Documents Needed to buy a car in Saudi Arabia

The general trend here in Saudi Arabia, among the expatriates community, is to buy used cars. One will find very few expatriates who has purchased new cars. There are economical reasons as well as the sense of non-belonging in the expatriate community. Since there is no concept of getting citizenship in Saudi Arabia, one lives here as a by-passer or a traveller all his life. I have seen and met people here with 30-40 year of living in this country with no hopes of settling down in their home country because they think Saudi Arabia is their "home". Apart from the whole lot of people who buy used cars (I will be writing another blog on some interesting incidents I went thru with some people), this particular blog is for those people who intend to buy a new car from the car dealership (also called showroom). Here are the necessary documents one will need to buy a car.


Salary Statement - تعريف بالراتب من العمل (Ta’areef BilRaatab Minal A’mal)


Photo ID or Iqama copy - صورة بطاقة الأ حوال (Soorat Bitaqaat Al-Ah’waal)

Copy of the Home Phone Bill - صورة فاتورة هاتف المنزت (Soorat Faturaat hatef Al-Manzil)

Copy of the Home Rent Payment bill and/or Home Electricity Bill - صورة إثبات سكن (عقاري) أو صك المنزل ‎- فاتورة كهرباء (fatoorat Kaharbai – Soorat Isbaat Sakan (Aqaari) Av Sal Al-Manzil)

Copy of your Driving License - صورة رخصة القيدة المفعول (SooratRukhsat Al-Qiadat Al-Mafo’ul)

I will add some more notes soon on this.
 
I hope this was helpful.
 
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