, the DOTr announced in August the plan to extend the validity of driver’s licenses, as expressed by President Rodrigo Duterte in his first State of the Nation Address. CDG/rga
