Car Registration Procedure

We’ve recently registered our car for 2010 at a nearby LTO extension office. What we thought would take us a day took 2 days because their computers went “offline”. I wish they had better document scanning software, the whole thing would have been easier and quick. Anyway for those of you that want to know how the registration process is done, here is how we got through it:

- Ready your old original registration (get a xerox copy as well)
- Go to the nearest LTO office
- Renew your yearly TPL (Third Party Liability) insurance (P850)
- While waiting for them to use their old type writers for the insurance, look for the emission test cashier and pay for the bill (P410)
- Once paid, go to the emission test center and wait for your car to be called.
- They will assist you to set up your car in front of the machine that will test it. They will rev the engine to check for smoke and then will wait for a few minutes of testing. They will then take a picture and will give you the receipt.
- Head back and get your TPL insurance
- Next will be the “Stencil”, or the part where an LTO personnel will stencil your engine and chassis number into your registration form.
- After all this is done, go to the evaluator again one last time so they can check your documents and then they will forward it for approval.
- You will then be called by the Cashier to pay for the remaining bill (around P1.7K).
- Wait for your name to be called at the “Releasing” window and finally get the receipt and the stickers.