The ones we hear every week.

All six: the United Arab Emirates (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the northern emirates), Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman.

Not until the finance is settled. Gulf authorities will not deregister a car while a bank still has an interest in it, so ask your bank for a clearance letter as early as you can.

No. Plenty of people have flown home by then. Sort the paperwork and fines before you go, and leave the keys and the authority to hand the car over with someone you trust.

Copies of the registration card, your passport and proof that the car is yours. If you are moving home and have applied for Transfer of Residence, the reference number too.

Yes, and many people do. Talk to us before you pay, so we can tell you what bringing that particular car home involves. Run a history check on the VIN too, because My Car Import does not take on salvage cars bought in Dubai.

Usually 10% import duty and 20% import VAT. Both are worked out on the price of the car plus the cost of shipping it, and the VAT is also charged on the duty.

If you are moving your home to the UK, have lived abroad for more than 12 months and have owned the car for at least 6 months, Transfer of Residence relief can remove the duty and VAT. You cannot sell the car for the first 12 months.

Possibly not. A car exported from the UK and brought back within 3 years, unaltered, may qualify for Returned Goods Relief, and Transfer of Residence may apply if you are moving home. HMRC decides, and we will check it for you.

Yes. Cars over 30 years old in their original state pay no duty and 5% import VAT.

No, because every car is different. The quote sets out each part of the cost for your car, so you can see exactly what you are paying for.

Usually 3 to 6 weeks in a container. RoRo can be quicker from some ports.

UAE cars ship from Jebel Ali. Elsewhere in the Gulf, we confirm the loading port in your quote.

Shared is the usual choice and the best value. For valuable, rare or delicate cars we recommend a container of its own.

Transit insurance is available for its full value, and we recommend it for every car.

Yes. It needs its headlights adjusted, a speedometer that reads in miles per hour and a rear fog light, and we do all of that in-house.

If it is under ten years old, usually yes. Cars between 10 and 40 years old take an MOT, and cars over 40 need no test before registration.

Once the car has passed its test, usually around 10 working days through our dealer-level DVLA account.

Yes. We have indoor and outdoor storage and keep cars charged and on the key, ready for collection or delivery.

Yes. We pick it up from wherever it has got to, whether that is customs, conversions, testing or registration.

My Car Import, a UK vehicle import specialist based at Castle Donington in Derbyshire. We have imported 20,000+ cars over more than thirty years.

At our own site on Trent Lane, Castle Donington. It is unloaded, cleared, converted, tested and registered there.