Registering car in Bulgarian plates as a American citizen?

@Khamzat Shah

There are plenty of lawyers around who can (a) incorporate a Bulgarian company for you (as the owner/director), and (b) help you get a vehicle imported and registered by this company. It would not be a good idea to buy and register any vehicles in a company that is not entirely under your ownership/control.

If you're moving to Macedonia, I'd suggest that you skip the aggravation of vehicles registered in another country. It's always easier to have vehicles registered in the country you live in.

I doubt Bulgaria cares how long a Bulgarian-registered vehicle is outside Bulgaria. However, many countries care how long non-locally registered vehicles are spending there. And especially if you're a legal resident. You'd have to check Macedonia's specific rules on this to see if it's an issue.

In terms of legalities, you need an annual inspection, annual property tax, insurance, and vignettes for the countries you drive in. Bulgaria has vignettes, I don't know about Macedonia. A Bulgarian car insurance can be renewed remotely. But the annual inspection requires you to return to Bulgaria, and this is certainly an aggravation. But if you're happy to make the trip every year, it's possible.

In addition, you should have some kind of letter of authorization from the company (the owner) regarding your use of the vehicle.

Understand thank you.

The trip will be the smalles issue since I live like 1 hour from the BG border.

The main reason is that transfering car to Macedonian plates is like 7-10k euros for the cars I'm into. Having 2 of those, every 3-4-5 years. In the long run is worth it for me.

Thank you for the response!