Temporary vehicle import to UAE
A visa and a vehicle are different law: the person and the car are given their terms by different authorities, and those terms need not match.
- Maximum term
- 90
- How the term is counted
- per entry
- Carnet de Passages
- Not required
- Extension
- Possible
For foreign tourist motor vehicles other than GCC-registered ones: 180 days if backed by a valid International Passage Carnet; 90 days if not. The 90-day period is renewable for a similar period upon request with bank guarantees or cash deposit equivalent to the duties.
Foreign tourist motor vehicles ... shall be granted a temporary admission permit ... Three months (90 days) for the motor vehicles not guaranteed by a valid International Passage Carnet.
Source: www.adcustoms.gov.ae
Vehicle import to other countries
Reference data, not legal advice. Rules change without notice — check with the consulate or at the border.