What are the requirements for applying for a personal passenger car quota in Beijing?
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Beijing's personal passenger car quota application requirements are as follows: I. Local residents must meet all three of the following requirements: 1. No passenger car registered in Beijing under their name; 2. No motor vehicle that should be scrapped but has not been deregistered under their name; 3. Possession of a valid motor vehicle driver's license issued by the traffic management department of the public security bureau. II. Non-local residents holding a valid "Beijing Work Residence Permit" must meet all four of the following requirements: 1. No passenger car registered in Beijing under their name; 2. No motor vehicle that should be scrapped but has not been deregistered under their name; 3. Possession of a valid motor vehicle driver's license issued by the traffic management department of the public security bureau; 4. Possession of a valid "Beijing Work Residence Permit" issued by the Beijing Talent Work Bureau. Note: Spouses and children accompanying the holder of the "Beijing Work Residence Permit" are not considered permit holders and cannot use this to apply for a passenger car allocation quota.
I've thought about the Beijing license plate lottery, and there are several hard requirements. If you're a Beijing resident, you can apply directly. For non-local residents, you need to have paid social security and personal income tax in Beijing for five consecutive years, and make-up payments don't count. A driver's license is a must, and you can't already own a Beijing-licensed car. Most importantly, you can't have a record of hit-and-run or drunk driving—this rule is strictly enforced. Nowadays, the proportion of new energy vehicle quotas is higher. A colleague of mine waited 32 months in a row before winning the lottery and recently picked up a Model Y. I heard this year there are only 10,000 regular individual quotas, with over 590,000 families competing for 30,000 quotas—the odds are even slimmer than winning the lottery.
Applying for a license plate quota involves three key aspects: identity verification, proof of residence, and driving eligibility. You'll need to prepare your household registration booklet, residence permit, or work residence permit. Non-local residents must provide five years' social security records in Beijing. Don't apply while your driver's license is suspended - it's a wasted effort. The system automatically checks criminal records and registered vehicles during each review. Attempting to use someone else's license will land you on the blacklist. Last month, my neighbor learned this the hard way - his application was instantly rejected due to unresolved 12-point penalty from illegal parking last year. I recommend checking your eligibility on Beijing's Passenger Vehicle Quota website before applying, to avoid the frustration of being disqualified during the review period.
Currently, Beijing operates on a family points system, where a family of five has a greater advantage in applications compared to individuals. When my wife and I applied with our two elderly parents, the main applicant was required to have held a driver's license for at least three years, and no one in the family could own a car. Single-child families receive an additional point, and thanks to this, my family just secured a new energy vehicle quota this March. Note that children cannot be the main applicant, and elderly members must have a residence permit. After the policy tightened last year, greater emphasis was placed on the continuity of social security contributions. My cousin switched jobs last year and had a three-month gap in payments, which directly cost him 60% of the weight in the family points pool. Recent public notices show that the average winning rate for family applications is still three times that of individual applications.
