The Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Tacloban City in the province of Leyte, is made up of three (3) LTO offices: the LTO Tacloban City District Office, LTO Tacloban City Extension Office, the LTO Tacloban City Licensing Center. These offices were meant to carry out the agency’s mandate in the local area, extending the agency’s effort to keep the roads safe for drivers and pedestrians by reducing vehicular accidents through the strict regulation of drivers and vehicles. On top of this, the LTO Tacloban City offices were meant to bring the core LTO programs and services closer to the over 250,000 people residing in the city.
The City of Tacloban, otherwise known as the “Home of the Happiest People in the World” and the “Gateway to Eastern Visayas,” is not only the largest, but is also one of the fastest growing city in the Eastern Visayas region. It serves as the urban, economic, and the distribution center of the region, housing establishments related to commerce, tourism, education, culture, financial, and technology. It also serves as home to numerous tourist spots including San Juanico Park Golf and Country Club, Balyu-an Amphitheater, Sto. Niño Shrine and Heritage Museum, Calvary Hill, and San Juanico Bridge. With that, it isn’t surprising that the LTO set up several branch offices in the area for the drivers and motorists to avail of LTO services from. If you wish to learn more about the LTO Tacloban City Office operating hours, services, addresses, and complete contact information, then you need to keep reading this guide.
What is LTO Tacloban City?
LTO Tacloban City refers to the LTO branches located in Tacloban City in Leyte. Much like the rest of the LTO offices in the Philippines, the LTO Tacloban City Offices were opened to bring the core LTO programs and services—including the inspection and registration of motor vehicles, issuance of license and permits, collection of fees, fines, and penalties, traffic adjudication, and enforcement of land transportation rules and regulations—closer to the people of the city.
Some of the LTO branches in Tacloban City, includes:
LTO Tacloban City District Office
The LTO Tacloban City District Office is the agency’s project implementing entity in the local area, intended to manage the operations and implementation of LTO services and regulatory policies. These efforts by the agency helps keep the roads safe for both drivers and pedestrians. It also helps offer better public service by bringing more convenient alternatives to people who are interested in availing of LTO services like when they need to renew their driver’s license or secure their vehicle registrations.
LTO Tacloban City Extension Office
The LTO Tacloban City Extension Office is the agency’s extension in the city of Tacloban. It is one of the operating arms of the LTO in the Old Army Road—one of the busiest roads in the city of Tacloban. This LTO office is placed right next to the government offices in the city, making the need to comply with LTO rules and regulations much easier to the residents of the city.
LTO Tacloban City Licensing Center
The LTO Tacloban City Licensing Center serves as the agency’s off site printing office in the city premises. Located in the same area as the LTO district and extension offices in Tacloban City, the LTO Tacloban City Licensing Center is created to offer faster, more convenient licensing services to the people who work behind the wheels.
Services Provided by LTO Laoag City Office
Whatever reason made you go all the way to Old Army Road to visit any of the LTO Tacloban City Offices, you can be assured that the same strict policies on sanitation and physical distancing is observed, enabling safe, accessible, and convenient LTO transactions. It is made more convenient for the drivers and vehicle owners in the city. Plus, it is located on a busy road, along with other government offices, putting it in a prime location for offering public service.
Though all LTO offices are expected to offer the full range of LTO services to the public, some LTO offices may have limited facilities, so it’s best to call first to check if the service you need is offered at LTO Tacloban City Office you need to visit..
In the meantime, here’s a list of the LTO services that are known to be offered by each LTO office in Tacloban City.
Tacloban City District Office
- License And Permit
- Student Permit
- New Driver’s License (Non-Professional)
- Conductor’s License
- Plain or Advance Renewal of Driver’s/Conductor’s License and Renewal of Driver’s License of Filipino Living Abroad
- Miscellaneous License Transactions
- Change Classification from Non-Professional Driver’s License (NPDL) Code to Professional Driver’s License Code with Same Driver’s License (PDL) Code
- Additional Driver’s License Code/s
- Vehicle Registration
- Renewal of Motor Vehicle (MV) Registration
- Storage of Motor Vehicle
- Miscellaneous Transactions
- Motor Vehicle Inspection
- Miscellaneous Transactions
- Duplicate OR/CR
- Duplicate Plate
- Transfer of Ownership
- Annotation & Cancellation of Mortgage
- Revision of Records
- Duplicate License (for Lost Licenses)
- Collection of fees from law enforcement violations
- Drug testing
- Emission testing
- Inventory of Plates
LTO Tacloban City Extension Office
The LTO Tacloban City Extension Office is the go-to office for drivers and car owners who need to conduct licensing transactions, including acquiring and renewing of driver’s license, issuance of student permits, and other miscellaneous licensing transactions. There’s also other services offered, which includes vehicle registration, vehicle registration renewal, and other miscellaneous transactions like duplicate OR/CR, duplicate plate, transfer of ownership, revision of records, and duplicate license (for lost licenses).
LTO Tacloban City Licensing Center
As a licensing center, this LTO branch office is also an off-site print shop and a license service center to everyone in Tacloban City who are seeking to acquire or renew their licenses and permits and registrations or make changes to their records and request such changes to appear on their driver’s licenses.
Some LTO services that may not be readily available in the LTO Tacloban City branches, include:
- License And Permit
- Renewal of Driver’s / Conductor’s License with Examination [Expired for more than two (2) years] and/or with ten (10) or more but less than forty (40) Demerit Points
- Change Classification from Non-Professional Driver’s License (NPDL) Code to Professional Driver’s License Code with Same Driver’s License (PDL) Code
- Additional Driver’s License Code/s
- Conversion of Foreign Driver’s License to Philippine Driver’s License Including Renewal of Expired Philippine Driver’s License with a Valid Foreign Driver’s License
- Change Classification from Professional Driver’s License (PDL) Code to Non-Professional Driver’s License Code (NPDL), Dropping of DL Code and Change Clutch Type
- Request for System Updates (RSU) for Double License
- Request for System Update (RSU) for License and Customer Details/Misrepresentation of Age/Identity
- Accreditation of Medical Clinics – New
- Accreditation of Medical Clinics – Renewal
- Registration of Physicians – New
- Registration of Physicians – Renewal
- Accreditation of Driving School / Driving Enhancement Program Training Center – New
- Accreditation of Driving School / Driving Enhancement Program Training Center – Renewal
- Accreditation of Driving Instructor – New
- Accreditation of Driving Instructor – Renewal
- Examination for Driving School Instructors
- Driving Enhancement Program (DEP)
- Vehicle Registration
- Initial Registration of Motor Vehicle (MV)
- Re-Stamping of Engine/Chasis Number
- Request for Motor Vehicle Verification
- Insurance
- Proper Driver Education
- Theoretical Driving Course (TDC) and exam
- Comprehensive Driver’s Exam (CDE)
- Practical Driving Course (PDC) and exam
- Law Enforcement
- Settlement of Admitted Apprehension
- Adjudication of Contested Apprehension
- Encoding of Alarm
- Filing of Complaint and Lifting of Alarm
- Lifting of Alarm (Traffic Adjudication Service)
- Certification of No Pending Apprehension and Alarm
- Collection of fees from law enforcement violations
- Issuance of Vanity License Plates
- Issuance of Special Plates
- The use of self-service kiosks
- Process Application for New Driver’s License (DL) via the Automated Driver’s License Examination System (ADLES) Facility
How to Contact LTO Tacloban City
Reaching out to any of the LTO Tacloban City Offices is just like reaching out to other LTO offices nationwide. It can be done directly through the LTO headquarters or regional office, or straight to the LTO Tacloban City branch, either via their phone numbers, email addresses, or social media accounts. But, since they are all under the jurisdiction of the LTO regional office in the Ilocos Region, it is also okay to reach out to them via the following contact information
Land Transportation Office Region 8 – Office of the Regional Director
Agency Code: 0800
Office Address: Government Center, Candahug, Palo, Leyte
Telephone Number: (053) 888-4672
Head of Agency: Rhodelio V. Poliquit
Email Address: ltoregionaloffice8@gmail.com, rvpoliquit@gmail.com
Official Facebook Page: https://web.facebook.com/lto8.gov.ph/
Operating Hours: 8AM – 5PM (Mondays-Fridays)
Contact Information
To reach out to the specific LTO Tacloban City Offices, please see this list of contact information below:
Tacloban City District Office
Agency Code: 0844
Office Address: Old Army Road, Tacloban City, Leyte
Telephone Number: (053) 325-5005
Head of Agency: Domitilla M. Serrano
Email Address: domitillaserrano@yahoo.com
Operating Hours: 8AM – 5PM (Mondays-Fridays)
Tacloban City Extension Office
Agency Code: 0846
Office Address: Old Army Road, Tacloban City, Leyte
Head of Agency: Eden Josefina M. Quebec
Email Address: eden_jmq@yahoo.com
Operating Hours: 8AM – 5PM (Mondays-Fridays)
Tacloban City Licensing Center
Agency Code: 0848
Office Address: Old Army Road, Tacloban City, Leyte
Telephone Number: (053) 325-8275
Head of Agency: Marc Bonne A. Rojas
Email Address: mbrojas517@gmail.com
Operating Hours: 8AM – 5PM (Mondays-Fridays)
Where is Tacloban City
Tacloban, officially known as the City of Tacloban, is a first class highly urbanized city (HUC) in the Eastern Visayas region. The city is known as the Gateway to Eastern Visayas, serving as Leyte’s temporary provincial capitol, though it is autonomous from the province. It is well known as the Home of the Happiest People in the World, and operates under the guidance of its motto as the City of Love, Beauty and Progresses.
True to its guiding motto, the city of Tacloban is a progressive and competitive city that keeps bouncing back regardless of the numerous destructive tragedies that struck the place. To date, it serves as the region’s economic and eco industrial hub, with an economy largely focused on agriculture, commerce, tourism, education, and culture. It also declares the lowest poverty rates in the country, and is a key regional transportation hub in the region, housing the Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport.
Tacloban is also the largest city and distributing center in the eastern Visayan Islands (Leyte and Samar) group, located in San Pedro Bay at the southern entrance to San Juanico Strait. The Red Beach, which is located to the south of Tacloban City, at Palo, was one of the landing sites and is now a known tourist attraction.
Google Map Location
As the Gateway to the Eastern Visayas Region, Tacloban is quite accessible by land and air, served by multicabs, taxis, jeepneys, buses, tricycles, and pedicabs. The city also hosts the Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport as well as the New Transport Terminal of Tacloban City and New Bus Terminal located in Abucay district. The San Juanico Bridge connects the city to the town of Santa Rita in Samar.
For complete driving directions or specific information on the driving directions or travel routes to the City of Laoag and LTO Laoag District Office, then you may refer to the map below: