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With the announcement of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) officially opening more than 45,000 franchise slots for the registration of transport network vehicle services (TNVS) on Monday, February 5, you may be thinking about driving for Uber. You might also be wondering what the requirements are and whether you’ll get accepted if you apply. The thing is, Uber doesn’t give you too much information about the requirements before you apply, so it might feel like you don’t have enough information to move forward with your application to become a partner driver. Fear not. In this post you’ll learn the Uber requirements so you can find out right now if you can apply and qualify. Most of the requirements are straightforward, but some aren’t. Other than the self-explanatory age requirement, there are a few extra details you need to know about each of the driver requirements. Uber Driver Requirements. These requirements apply to UberX, UberXL, UberPOO...

Get documented or else! The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) will start apprehending colorum Transport Network Vehicle Service (TNVS) drivers on July 26, 2017, the regulatory board announced on Friday, July 14. This after the LTFRB learned during the show-cause order hearing on July 11 that about 80% of Grab/Uber drivers are driving without either a provisional authority (PA) permits or a certificate of public convenience (CPC) franchise. Currently, there are more than 20,000 TNVS drivers with half of them (about 10,000 drivers) rejected to get PA permits, and a third (about 7,000 drivers) who are still in the process of acquiring them. The LTFRB stopped releasing PAs since July 21, 2016 to limit the inflow of new TNVS drivers even as the government tries to craft better guidelines for TNCs. The LTFRB show-cause order demands the following from Uber and Grab: Pay P5 million for their negligence to oversee colorum drivers Include in the appli...