QuestionsQuestions (LTO MEMORANDUM)
It directs LTO-Baguio and relevant district/licensing offices to indicate the date of issuance of the driver’s license on the license card (in small numbers at the bottom of the signature of the licensee in the scan card), following a suggestion meant to reduce workload and ease clientele waiting time, in view of Memorandum Circular No. 86-002.
Memorandum Circular No. 86-002 dated 26 March 1986.
Because it states that the Official Receipt of Payment becomes immaterial upon the release of the License Card.
In small numbers at the bottom of the signature of the licensee in the scan card (as shown in the attached sample).
They are hereby directed to do as suggested—i.e., to indicate the date of issuance in the specified location on the license card—for strict compliance.
It would shorten waiting time when requesting for a duplicate Official Receipt (O.R.), since the issuance date would be directly indicated on the license card.
It enables easy computation of the apprenticeship period even if the license was issued by another district/licensing office.
It allows LTO employees to justify the expiration date even without the presence of the O.R., because the issuance date can be readily identified on the license card.
It states that authenticity can easily be detected.
It implies that the instruction is mandatory for the concerned offices and should be followed without exception.
By eliminating or minimizing reasons for duplicate O.R. requests and facilitating quick verification of apprenticeship/expiration details, it reduces administrative work and processing time.
The LTO-Baguio City Agency suggested indicating the date of issuance of drivers’ licenses in small numbers at the bottom of the licensee’s signature in the scan card.
It improves verifiability and reduces dependence on supporting documents like the O.R., thereby enabling easier checking of eligibility periods (apprenticeship) and expiration dates, and supporting authenticity checks.
Both: it is premised on the payment O.R. becoming immaterial upon release of the license card, but it directs a modification/feature in the physical license card format (indicating the issuance date) to operationalize that administrative policy.
Easing out the workload of the office and minimizing waiting time of the clientele, while also improving ease of verification for apprenticeship and expiration, and detecting authenticity.