Vehicle documents translation for owners, importers and shipping agents: foreign titles and registration certificates, export certificates, purchase invoices, customs and insurance papers, and the UAE ownership and export certificates you need when the car leaves the country.
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Before You Ship or Register
Vehicle paperwork crosses borders in both directions. Customs, the traffic authority, insurers and foreign registries each check the same details: owner, chassis number, make, model and year.
Dubai Customs describes the Vehicle Clearance Certificate as mandatory for any imported vehicle to be registered in the UAE. It is issued against the cleared customs declaration, which rests on the bill of lading, the invoice and the vehicle's ownership papers from the country of origin. Customs may ask for an Arabic translation of foreign-language documents.
According to u.ae, registering a car needs a vehicle document (a clearance, transfer, export or possession certificate), an Emirates ID, electronic insurance and, for most used cars, a passed technical inspection. If the paper trail behind that document is in Japanese, Korean, German or Russian, the traffic authority or the insurer may ask what it says.
When you export a car, the traffic authority cancels the UAE registration and issues an export certificate. Dubai's RTA also issues ownership, non-ownership and other vehicle certificates. The destination country's customs or registry often wants those Arabic or bilingual documents in its own language.
Vehicle Papers We Translate
Cars, motorcycles, classic cars and commercial vehicles, between Arabic, English and 50+ other languages. Driving licences have their own pages, linked below.
Certificates of title, registration documents and logbooks from the country where the car was registered before.
Export certificates and deregistration papers issued abroad, and UAE export certificates for cars leaving the country.
Sale contracts, dealer and auction invoices, and auction sheets showing grade, mileage and condition.
Commercial invoices, certificates of origin and supporting letters for the customs declaration.
Foreign insurance certificates, claims-history or no-claims letters, and accident reports from another country.
Registration cards, ownership and non-ownership certificates and export certificates translated for a foreign authority.
How It Works
WhatsApp scans of both sides of each document and tell us who will receive them: customs, the traffic authority, an insurer or an authority abroad.
We quote before we start. Most vehicle documents are a single page.
The chassis (VIN) and engine numbers, plate numbers, dates and owner names are rendered exactly as in the original.
You receive the stamped translation as a PDF, with hard copies on request. Same-day delivery is available for many documents.
Who Checks the Papers
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Excl. 5% VAT
We translate; we do not clear customs, register or export vehicles, or advise on duties and import eligibility. Customs and traffic fees are paid to the authority. We confirm the price on WhatsApp before we start.
FAQ
Sometimes. Registration itself is based on the Vehicle Clearance Certificate issued by UAE customs, plus your Emirates ID, insurance and inspection. Translation comes in earlier: customs, your clearing agent or your insurer may ask for an Arabic or English translation of the foreign title, export certificate or invoice. Ask them before you ship.
It is the customs certificate issued for an imported vehicle once clearance is complete. Dubai Customs calls it a mandatory requirement for registering any imported vehicle in the UAE, and its customer guide says it is also needed to export an imported vehicle. It is issued against the cleared customs declaration, so the import documents behind it must be in order.
Usually the certificate of title or registration, the export or deregistration certificate from the country of origin, and the purchase or auction invoice. If any of these is in a language other than Arabic or English, translate it before the car arrives so clearance is not held up. Your clearing agent can confirm what your port asks for.
Usually the export certificate issued when the UAE registration is cancelled, and sometimes the registration card, an ownership certificate or the purchase invoice. The destination country decides what it needs and in which language, so check with its customs or embassy first. We translate Arabic and bilingual UAE documents into English and 50+ other languages.
Through RTA's cancel vehicle registration service, online, in the apps or at a service centre: you choose export outside the UAE, give the export method, hand over the plates and pay the fees. The certificate is sent by SMS and email. Other emirates have their own channels. Once you have it, we can translate it for the destination country.
Some insurers take a claims-free record from abroad into account and some do not; it is the insurer's decision. If yours will consider it and the letter is not in English or Arabic, we translate it with the dates, policy number and insured vehicle exactly as issued.
Yes, but that is a separate service with its own requirements. See our driving licence translation page, and our driving licence conversion page if you want to exchange a foreign licence for a UAE one. This page is about the vehicle's documents, not the driver's.
Tell us straight away. We translate what each document says and never correct a number to make documents agree. A real mismatch has to be fixed by the authority that issued the document, and it is better found before the car reaches customs.
Arabic⇄English is AED 60 per 200-word page, excluding 5% VAT, and most vehicle documents are one page. Japanese, Korean, German, Russian and other languages are quoted on request. We send the quote on WhatsApp before we start.
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Send scans of the title, export certificate and invoice on WhatsApp. We quote per page, check every number, and deliver the same day for many documents.