Planning to export your car outside the UAE? Don't worry, it's simple and easy. We'll guide you in this comprehensive guide step by step through all the procedures and documents required to ensure exporting your car outside the UAE smoothly. Whether you're an individual or a company, you'll find everything you need to know in this article. Let's get started.
Exporting Vehicles from the UAE One of the first steps to take when you want to export your car outside the UAE is to obtain a vehicle export certificate from outside the country, and this certificate is extracted through simple steps and various methods in both Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
Vehicle Export Certificate from Dubai
You can obtain a car export certificate from Dubai in two ways:
Online: through the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority website or its application.
In person: from one of the Customer Happiness Centers in Dubai or vehicle registration and inspection centers.
Steps for Applying for a Vehicle Export Certificate Online:
- Log in to the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority website or application using your digital ID.
- From the "Vehicle Licensing Services" menu, select "Exporting or transferring a vehicle to another emirate."
- Select the vehicle.
- Choose "Export" and select the "Destination."
- Enter the required data.
- Pay the fees by credit card.
- Submit the plates at the center and receive the receipts and the certificate electronically.
Steps for Applying for a Vehicle Export Certificate at Customer Happiness Centers or Vehicle Registration and Inspection Centers:
- Approach the designated employee.
- The employee will send you the service application link.
- Upload the required documents through the link.
- Receive the transaction code.
- Present the code to the front desk employee to complete the service procedures, verification, and electronic signature on the transaction.
- Pay the fees.
- Submit the plates and receive the electronic certificate via SMS and email.
- Receive the export plate if requested.
Required Documents:
For individuals:
- Original Emirates ID
- Police letter in case of loss of one or both plates
- Electronic lien release from the relevant party if the vehicle is under lien
For companies:
- Original Emirates ID
- Official letter from the company
- Company establishment contract translated into Arabic
- Copy of the commercial license
- Police letter in case of loss of one or both plates
- Electronic lien release from the relevant party if the vehicle is under lien
For companies (Free Zone):
- Original Emirates ID
- Official letter from the company
- Company establishment contract translated into Arabic
- Copy of the commercial license
- Police letter in case of loss of one or both plates
- Electronic lien release from the relevant party if the vehicle is under lien
Cost of Issuing a Vehicle Export Certificate in Dubai:
- Light vehicle: AED 100
- Vehicle weighing more than 3 tons up to 12 tons: AED 100
- Vehicle weighing more than 12 tons: AED 100
- Light mechanical device: AED 100
- Heavy mechanical device: AED 100
- Bus with a capacity of not less than 14 passengers and not more than 26 passengers: AED 50
- Bus with a capacity of more than 26 passengers: AED 100
- Motorcycle: AED 100
- Export plate fees: AED 70
- Property transfer fees: AED 350
- Innovation and Knowledge fee: AED 20
Conditions for Applying for a Vehicle Export Certificate Outside the UAE from Dubai:
- The customer must attend personally or be represented legally.
- Pay all traffic fines before obtaining the service.
- Provide a power of attorney from an authorized showroom in Dubai if the seller cannot attend.
- Bring vehicle plates for submission.
- If the vehicle is exported by the owner himself with insurance, the remaining insurance period can be used to issue export plates if the vehicle is registered.
- After using the certificate, plates must be returned immediately to the Roads and Transport Authority and the vehicle should not be driven.
- Open a traffic file for the customer if there is no file for him in Dubai.
- Install a toll tag on the plates.
- Export plates are subject to all traffic laws and penalties regarding fines.
Do not drive the vehicle on internal roads in the country and allow it only on the main roads leading out of the country. The transaction can be completed electronically for registered vehicles only.
Vehicle Export Certificate from Abu Dhabi
You can easily apply for a vehicle export certificate outside the country in Abu Dhabi online through the "TAMM" platform by following these steps:
- Log in to the "TAMM" platform using your digital ID.
- From the homepage, select "Driving Vehicles and Transport."
- Then select "Manage Your Personal Vehicle" and choose "Vehicle Export Certificate."
- Select the vehicle and fill in the export data such as destination data, vehicle data, and driver data.
- Choose whether you want to transfer ownership and whether you want to issue new plates.
- Pay the fees.
- Receive the vehicle export certificate.
Required Documents:
- Emirates ID
- Passport
- Valid and certified license/permit/ownership
- Lien release certificate
- Original vehicle insurance document
- Original vehicle ownership
Cost of Issuing a Vehicle Export Certificate in Abu Dhabi:
- Cancellation fee: AED 100
- Export fee: AED 50
- Heavy Bus - Private: AED 600
- Heavy Mechanical Device - Private: AED 800
- Light Bus - Private: AED 300
- Light Mechanical Device - Private: AED 500
- Light Vehicle - Private: AED 350
- Motorcycle - Private: AED 200
- Vehicle weighing less than (12) tons - Private: AED 400
- Vehicle weighing more than (12) tons - Private: AED 800
- Heavy Bus - Public: AED 500
- Heavy Mechanical Device - Public: AED 1000
- Light Bus - Public: AED 400
- Light Mechanical Device - Public: AED 700
- Light Vehicle - Public: AED 350
- Vehicle weighing less than (12) tons - Public: AED 650
- Vehicle weighing more than (12) tons - Public: AED 1000
Things to Remember before Applying for a Vehicle Export Certificate Outside from Abu Dhabi:
- In the case of export, an "No Objection" certificate from the exporting lien holder must be submitted electronically if available.
- In the case of vehicle transfer, a "No Objection" certificate from the company, along with the signature and commercial license, must be submitted.
- Present a valid trade license if there is no traffic file for the shipping company to create a new traffic code.
- Present a copy of the passport if there is no traffic file for the driver to create a new traffic code.
Conclusion
Exporting your car outside the UAE requires obtaining a vehicle export certificate outside the country, which you can easily obtain through various methods in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
