Organization : Roads & Transport Authority
Facility : How to Register New Vehicle
Country: United Arab Emirates
Home Page : https://www.rta.ae/wps/portal/rta/ae/home
RTA How to Register New Vehicle
This service enables you to register a vehicle in an official way and issue an ownership certificate with a plate number under the name of the owner.
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The vehicle will then become a licensed vehicle. Individual customers and companies are eligible to apply for this service.
Required Documents
For individuals
Vehicle’s documents: Vehicle Clearance Certificate (VCC) or transfer certificate or export certificate or possession certificate or possession transfer certificate or replacing a lost export certificate (to whom it may concern certificate)
** For citizens and GCC citizens: Original emirates ID + copy of the valid passport to update the information
** For residents in Dubai and in other emirates: Original Emirates ID + copy of the passport and residence visa.
For diplomats: Valid diplomatic ID + letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
** For individuals who have residence visas sponsored by the Oilfields Supply Center: No Objection Certificate (NOC) to register vehicles
** Electronic insurance of the vehicle
** In case of a mortgaged vehicle, the customer must electronically add the mortgage
** Certificate of the vehicle’s Gulf specifications stating that the vehicle is not compliant with the specifications without stating the manufacturing year of the imported vehicle
Details :
https://www.rta.ae/wps/portal/rta/ae/home/rta-services/service-details?serviceId=3704422
To register trailers and semi-trailers :
** Vehicle inspection and documents checking
** Undertaking letter of owning the trailer
** Insurance of the trailer or the semi-trailer (optional)
Vehicle technical inspection if the vehicle is imported or transferred from another emirate (classical vehicles are only inspected at the Automobile Touring Club)
For companies
Vehicle’s documents: Vehicle Clearance Certificate (VCC) or transfer certificate or export certificate or possession certificate or possession transfer certificate or replacing a lost export certificate (to whom it may concern certificate)
** Official letter in Arabic + copy of the trade license + Letter of Credit Authorization Form (LCAF)
** Electronic insurance of the vehicle
** In case of a mortgaged vehicle, the customer must electronically add the mortgage
** Certificate of the vehicle’s Gulf specifications stating that the vehicle is not compliant with the specifications without stating the manufacturing year of the imported vehicle
** Vehicle technical inspection if the vehicle is imported or transferred from another emirate
To register trailers and semi-trailers:
** Vehicle inspection and documents checking
** Undertaking letter of owning the trailer
** Insurance of the trailer or the semi-trailer (optional)
NOC for companies located in the Dubai Technology and Media Free Zone and Jabel Ali Free Zone (JAFZA)
Service Fees
** 400 AED Light vehicle private/public
** 500 AED vehicle between 3 and 12 tonnes
** 750 AED public vehicle between 3 and 12 tonnes
** 900 AED vehicle exceeding 12 tonnes
** 1200 AED public vehicle exceeding 12 tonnes
** 600 AED light mechanical equipment
** 800 AED public light mechanical equipment
** 1000 AED heavy mechanical equipment
** 1300 AED public heavy mechanical equipment
** 120 AED trailer and semi-trailer
** 500 AED bus with a number of passengers between 14 and 26
** 1200 AED bus with a number of passengers exceeding 26
** 200 AED motorcycle
** +20 AED knowledge and innovation fees.
Note: Service fees vary according to the size of the plate: 35 AED for the short plate and 50 AED for the long plate, and 200 AED for Dubai branded plates.
Process
Through centers and service providers
** The customer submits the required documents at the service centre
** The customer is required to settle the service fees
** The customer receives the vehicle’s ownership certificate, the plate numbers and the expiry sticker.
Terms & Conditions
** The customer or the legal representative must be present in person
** The customer is required to settle all the traffic fines before receiving this service
** Customers with disabilities are exempted from the registration fees of maximum 1 vehicle after presenting the required documents relevant to the service and the card of the Ministry of Social Affairs
Customers who have a residence visa from another emirate must meet 1 of the following conditions:
** The customer must be an investor in Dubai (property or facility owner)
** The customer must work for a company that has a branch in Dubai
** The customer must be a resident in Dubai (the customer must provide a ratified tenancy agreement from Dubai’s Real Estate Regulatory Agency or a recent electricity or phone bill)
** The customer must be an employee at a governmental or semi-governmental agency or at a regional institution that has an office in Dubai
** The customer must own a distinguished number before 27 January 2007
** The customer must present a letter from the university if he is enrolled at any educational institution in Dubai
GCC citizens who want to register a vehicle must present the original Emirates ID and are not required to meet the previous conditions
Individuals can register new imported vehicles through an agent for 1 year or 2 years or 3 years on the condition that they insure the vehicle over the requested period.