June is the time for my car registration renewal.  Just like last year, I came early, however it's almost 9AM this time.

The procedure I followed is basically the same as last year except that I got my CTPL from Cebuana Lhuillier this time, hoping to save some time at LTO.  By the way, Cebuana Lhuillier has a tie up with LTO.

Requirements:
- Photocopy of Official Receipt (OR) and Certificate of Registration (CR)
- CTPL insurance, if you already have one

Last year, I posted that 2 copies of the OR and CR is needed.  It seems that this is only needed if you still don't have CTPL and somebody else would line up for the insurance while you do other things.

Steps:

1. Submit photocopy of OR and CR plus original copy of CTPL to inspector.  I was advised by Cebuana to submit duplicate copy but the inspector asked for the original.
2. Papers will be passed to the person who does the recording.  Wait for your name to be called by the person who would get the stencil from your car.  It took about 15minutes for my name to be called, about 10-15minutes for him to finish the stencil for the other car assigned to him and about 20-25minutes more for him to finish with the stencil of my car.  He had some difficulty locating the chassis and had to get help from one of his colleagues.  The person who assisted me asked if I have early warning device (EWD) in my car as that would be inspected later.  I told him I have it and he informed me that there's a new EWD, one with red and yellow. Hmmm... I haven't heard of that, I just continued with the procedure.  Well, I got mine if they ever want to check it.
3. Proceed with smoke emission testing.  I paid for it and brought my car on the side of the building for testing (took about 25minutes).
4. Bring the papers back to the inspector and bring the documents to window 3.  Again, wait for your name to be called (took about 20 minutes).
5. My name was called at window 4 and I paid the necessary fees.
6. Write your name and address, and affix signature on the yellow copy of the receipt.
7. Go to window 5 and claim stickers.

All in all, it took about 2 hours to finish.  It must have taken longer if I don't have CTPL yet (long lines for the insurance).

Please note that I haven't been asked for my EWD or had it inspected when I returned my papers to the inspector.  It seems like this is one of the rackets of those in LTO, they would sell you one hoping that you'll fall for it the moment they tell you.

Anyway, total cost of my car registration is PhP2,860.40.  Here's the summary:

CTPL	PhP   610.40
Smoke Emission Test	PhP   420.00
Car Registration	PhP 1,830.00

It's that time of the year when I need to renew my car registration.  This would be the first time I'll be doing it so I considered having someone do it for me.  They said it would be more or less PhP4500.  However, I found some time before the registration week and so I decided to do it on my own.

I went to FTI Taguig early Friday morning (got there around 8:30).  I paid PhP10.00 for the entrance fee to FTI then proceeded to LTO.


Requirements:

• Photocopy of Certificate of Registration (CR) and Official Receipt (OR) of payment (2 copies)
• Bring CTPL, if you already have one

Before entering the building, there would be 2 inspectors where the OR and CR would be submitted.  They would be checking and recording the documents and give it to another person who would assist you.  He would be the one to take the stencil from your car.

If you have a companion and you don't have CTPL (apparently my comprehensive insurance is no good for this), you could ask him/her to line up for the insurance (PhP950.00).  The line may be long as it was on this day.  Good thing was I'm with my mom and since she is a senior citizen, she was prioritized in the line.

During that time, I went into the door beside the main entrance of the building to have a photocopy of the OR/CR (PhP3.00), I just brought one.  This one would be needed for the emission testing.  I paid PhP410.00 for it. It might be better to have your TIN ready as it may be required during the payment.

After paying, I drove the car to the side of the building.  That's where the emission test centers are.  There are 2 test centers there.  I went in the 2nd ramp as instructed (that's for Sunrise Emission Testing Center).  It took around 10-15 minutes to finish here.  Oh, by the way, I saw in the window of the test center that they follow a limit per day: 96 for private, 64 for public vehicles).

When I got back to the main building, my mom was still waiting for the insurance policy.  After about 2-3 minutes, my name was called to claim the policy.  After that, I went back to the inspector just before the entrance of the building for him to verify the documents and sign it.

I then submitted the documents to Window 5, waited for about 5-10 minutes before I was called again at the cashier for the payment.  Here I paid PhP1,974.06.  When I got the receipt, I proceeded to Window 8 to claim the stickers.  You need to write your name and address, and affix your signature at the back of the yellow receipt.  Submit the documents to them and they'll give back the stickers and the OR.

It took less than an hour for all these and the good thing is that the waiting area is comfortable, they even have the television on.

Summary: It took me about an hour to renew my car registration.  It could have been a different story had I done it at a later time.

Costs: Total of PhP3,334.06

CTPL                        PhP   950.00
Emission Testing      PhP   410.00
Car Registration       PhP1,974.06