LTO guides: driver's license, registration and plates
Everything you deal with at the Land Transportation Office, checked against the LTO's 2026 Citizen's Charter and the LTO Driver's Manual on the LTMS portal: getting a student permit, renewing your driver's license, renewing your vehicle registration on schedule, and your plate number.
PapelesPH is an independent guide, not the LTO. We don't process licenses, registrations or plates.
All LTO guides
Document
LTO student permit
Requirements, the ₱250 fee and validity rules for the student-driver's permit.
Read guide DocumentLTO license renewal
Requirements, the ₱585 fee, late penalties and a fee calculator.
Read guide DocumentLTO vehicle registration
Renewal schedule by plate number, requirements, MVUC and late penalties.
Read guide DocumentLTO plate number
Region letters, renewal schedule, plate costs, lost plates and vanity plates.
Read guideLTO fees at a glance (2026)
| Transaction | Fee | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Student-driver's permit | ₱250 (₱100 application + ₱150 permit) | Student permit |
| Driver's license renewal, on time | ₱585 | License renewal |
| Expired license penalty | ₱75 (up to 1 year) · ₱150 (1–2 years) · ₱910 total with exams (over 2 years) | License renewal |
| Registration renewal (MVUC), light car 2001+ | ₱1,600 | Registration renewal |
| Registration renewal (MVUC), motorcycle | ₱240 (₱300 with sidecar) | Registration renewal |
| Late registration | ₱200 past your week (₱100 motorcycles) · 50% of the MVUC past your month | Registration renewal |
| Replacement plate | ₱450 car · ₱120 motorcycle | Plate number |
Which guide do you need?
- Learning to drive? Start with the student permit: 16 and over, a 15-hour Theoretical Driving Course and a medical certificate.
- License expiring or expired? The license renewal guide has the requirements and a calculator for your fee and penalty.
- Own a car or motorcycle? Your registration is renewed every year in the month of your plate's last digit. Type your plate into the registration renewal calculator to see your schedule and fee.
- Waiting for a plate, or lost one? See LTO plate number: how to check if it's ready, region letters, lost plates and vanity plates.
Official LTO channels
- LTMS portal (portal.lto.gov.ph): your LTO account, online registration renewal, the CDE course and the Driver's Manual.
- lto.gov.ph: news, advisories and the Citizen's Charter.
- CITIsend app: the LTO Central Command Center's app for reports and inquiries about licenses, plates and traffic violations.
Government websites in the Philippines end in .gov.ph. Be careful with look-alike "LTO" sites and paid "assistance" pages.