Interior Ministry restores expedited driving licence service
On 7 October, the Interior Ministry confirmed that applications had resumed after the RESPER system problem was resolved.
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The Interior Ministry has resumed accepting applications for expedited driving licence issuance and replacement. In an update dated 7 October, the ministry said the system was operating again.
The service was temporarily suspended on 6 October because of a problem outside Bulgaria in RESPER, the European system for exchanging driving licence data.
The new announcement lifts the previous restriction on the expedited service. The initial notice did not announce any suspension of standard licence issuance or replacement.
Updated on 7 October 2026: official confirmation that the service has resumed has been added. The original publication date and article URL have been retained.
Source: Ministry of Interior – current information on driving licences.
Illustrative photo – does not show a specific administrative service: Shixart1985 / Wikimedia Commons, file page, CC BY 2.0. The image has been cropped and resized to 1200×675 px.
