Now, property owners can visit the nearest Registry of Deeds office, fill up the form of application, and then claim their land titles on the same branch after the request has been processed. The move to establish satellite offices is convenient for those who have limited access to the internet. It’s a fact that despite recent advancements in online technology that our country has embraced, not every one has internet access.
Many Filipinos struggle in having their documents processed because of the geographical challenge faced. Case in point: the processing of land registration transaction across the archipelago. Title holders are usually faced with the unnecessary troubles of having to travel to the respective Registry of Deeds office where their property is located just to obtain a Certified True Copy of a land title. Needless to say, this process is not only expensive — especially if the said land is located on a different island — but time-consuming as well.
Currently, the LRA is focused on improving their A2A project by expanding their reach nationwide. The ultimate objective is to incapacitate every land owners and those property buyers for the first time to process easy and convenient registration transaction anywhere in the 7,107 islands in the Philippines. Things are looking up with the agency’s efforts to bring 100% of Registry of Deeds offices online. For more information about A2A and other digital services of the Land Registration Authority, visit www.lra.gov.ph.