I'm trying to do the same for all the same reasons with a car from the UAE. One thing we both have to consider is that we could be in Doha for a month or two with only a work entry visa. You must have your Residency Permit and ID before you can insure and register a car in your name.
I think what some people do is insure and register the car in someone else's name, someone who has a Residency Permit and ID, but you would have to trust this person. Perhaps there are people who do this sort of thing for a fee.
Having said all that, here is what I found out about exporting a car from the UAE. Perhaps the steps are similar in SA:
1. Thirty days prior to your planned departure, go to your insurance company to set a cancel date for your insurance. Set the date to a few days after your planned departure. You should get a prorated refund for the unused portion of the insured period.
2. Twenty days or so before your intended move, take your vehicle to an inspection center for an export inspection. Pay 120AED. If anything needs repairing, get it repaired and return to the inspection center. One retest is free within 30 days of the initial inspection.
3. A day before you intend to physically leave the UAE with your car (or the morning of departure), go to the inspection center again and pay 300AED for export papers and 50AED for blue export plates.
4. Pay 100AED for four days of export insurance. You now have four days to get the car from the UAE to your destination.
But this still doesn't solve the issue regarding Residency Permit and Qatari ID.
I'm trying to do the same for all the same reasons with a car from the UAE. One thing we both have to consider is that we could be in Doha for a month or two with only a work entry visa. You must have your Residency Permit and ID before you can insure and register a car in your name.
I think what some people do is insure and register the car in someone else's name, someone who has a Residency Permit and ID, but you would have to trust this person. Perhaps there are people who do this sort of thing for a fee.
Having said all that, here is what I found out about exporting a car from the UAE. Perhaps the steps are similar in SA:
1. Thirty days prior to your planned departure, go to your insurance company to set a cancel date for your insurance. Set the date to a few days after your planned departure. You should get a prorated refund for the unused portion of the insured period.
2. Twenty days or so before your intended move, take your vehicle to an inspection center for an export inspection. Pay 120AED. If anything needs repairing, get it repaired and return to the inspection center. One retest is free within 30 days of the initial inspection.
3. A day before you intend to physically leave the UAE with your car (or the morning of departure), go to the inspection center again and pay 300AED for export papers and 50AED for blue export plates.
4. Pay 100AED for four days of export insurance. You now have four days to get the car from the UAE to your destination.
But this still doesn't solve the issue regarding Residency Permit and Qatari ID.