Driving with foreign license plates in Saudi Arabia

Member since 04 February 2020

barthcMember04 February 2020 09:45:17

Hello everyone,

i imported a car from Germany to Saudi Arabia and the car will be there for round about 4 weeks.
The car will be driven around and i wanted to know, if it is needed to have local license plate or if the car can be driven with the german license plate.

Anyone has experience in this? Also a link to a quote would help a lot.

Thanks in advance.

XTang Bahrain/UAE/KSA Expert

Member since 22 April 2014

XTangBahrain/UAE/KSA Expert05 February 2020 07:11:59

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I don't have a link but what I do know is that if the driver is on a visit visa and BRINGS the car into Saudi (not import), the car can be driven around for the duration of the trip if insurance is purchased.

But you are importing a car not driving it in on a visit.聽 I would assume that you can at max drive it for some days i.e. the time it takes to get a local license plate.聽 But after that, you will start having issues with traffic police.