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LTO to Issue Driver’s Licenses with 10-Year Validity Starting by October 2021




The Land Transportation Office (LTO) will issue Driver’s Licenses with 10-year validity starting by October 2021. However, according to the Department of Transportation (DOTr), only those drivers with clean records with the LTO will be able to enjoy premium license cards once rolled out.

“Not all license holders are entitled to this privilege. For those who have clean records, you may enjoy not coming back for renewal not only for five years, but ten years. That is if you are not delinquent.”

– Edgar Galvante, Chief Assistant Secretary of the Land Transportation Office


LTO Chief Assistant Secretary Edgar Galvante said in a press briefing on Thursday, August 19, 2020, that the issuance of licenses with 10-year validity is in line with the implementation of a provision in Republic Act No. 10930, signed into law in 2017, which states that:

“Except for student permits, all drivers’ licenses shall be valid for five years reckoned from the birthdate of the licensee, unless sooner revoked or suspended: Provided, however, that subject to Section 26 hereof, any holder of a professional or nonprofessional driver’s license who has not committed any violation of Republic Act No. 4136 and other traffic laws, rules and regulations during the five-year period shall be entitled to a renewal of such license for 10 years, subject to the restrictions as may be imposed by the LTO.”

Point System: Driver’s Licenses 10-Year Validity

A new point system has also been devised by the LTO in which drivers will either earn incentives for good standing or accumulate demerit points for each violation they committed.

Through the said point system, demerit points can be accumulated by motorists depending on the gravity of their violation. Here are the following violation categories as mentioned by the DOTr:

  • Grave – five (5) points
  • Less Grave – three (3) points
  • Light – one (1) point

According to Galvante, driving a motor vehicle in the commission of a crime, operating a colorum vehicle, and driving under the influence, are some of the examples of grave violations.


If a motorist accumulates ten (10) demerit points his or her driver’s license may be suspended. Moreover, if a motorist earns forty (40) points it will result in revocation of his or her driver’s license. The violations committed by motorists will be uploaded or recorded in the LTO’s system.

According to Galvante, the aim of the 10-year validity of driver’s licenses is to incentivize those who strictly obey traffic laws.

“Hopefully, with this measure mababawas-bawasan ang road crashes, road or traffic incidents na nagka-cause ng injuries and even pagkamatay.”

– Edgar Galvante, Chief Assistant Secretary of the Land Transportation Office

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SOURCE

Department of Transportation – Philippines

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