What are the qualifications for Beijing license plate lottery?
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Qualifications for Beijing license plate lottery: 1. The applicant does not have a passenger vehicle registered in the city under their name; 2. The applicant does not have any motor vehicle that should be scrapped but has not completed the deregistration process under their name; 3. Hold a valid motor vehicle driver's license issued by the traffic management department of the public security bureau. Non-local residents holding a Beijing work residence permit have the same application conditions as local residents. Enterprises should have a business license or industrial and commercial registration certificate, organization code certificate, and tax registration certificate, and have paid value-added tax and business tax in the city in the previous year. Non-fully funded institutions, social organizations, and other entities should have an organization code certificate.
Recently, I’ve also been looking into the Beijing license plate lottery, and the conditions are quite stringent. You must either be a Beijing local resident or hold a Beijing residence permit, which requires continuous payment of social insurance and personal income tax in Beijing for five years—missing even one month disqualifies you. Additionally, you must possess a valid driver’s license and not already own a Beijing-licensed car, including if your spouse has one. A friend of mine lost his eligibility because his wife owned an old car. It’s also crucial to submit genuine application materials; if fraud is discovered, you’ll be barred from the lottery for two years. The odds of winning a regular license plate are extremely low now, so many people are switching to applying for new energy vehicle (NEV) plates, but the same basic conditions must still be met for NEV applications.
