Qatar: services provided by the Licensing and Registration Department

By, 2018-07-08

The General Directorate of Traffic in Qatar has a number of departments, each of them supervises specific tasks aimed at facilitating the work of the General Directorate of Traffic and achieving the objectives it aims to achieve in the interest of citizens and residents in Qatar. The General Directorate of Traffic departments are:

· Traffic Patrols and Investigation Department

· Licensing Affairs Department

· Traffic Engineering and Safety Department

· Traffic Information and Awareness Department

· Admin & Finance Affairs Department

One of the most important sections of the General Directorate of Traffic in Qatar is the Licensing and Registration Department, which oversees vehicle licensing process each year. The purpose of these procedures is to ensure that all security and durability conditions are met in the vehicles that will drive on the streets of Qatar.

Licensing and Registration Department is also responsible for registering and maintaining the information of all vehicles in Qatar, which can be considered as a comprehensive database containing all records, information and data relating to vehicle specifications and owners.

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It is worth mentioning that the department is not new, but the department has come through many stages characterized by the development of each stage from the previous to provide the best services to citizens and non-citizens. These developments included computerization of information.

Due to the increase in the number of customers and visitors, the department has expanded to include these numbers, which also includes an increase in the number of vehicles registered in the General Directorate of Traffic in Qatar. Dozens of new cars are recorded every day in a computerized system that ensures the smoothness of the services provided.

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The services provided by the Licensing and Registration Department include:

1. Vehicle registration procedures.

2. Terms for importing vehicles from abroad.

3. Renewal of vehicle license.

4. Procedures for transfer of ownership.

5. Procedures for the issuance of a certificate of discharge of vehicles.

6. Procedures for issuance of export certificate.

7. Procedures for the deletion of vehicles.

8. Procedures for professions practicing license for the sale and purchase of vehicles, leasing offices and vehicle decorations shops.

9. Procedures for changing the shape of the vehicle.

10. Procedures for changing the color of the vehicle.

11. Procedures for the issuance of a certificate of proof of ownership of the vehicle.

12. Procedures for the issuance of a replacement of a damaged ownership.

13. Procedures for the issuance of a replacement of a lost ownership.

14. Procedures for installation of curtains or non-reflective adhesive.

15. Procedures for the issuance of a replacement of damaged or lost license plate numbers.

16. Procedures for authorizing a commercial advertisement on the vehicle.

17. Specifications to be met by dragons.

18. Procedures for permit dyeing on the original color.

If you wish to obtain one of the aforementioned services, you should visit the Licensing and Registration Department in Qatar - the General Directorate of Traffic.

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