Can I drive in Bulgaria on my UK licence?
Visitors usually can. Residents should check the current rules with the Bulgarian traffic police, since they depend on residence and timing.
Your UK photocard licence or DVLA driving record translated into Bulgarian and signed by a sworn translator, for the traffic police, insurers and employers.
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Certified translation with Statement of Accuracy · Acceptance guaranteed — if any authority queries the format, we correct and reissue free.
Instant price
Certified translation with Statement of Accuracy · Acceptance guaranteed — if any authority queries the format, we correct and reissue free.
A sworn driving licence translation into Bulgarian is a Bulgarian-language version of your UK photocard licence or DVLA driving record, signed by a sworn translator (заклет преводач). It can come up when you deal with the traffic police (КАТ) about your licence after moving to Bulgaria, or when an insurer, car-hire firm or employer wants your entitlements in Bulgarian.
We translate both sides of the licence at £40.00 per page, delivered within 2 working days. Residents often need their passport or ID translated for other procedures too.
Bulgaria
Sometimes. Visitors can usually drive on a UK photocard licence, but residents dealing with the traffic police (КАТ), insurers or employers may be asked for a translation. Check with the office that has asked before ordering.
Whether a UK licence can be exchanged for a Bulgarian one, and what the traffic police want for it, depends on the rules in force when you apply and on when you became resident. Ask the КАТ office for your region; it's their call, not ours. If they do want a translation, it covers both sides of the card, categories, codes and restrictions included.
UK photocard licences (front and back), older paper counterparts, DVLA driving records ("View driving licence" printouts) and international driving permits.
A DVLA record is useful when an insurer wants proof of how long you've held a licence, which the photocard alone doesn't really show.
£40.00 per page for a digital PDF, charged in pounds sterling, delivered within 2 working days. Upload both sides of a photocard licence.
The quote form shows the total before you pay, and every document includes 2 free revisions. Category codes like B, C1 or 78 are reproduced exactly; they're the one part of the licence that already reads the same in Bulgaria. Start on the online quote form. Want it on paper too? Tick the signed paper copy at checkout: the translator prints it, signs it in ink and posts it by Royal Mail the next working day after your PDF, for £3.00 to a UK address or £8.00 anywhere else (one fee per order). Delivery times are Royal Mail's, not guaranteed.
Visitors usually can. Residents should check the current rules with the Bulgarian traffic police, since they depend on residence and timing.
The common name for the Bulgarian traffic police, which handles driving licences.
Yes. Upload both sides so categories, codes and restrictions are all translated.
A sworn translator (заклет преводач), with a certificate of accuracy in Bulgarian.
Up to 2 working days. There is no rush option for sworn Bulgarian translations.
£40.00 per page, charged in pounds sterling.
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