QuestionsQuestions (MEMORANDUM)
It aims to address public complaints about long queues and congestion at licensing offices and Motor Vehicle Inspection Centers by allowing advance renewals and extending the validity of the MVIR for certain private vehicles (year model five years and below).
Advance renewal is allowed two (2) months prior to the expiration date.
For qualified vehicles, the validity of the MVIR is extended from two (2) months to six (6) months from the actual inspection date.
Private motor vehicles with year model five (5) years and below.
It applies not only to private motor vehicles but also to government and diplomatic motor vehicles, provided they are year model five (5) years and below.
It is counted from the actual date of inspection.
The Memorandum cites numerous complaints about long queues at licensing offices and congestion at Motor Vehicle Inspection Centers.
It provides context for why renewals and related processes need practical timing adjustments to manage traffic and reduce congestion despite the longer license validity.
It references the strict implementation of motor vehicle roadworthiness inspection prior to registration.
They are deemed repealed or superseded.
It was adopted on 11 March 2018 and filed on 25 May 2018.
It retains strict inspection requirements while adjusting timing—allowing advance renewals by two months and extending MVIR validity to six months for qualifying vehicles—to reduce delays and congestion.
No. The six-month MVIR validity extension is expressly for private, government, and diplomatic motor vehicles with year model five years and below.
The earliest allowed renewal would be two (2) months prior to July 31, i.e., around May 31 (depending on the exact day/month calculation used by the office).