Samstag, 7. August 2010
How to export a car (1)
pathologe, 14:17h
Soon my project will end over here in Qatar. As we bought a car over here and want to take it with us back to Germany, I am currently figuring out what steps to proceed to export it properly.
First thing to do is to pay off the bank loan. Depending on the bank you will have to pay a penalty for early settlement. Our bank calculated it with 1 percent of the remaining debts up to that day. The money had to be paid into the current account, a letter of no obligation from the account owner had to be issued that the bank can take the money and settle the loan. It took then two days to receive two letters. One is a letter from the bank stating that the loan has been paid, the other one is an Arabic letter for the traffic department for changing the entry of the owner in the registration card of the car. For non-Arabic readers: the bank is mentioned there as partial owner of the car as long as there is a loan running.
Then, in preparation, there's more paperwork to be done.
You will need a letter for German Customs from the German Embassy here. That letter will cost Euro 20 and is a "Bescheinigung zur Vorlage bei der zustaendigen Zollbehoerde". It contains the names of all family members, including their passport numbers, and stating the proposed date of leave as well as that the personal effects transported are owned by the family and will not be used for retail back in Germany.
Then you will need your local contract over here in Qatar (or a statement of your company that you've been working here from date a to date b), including scans of your passport as well as your latest Qatari visa.
Additionally you will have to present the original invoice for the car including attached the list of signatories of the respective car dealer you bought the car from. I got it without cost and without any problems from my car dealer even one and a half years after we bought the car. Just present the registration and the passport of the person in whose name the car is being registered in.
Of course the export vehicle certificate issued by the traffic department. As I did not apply for export plates yet, I don't know how long it will take, but I was told that the registration of an export plate is around QAR 520. And you will have to get a 10 day valid insurance for around QAR 80. The export plates are then valid for those 10 days only!
The usual no-objection-letter from your employer that you can export the car is mandatory as well.
Let's see how it goes.
First thing to do is to pay off the bank loan. Depending on the bank you will have to pay a penalty for early settlement. Our bank calculated it with 1 percent of the remaining debts up to that day. The money had to be paid into the current account, a letter of no obligation from the account owner had to be issued that the bank can take the money and settle the loan. It took then two days to receive two letters. One is a letter from the bank stating that the loan has been paid, the other one is an Arabic letter for the traffic department for changing the entry of the owner in the registration card of the car. For non-Arabic readers: the bank is mentioned there as partial owner of the car as long as there is a loan running.
Then, in preparation, there's more paperwork to be done.
You will need a letter for German Customs from the German Embassy here. That letter will cost Euro 20 and is a "Bescheinigung zur Vorlage bei der zustaendigen Zollbehoerde". It contains the names of all family members, including their passport numbers, and stating the proposed date of leave as well as that the personal effects transported are owned by the family and will not be used for retail back in Germany.
Then you will need your local contract over here in Qatar (or a statement of your company that you've been working here from date a to date b), including scans of your passport as well as your latest Qatari visa.
Additionally you will have to present the original invoice for the car including attached the list of signatories of the respective car dealer you bought the car from. I got it without cost and without any problems from my car dealer even one and a half years after we bought the car. Just present the registration and the passport of the person in whose name the car is being registered in.
Of course the export vehicle certificate issued by the traffic department. As I did not apply for export plates yet, I don't know how long it will take, but I was told that the registration of an export plate is around QAR 520. And you will have to get a 10 day valid insurance for around QAR 80. The export plates are then valid for those 10 days only!
The usual no-objection-letter from your employer that you can export the car is mandatory as well.
Let's see how it goes.
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