A reader just sent me a link to an Arab Times article which has both good news and bad news. The good news is that it seems expats can now own pick-ups, the bad news is that expats can only own 3 cars:
The Ministry of Interior has clarified that expats in Kuwait are permitted to own a maximum of three vehicles for personal use.
According to Lieutenant Colonel Abdullah Bouhassan, Assistant Director of the Traffic Awareness Department, the permitted vehicles can include motorcycles, pickup trucks, or other types of cars.
Bouhassan added that while expats are allowed to renew the registrations of their existing vehicles, they are not permitted to register any additional vehicles beyond the three-vehicle limit. Source
I had to register my pick up under my wife’s name because expats couldn’t own pick up trucks. Now that we can, I still can’t move it to my name because I have 6 other cars registered. I don’t know why they keep complicating things. If it’s to reduce traffic this isn’t going to help.
18 replies on “Expats Can Only Own Three Vehicles Including Pickups”
Same issue im also an expat with 8 cars, what do i do now?
It says we can continue to register we just can’t register any other car
Why would you want to own more than three vehicles anyway!
I think a total of three vehicle ownership is more than enough…
inta maaalak? whats your concern? if its traffic etc, let me remind you that even if i own 10 cars, i can only drive one at once…why the restriction?
Out of curiosity, why do you think you have the right to decide for me how many vehicles I should own? Do I tell you how many video games you should own or what you should eat or not?
Just because one can, doesn’t mean one should.
We should know where to draw a line between what we need and what we want is all I’m saying.
Don’t mean to offend anyone.
Why are you deciding what other people should or shouldn’t have? I drew my line at 10 cars, is that a problem for you? If yes why let us know.
Empathy perhaps?
Many people don’t even own one.
We are blessed to be allowed three and here we are arguing about ten.
I’m not deciding and I don’t want to decide.
Again, just because we can, doesn’t mean we should.
And we can agree to disagree.
I’ve voiced my opinion, you can definitely disagree but don’t ask me for my justification.
Stay blessed!
So because you have 1 car I shouldn’t own more than 3? That’s not empathy, that’s projecting your situation onto others.
What I have or what I don’t is not what’s on discussion.
If you can’t be grateful then I feel sorry.
Accept the situation and thank God you have whatever you have and I wish you more.
But, please, don’t feel entitled as if your right is being revoked.
I definitely don’t feel that we’ve been born to own vehicles.
But you made what you have or don’t have part of the discussion.
You think because other people have an X number of cars, I should be limited to an X number of cars.
This has nothing to do with being grateful. Saying I’m being ungrateful because I have more cars than you or someone else is called resentment.
Like I said
I wish you own another twenty cars for all I care.
Times can change at any time, like now.
This rule change is something that beyond your control. Just accept and move on rather than justify who should own X or Y or Z….
I’m not trying to justify anything, you’re the one trying to tell me how many cars you think I should own.
Cars are not a limited commodity where if someone owns a 100 cars, the rest of us have a shortage. So it doesn’t need to be regulated.
I’m imagining an expat billionaire in Dubai being told he can’t own more than 3 cars. 🤣
Goodness me.
So much of discussion on being told that you can’t own more than 3 vehicles!
It’s not the end of the world guys!
*Standing ovation*
I’m glad you put mark where he belongs, in his cars
Well said
Agree with whatever you said 👏