Sharjah to the UK.

Not everyone lives in Dubai, even if they work there. We collect from Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah and Umm Al Quwain, and the process is the same as anywhere else in the UAE.

On our quote form, cars from these five emirates are listed as "Another emirate" and then you choose which one. That is simply how My Car Import’s system records them, so your enquiry lands with the same team as a Dubai car.

Before the car can leave the northern emirates

Before a car goes, every Gulf country wants its registration closed and nothing owed against it, with the paperwork in order. The detail is local. Here is how it tends to work in the northern emirates.

Rules and fees are set by the local authority and do change, so treat this as a guide and check the latest with them. Our agents will tell you if anything has moved.

Which port?

The UAE has ports on both coasts, including Port Khalid and Khor Fakkan in Sharjah and the port at Fujairah. My Car Import ships UAE cars from Jebel Ali, so most northern emirates cars are collected and trucked there. If another port makes more sense for your car, we will say so in the quote.

Once it reaches the UK

From here, the process is identical wherever the car came from. It comes to our own site in Castle Donington, where our team unloads containers themselves, our customs team clears it with HMRC, and the car goes into our workshop for its UK conversions: headlights adjusted to dip the right way, a speedometer that reads in miles per hour and a rear fog light.

Then it is tested in our own lanes, an IVA test if it is under ten years old or an MOT if it is older, and registered through our dealer-level DVLA account in around 10 working days. You collect it, or we deliver it.

The sea leg itself is usually 3 to 6 weeks. Your quote sets out what to expect for your car.