Press Enter to jump to main content

Apply for Ratifying and Adopting a Vehicle Inspection Certificate from Outside the UAE

This service enables you to ratify and adopt vehicle technical inspection certificates issued outside the country.

Apply Now
Apply Now
Eligibility
Individual customers, citizens and residents, are eligible to apply for this service.
Required documents
  1. For GCC countries: vehicle technical inspection certificate with a validity not exceeding 30 days
  2. For customers from outside the GCC countries: vehicle technical inspection certificate (with a validity not exceeding 30 days) ratified by the UAE embassy and attested by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the UAE.
Service fees
  • This service is free.
Process time
  • 5 minutes
Process

Through Website

  1. The customer logs in to RTA website using his username and password, or UAE Pass.
  2. The customer selects My Vehicles.
  3. The customer selects the vehicle.
  4. The customer selects Adopt a Vehicle Inspection Certificate from Outside the UAE from the services list.
  5. The customer selects the country of origin of the Inspection Certificate.
  6. The customer uploads the documents (ticket, Technical Inspection Certificate, etc.)
  7. The customer reads the Terms and Conditions, then clicks Next.
  8. The customer receives the approval within 1 to 5 working day through an SMS with a link of the confirmation page and a link to the renewal service.

Through Vehicle Registration and Inspection Centres

  1. The customer submits the required documents at the centre.
  2. The customer receives the Vehicle Inspection Certificate.
Average waiting time
  • Website: Instantly
  • Vehicle Registration and Inspection Centres: 10 minutes
Validity

1 year.

What you will get

Adoption and submission in the system of the inspection test certificate issued in another country, to renew the ownership of a vehicle licensed in Dubai.

Terms and conditions
  • The certificate is rejected after the legal period of 30 days.
  • The certificate is rejected if it is not ratified by the UAE embassy in the concerned country if it was from outside GCC countries.
  • The certificate is cancelled in case of cancelling or changing any of the vehicle's documents.
FAQs

This service has no FAQs.

Engage with Us

We are here for you. Do not hesitate to communicate with us via the following channels:

Listening ...

You are being redirected to an external website

Please wait a moment ...

Content loading ...

Please wait for a moment