Application for Student Permit

An elderly lady called for me the moment I stepped out of the tricycle and asked what I would be registering. I'm surprised coz I don't know her and why would she automatically assume I'm registering something? Well.. must be my uniform. :-)

After the little surprise but a nice icebreaker, I went inside the Land Transportation Office and read the bulletin on application for Licensing. It said, Step 1, Window 3 for requirement validation (but didnt' list what the requirement(s) is/are). Uh-oh... minus point. The personnel at window 3 asked for my birth certificate, walked away from the window and I had wait for I guess 5 minutes before she returned. Must have been her toilet break. When she returned, she gave me an application form and asked me for P20. Uhmm.... well.. uhmm... gee! that was for the license jacket. I didn't know. Thanks for the info. (oh.. by the way, the license doesn't fit inside the jacket, so what's this for again?)

After paying and filling the form, I submitted it and was told to sit down and wait. No available chair so I decided to just lean on the table near the transaction windows. And I noticed (felt!) how hot it was inside the office. So, with the heat and sweat - the long wait continuous...

After around 20 minutes, Window 6 (that's for data capturing) called and I was asked to stand still and look at the camera, after which I signed on the electronic sign pad/thingy then proceeded to Window 1, which is the Director's Office, for approval of my application and thought it was fairly quick. :-) Good point now. Negating the two demerits they got earlier.

From the Director's Office, (who didn't say where to next - that's why they have the bulletin, silly!) I went to Window 4 (as the good man ahead of me instructed) and again, was told to sit and wait. Good thing there's now available seat. All's well. After a while of waiting, my name was called again this time to pay for the license fee (P127.50) and then told to sit and wait to be called again.

So I waited and at last... when my name was called, there was my student permit being handed to me. yey!

Whew! generally..it was faster than i thought. :-)