The service fees for getting Category B—a passenger car—or a load vehicle with a total mass up to 3500 KG are:

Case # 1: If you are a beginner, without any driving experience.

Option # 1: You prefer to pay separately for each part of the course:

The cost of the theoretical part of the course is 500 BGN. The school provides its own materials and videos to support your studying.

Once you cover the theoretical part and prepare for the exam, the School Office books the exam for you. The government fee for the theory exam is 80 BGN. You pay them once you get the voucher for the exam from the school office. In case you fail the exam, you pay the same fee to retake it.

The cost of one driving class is 50 BGN. The total cost of the driving part of the course is 1500 BGN. You could pay them in two installments.

The driving exam government fee is 80 BGN. You pay it on the day of the exam. In case you fail the driving exam, by law, it is mandatory to get 4 additional driving classes (50 BGN each) and pay the exam fee again, before you retake the exam.

Option # 2: You prefer to pay in one go.

The cost will be 2000 BGN. The school provides its own materials in English. This cost includes the theory classes, the driving classes, all the exam taxes, regardless of the attempts and all the additional driving classes (in case you fail the driving exam)

Case # 2: If you are an experienced driver, a holder of a Non- European driving license, which is not possible to be exchanged to a Bulgarian one:

In this case you don't have to pass any theoretical or driving classes. It is your obligation to pass only the theoretical and driving exams.

The driving school will provide the materials to self study and the links to the sites where you do tests and where you can see the whole massive of questions and videos.

Fees:

1. Registration in the driving school and the access to the materials to self study is 300 BGN.

2. Theory exam government fee is 100 BGN.

3. One driving class is 60 BGN. Its duration is 60 minutes.

4. Driving exam fee is 100 BGN.

Our experience shows that you will need 3 or 4 driving classes (unless you prefer more). The purpose is to be explained the driving exam requirements, to see the details of the exam routs and get used with the car.

In case you fail some exam, you pay the same fee to retake it, 100 BGN each case.

Case # 3: Refreshing driving classes.

You already have a driving license but you need to refresh and improve your driving skills and to get used with traffic in Sofia.

The duration of one driving class is 60 minutes. It costs 60 BGN.

It is mandatory to have your current driving license when you come to drive with the driving instructor.

In case you want to get 10 driving classes, the package cost is 500 BGN.

Details for the driving course for getting Category B - a passenger car- or a load vehicle with total mass up to 3500 KG

The course starts with 38 theoretical classes. They are mandatory by law and you attend them in person, in a group of foreigners. The theory classes are provided only on Saturday, from 9 am till 6 pm. It takes at least 4 Saturdays to cover the material.

The driving classes are 31. The duration of one driving class is 50 minutes. You could drive for maximum two driving classes per day.

Case # 1: If you are a beginner, without any driving experience.

1. The Bulgarian resident permit.

2. A medical check which proves your health for the purpose of the driving course.

Case # 2: If you are an experienced driver, a holder of a driving license, issued by a non-EU country which is expired for Bulgaria.

1. A print out copy of the Bulgarian resident permit.

2. A print out copy of the current driving license.

3. A print out copy of the translation of the current driving license in Bulgarian. The translation must be notarized.

4. A medical check for the purpose of the driving course.

Case # 1: If you are a beginner, without any driving experience.

1. A proof of education, issued by the Ministry of Education in Bulgaria.

You have to recognize your education for Bulgaria.

You can use the High School Diploma or the University Degree.

The recognition process takes time-up to two months.

The driving school office will assist you to manage this because the Diploma or University Degree must be translate and notarized for a Bulgarian entity.

Once you get the document in Bulgarian, you must present it for the recognition on the Ministry of Education in Bulgaria.

The government fee is 50 BGN. You must pay by a card under your titularity issued in a Bulgarian Bank.

2. The Bulgarian resident permit.

3. The First Aid certificate.

You have to pass one day course for giving pre-medical help in case of road accidents, provided by the Red Cross Center in Sofia. The driving school office will assist to you to sign in.

The course cost is 120 BGN.

4. A medical check which proves your health as a driver of a vehicle Category B.

It cost is 50 BGN. This medical check is a different form than the one you need to register for the driving course.

The police office keeps the original.

The fee for the driving license in the Traffic Police Office is 50 BGN. You get it a week after the submission of the documents.

Case # 2: If you are an experienced driver, a holder of a driving license, issued by a non-EU country which is expired for Bulgaria.

Document to submit in the Traffic Police Office are the same numbered above.

Case # 1: If you are a student in some of the Bulgarian universities:

The cost is 1800 BGN in total. It includes the theory and the driving classes, it also includes the addition driving classes if you fail the driving exam.

The exam fees 80 BGN for the theoretical and 80 BGN for the driving exam are government fees and in all cases the student pays them.

Case # 2: If you bring a friend, you use the same discount which the students use -1800 BGN- per student.

The exam fees 80 BGN for the theoretical and 80 BGN for the driving exam are government fees and in all cases the student pays them.

Case # 3: If you are a couple and you want to start the driving course together, you use the same discount which students use -1800 BGN- per student.

The exam fees 80 BGN for the theoretical and 80 BGN for the driving exam are government fees and in all cases the student pays them.

Case # 4: If you are not any of the cases numbered above but you pay the course in one go, then the fee is 2000 BGN.

This cost includes the theory classes, the driving classes, all the exam taxes, regardless of the attempts and all the additional driving classes (in case you fail the driving exam).