LTO: 5,000 Driver’s License Cards to Arrive Before SONA

MANILA: Land Transportation Office (LTO) Officer-in-Charge Assistant Secretary Hector Villacorta announced that at least 5,000 driver's license cards will be delivered before the second State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. next week.

Villacorta stated that the LTO is expecting Banner Plasticard, Inc. to produce 15,000 to 30,000 cards per day within 10 days as part of its commitment to issue one million cards within the next 60 days.

Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and new driver's license applicants will receive the first batch of license cards, according to Villacorta.

Villacorta also announced that driver's license holders can now access the electronic copies of their licenses on the LTMS Portal.

“Napaaga ‘yung launch because the IRR takes 15 days to take effect (The launch was earlier than expected because the IRR takes 15 days to take effect). But we just want to assure the public that things are getting back to normal and we have an additional form that is available, the virtual ID,” he said, adding that OFWs are going to benefit from the virtual ID because they can use it as proof of identification.

“Pwede rin ipakita ‘yung e-license so we would have a memo to all enforcers that that should be accepted (The e-license can also be presented so we would have a memo to all enforcers that that should be accepted).” Villacorta stated.

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