Bulgaria is a member country of the EU since January 1, 2007. Bulgaria is not a member country of the Schengen Area. Bulgarian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 173 countries and territories, ranking the Bulgarian passport 16th powerful in the World according to Henley.
Below are full list of visa free countries and territories for Bulgarian passport holders.
Countries
Country | Visa requirement | Allowed stay |
Notes (excluding departure fees)
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Afghanistan | Visa required | ||
Albania | Visa not required | 90 days | ID card valid |
Algeria | Visa required | ||
Andorra |
Visa not required
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ID card valid | |
Angola | eVisa | 30 days |
Visitors who have been granted an online pre-visa or have requested such pre-visa from the consulates of Angola abroad, are then issued with a visa on arrival at the country’s border check points.
For a maximum total stay of 90 days within a one year period. Besides having printed confirmation that a visa will be issued upon arrival, passengers must: have a return/onward ticket, and have a hotel reservation confirmation. |
Antigua and Barbuda | Visa not required | 3 months | |
Argentina | Visa not required | 90 days | |
Armenia | Visa not required | 180 days | |
Australia | eVisitor | 90 days |
90 days on each visit in 12-month period if granted.Countries
Bulgarian Government officially considers that Australia maintains a visa regime towards its citizens. This was dismissed by the European Commission. |
Austria | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Azerbaijan | eVisa | 30 days | |
Bahamas | Visa not required | 3 months | |
Bahrain | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 14 days |
Visa is also obtainable online.
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Bangladesh | Visa on arrival | 30 days | |
Barbados | Visa not required | 3 months | |
Belarus | Visa not required | 30 days |
Must arrive and depart via Minsk International Airport.
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Belgium | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Belize |
Visa not required
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Benin | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 30 days / 8 days |
Must have an international vaccination certificate.
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Bhutan | Visa required | ||
Bolivia | Visa on arrival | ||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Visa not required | 90 days |
90 days within any 6 month period
ID card valid |
Botswana | Visa not required | 90 days | |
Brazil | Visa not required | 90 days |
90 days within any 180 day period
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Brunei | Visa not required | 90 days | |
Burkina Faso | Visa required | ||
Burundi | Visa required | ||
Cambodia | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 30 days |
Visa is also obtainable online.
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Cameroon | Visa required | ||
Canada | Visa not required | 6 months |
eTA required if arriving by air.
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Cape Verde | Visa not required | 30 days |
Must register online at least five days prior to arrival.
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Central African Republic | Visa required | ||
Chad | Visa required | ||
Chile | Visa not required | 90 days | |
China | Visa required |
24-hour visit without a visa when in transit through China (unless arriving in Fuzhou Changle International Airport, Huangshan Tunxi International Airport, Mudanjiang Hailang Airport, Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport and Yanji Chaoyangchuan Airport).
72-hour visit without a visa when in transit through Changsha, Guilin and Harbin. 144-hours visit without a visa when in transit through Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Jieyang, Kunming, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qinhuangdao, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xiamen and Xi’an.Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan do count as third countries under the 24, 72 and 144-hours visa-free transit (TWOV) policies. |
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Colombia | Visa not required | 180 days |
90 days – extendable up to 180-days stay within a one year period
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Comoros | Visa on arrival | ||
Republic of the Congo | Visa required | ||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Visa required | ||
Costa Rica | Visa not required | 90 days | |
Côte d’Ivoire | eVisa | 3 months |
eVisa holders must arrive via Port Bouet Airport.
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Croatia | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Cuba | Tourist Card required | 30 days | |
Cyprus | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Czech Republic | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Denmark | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement (DK)
ID card valid |
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Djibouti | eVisa | 31 days | |
Dominica | Visa not required | 90 days |
90 days within any 180 day period
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Dominican Republic | Visa not required | 90 days | |
Ecuador | Visa not required | 90 days | |
Egypt | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 30 days | |
El Salvador | Visa not required | 3 months | |
Equatorial Guinea | Visa required | ||
Eritrea | Visa required | ||
Estonia | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Eswatini | Visa required | ||
Ethiopia | eVisa | up to 90 days |
eVisa holders must arrive via Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
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Fiji | Visa not required | 4 months | |
Finland | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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France | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement (in Regions of France)
ID card valid |
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Gabon | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 90 days |
Electronic visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
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Gambia | Visa not required | 90 days | |
Georgia | Visa not required | 1 year | ID card valid |
Germany | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Ghana | Visa required | ||
Greece | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Grenada | Visa not required | 3 months | |
Guatemala | Visa not required | 90 days | |
Guinea | eVisa | 90 days | |
Guinea-Bissau | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 90 days | |
Guyana | Visa required | ||
Haiti | Visa not required | 90 days | |
Honduras | Visa not required | 3 months | |
Hungary | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Iceland | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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India | e-Visa | 60 days |
e-Visa holders must arrive via 26 designated airports[Note 1] or 3 designated seaports.[Note 2]
An Indian e-Tourist Visa can only be obtained twice in one calendar year. |
Indonesia | Visa not required | 30 days | |
Iran | eVisa/Visa on arrival | 30 days | |
Iraq | Visa on arrival | 60 days |
Visa on arrival for 15 days at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports valid for Iraqi Kurdistan only.
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Ireland | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Israel | Visa not required | 3 months | |
Italy | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Jamaica | Visa on arrival | ||
Japan | Visa not required | 90 days | |
Jordan |
Free visa on arrival
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Conditions apply.
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Kazakhstan | Visa not required | 30 days | |
Kenya | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 3 months | |
Kiribati | Visa not required | 90 days |
90 days within any 180 day period
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North Korea | Visa required | ||
South Korea | Visa not required | 90 days | |
Kuwait | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 3 months |
Available at Kuwait International Airport.
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Kyrgyzstan | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 1 month |
Visa on arrival available at Manas International Airport.
Electronic visa holders must arrive via Manas International Airport or Osh Airport or through land crossings with China (at Irkeshtam and Torugart), Kazakhstan (at Ak-jol, Ak-Tilek, Chaldybar, Chon-Kapka), Tajikistan (at Bor-Dobo, Kulundu, Kyzyl-Bel) and Uzbekistan (at Dostuk). |
Laos | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 30 days |
Visa on arrival is available at international airports Luangphabang, Pakse, Savannakhet and Vientiane, and at 4 land borders Friendship Bridge,[Note 3] and at 13 border crossings[Note 4] as well as Tanalaeng train station in Vientiane, which connects to the train station in Nongkai, Thailand. Visa on arrival facility will be gradually phased out at various border crossings starting January 2020.
eVisa may be used to enter Laos through the following entry points — Wattay International Airport and the First Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge Entry points Lalai, Lantui, Meuang mom, Pakxan, and Phoudou are open only to visa holders. Visa on arrival is extendable up to 60 days. |
Latvia | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Lebanon | Visa on arrival | 1 month |
1 month extendable for 2 additional months
Granted free of charge at Beirut International Airport or any other port of entry if there is no Israeli visa or seal, holding a telephone number, an address in Lebanon, and a non refundable return or circle trip ticket. |
Lesotho | eVisa | ||
Liberia | Visa required | ||
Libya | Visa required | ||
Liechtenstein | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Lithuania | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Luxembourg | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Madagascar | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 90 days | |
Malawi | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 90 days | |
Malaysia | Visa not required | 90 days | |
Maldives | Free visa on arrival | 30 days | |
Mali | Visa required | ||
Malta | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Marshall Islands | Visa not required | 90 days |
90 days within any 180 day period
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Mauritania | Visa on arrival |
Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.
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Mauritius | Visa not required | 90 days | |
Mexico | Visa not required | 180 days | |
Micronesia | Visa not required | 90 days |
90 days within any 180 day period
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Moldova | Visa not required | 90 days |
90 days within any 180 day period
ID card valid |
Monaco |
Visa not required
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ID card valid | |
Mongolia | Visa required | ||
Montenegro | Visa not required | 90 days |
ID card valid for 30 days
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Morocco | Visa not required | 3 months | |
Mozambique | Visa on arrival | 30 days | |
Myanmar | eVisa | 28 days |
eVisa holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports or via land border crossings with Thailand — Tachileik, Myawaddy and Kawthaung or India — Rih Khaw Dar and Tamu.
eVisa available for both tourism (allowed stay is 28 days) or business purposes (allowed stay is 70 days). |
Namibia | Visa on arrival | 3 months |
Available at Hosea Kutako International Airport.
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Nauru | Visa required | ||
Nepal | Visa on arrival | 90 days | |
Netherlands | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement (European Netherlands)
ID card valid |
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New Zealand | Electronic Travel Authority | 3 months |
International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy must be paid upon requesting an Electronic Travel Authority.
Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay (pursuant to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement), subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure. Such travellers are not required to pay the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy. |
Nicaragua | Visa not required | 90 days | |
Niger | Visa required | ||
Nigeria | Visa required | ||
North Macedonia | Visa not required | 90 days | ID card valid |
Norway | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Oman | Visa not required | 14 days | |
Pakistan | Online Visa |
Online Visa eligible.
Electronic Travel Authorization to obtain a visa on arrival for business purposes. |
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Palau | Visa not required | 90 days |
90 days within any 180 day period
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Panama | Visa not required | 180 days | |
Papua New Guinea | eVisa / Free visa on arrival | 60 days | |
Paraguay | Visa not required | 90 days | |
Peru | Visa not required | 90 days |
90 days within any 6 month period
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Philippines | Visa not required | 30 days | |
Poland | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Portugal | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Qatar | Visa not required | 90 days | |
Romania | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Russia | eVisa | 16 days |
e-Visa holders must arrive and depart via 29 checkpoints
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Rwanda | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 30 days | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Visa not required | 3 months | |
Saint Lucia | Visa not required | 90 days |
90 days within any 180 day period
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Visa not required | 90 days |
90 days within any 180 day period
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Samoa | Visa not required | 90 days |
90 days within any 180 day period
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San Marino |
Visa not required
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ID card valid | |
São Tomé and Príncipe | Visa not required | 15 days | |
Saudi Arabia | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 90 days | |
Senegal | Visa not required | 90 days | |
Serbia | Visa not required | 90 days |
90 days within any 6 month period
ID card valid |
Seychelles | Visa not required | 3 months | |
Sierra Leone | Visa on arrival | ||
Singapore | Visa not required | 90 days | |
Slovakia | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Slovenia | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Solomon Islands | Visa not required | 90 days |
90 days within any 180 day period
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Somalia | Visa on arrival |
Available at Berbera, Borama, Burao, Erigavo and Hargeisa airports.
30 days, available at Bosaso Airport, Galcaio Airport and Mogadishu Airport. |
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South Africa | Visa required | ||
South Sudan | Electronic Visa |
Obtainable online
Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel |
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Spain | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Sri Lanka | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 30 days | |
Sudan | Visa required | ||
Suriname | eVisa | ||
Sweden | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Switzerland | Freedom of movement |
Freedom of movement
ID card valid |
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Syria | Visa required | ||
Tajikistan | eVisa | 45 days | |
Tanzania | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 3 months | |
Thailand | Visa on arrival | 15 days | |
Timor-Leste | Visa not required | 90 days |
90 days within any 180 day period
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Togo | Visa on arrival | 7 days | |
Tonga | Visa not required | 90 days |
90 days within any 180 day period
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Trinidad and Tobago | Visa not required | 90 days |
90 days within any 180 day period
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Tunisia | Visa not required | 2 months | |
Turkey | Visa not required | 3 months | |
Turkmenistan | Visa required | ||
Tuvalu | Visa not required | 90 days |
90 days within any 180 day period
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Uganda |
eVisa / Visa on arrival
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May apply online.
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Ukraine | Visa not required | 90 days |
90 days within any 180 day period
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United Arab Emirates | Visa not required | 90 days |
90 days within any 180 day period
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United Kingdom | Visa not required | 6 months |
ID card valid until 1 October 2021.
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United States | Visa required | ||
Uruguay | Visa not required | 90 days | |
Uzbekistan | Visa not required | 30 days | |
Vanuatu | Visa not required | 90 days |
90 days within any 180 day period
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Vatican City |
Visa not required
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ID card valid | |
Venezuela | Visa not required | 90 days | |
Vietnam | eVisa | 30 days | |
Yemen | Visa required | ||
Zambia | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 90 days | |
Zimbabwe | Visa on arrival | 3 months |
30 days for visits on business, 3 months for tourists
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Territories
Europe | ||
Visitor to | Visa requirement |
Notes (excluding departure fees)
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Abkhazia | Visa required | |
Artsakh | Visa required |
Travellers with Artsakh visa (expired or valid) or evidence of travel to Artsakh (stamps) will be permanently denied entry to Azerbaijan.
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Mount Athos | Special permit required |
Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors’ quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.
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Brest and Grodno | Visa not required |
Visa-free for 10 days
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Crimea | Visa required |
Visa issued by Russia is required.
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Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | Visa not required |
3 months; ID card valid
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UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus | Access Permit required |
Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
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Faroe Islands |
Visa not required
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Gibraltar |
Visa not required
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Guernsey |
Visa not required
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Isle of Man |
Visa not required
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Jan Mayen | Permit required |
Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.
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Jersey |
Visa not required
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Kaliningrad Oblast | eVisa |
From 1 July 2019, Bulgarian citizens are eligible for eVisa access to Kalinigrad oblast for 8 days.
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Kosovo | Visa not required | 90 days |
Russia | Special authorization required |
Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.
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South Ossetia | Visa not required |
Multiple entry visa to Russia and three day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.
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Transnistria | Visa not required |
Registration required after 24h.
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Africa | ||
Visitor to | Visa requirement |
Notes (excluding departure fees)
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British Indian Ocean Territory | Special permit required |
Special permit required.
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Eritrea outside Asmara | Travel permit required |
To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).
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Mayotte |
Visa not required
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Réunion |
Visa not required
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Ascension Island | eVisa |
3 months within any year period
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Saint Helena | Visitor’s Pass required |
Visitor’s Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.
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Tristan da Cunha | Permission required |
Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.
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Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
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Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara controlled territory.
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Somaliland | Visa on arrival |
30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival.
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Sudan | Travel permit required |
All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.
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Darfur | Travel permit required |
Separate travel permit is required.
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Asia | ||
Visitor to | Visa requirement |
Notes (excluding departure fees)
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Hong Kong | Visa not required | 3 months |
India PAP/RAP | PAP/RAP required |
Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.
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Iraqi Kurdistan | Visa on arrival |
Visa on arrival for 15 days is available at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports.
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Kazakhstan | Special permission required |
Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.
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Kish Island | Visa not required |
Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.
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Macau | Visa not required | 90 days |
Sabah and Sarawak | Visa not required |
These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.
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Maldives | Permission required |
With the exception of the capital Malé, tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.
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North Korea outside Pyongyang | Special permit required |
People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving)
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Palestine | Visa not required |
Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.
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Taiwan | Visa not required | 90 days |
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province | OIVR permit required |
OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.
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Tibet Autonomous Region | TTP required |
Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).
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Turkmenistan | Special permit required |
A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.
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Korean Demilitarized Zone | Restricted zone. | |
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar | Restricted zone. | |
Phú Quốc | Visa not required | 30 days |
Yemen | Special permission required |
Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.
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Caribbean and North Atlantic
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Visitor to | Visa requirement |
Notes (excluding departure fees)f
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Anguilla | Visa not required | 3 months |
Aruba | Visa not required |
30 days, extendable to 180 days
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Bermuda | Visa not required |
Up to 6 months, decided on arrival
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Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba | Visa not required | 3 months |
British Virgin Islands | Visa not required |
30 days, extensions possible
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Cayman Islands |
Visa not required
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San Andrés and Leticia | Tourist Card on arrival |
Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival.
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Curacao | Visa not required | 3 months |
French Guiana |
Visa not required
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French West Indies | Visa not required |
French West Indies refers to Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy.
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Greenland |
Visa not required
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Margarita Island | Visa not required |
All visitors are fingerprinted.
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Montserrat | Visa not required | 6 months |
Puerto Rico | Visa required | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
Visa not required
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Sint Maarten | Visa not required | 3 months |
Turks and Caicos Islands | Visa not required | 90 days |
U.S. Virgin Islands | Visa required | |
Oceania | ||
Visitor to | Visa requirement |
Notes (excluding departure fees)
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American Samoa |
Entry permit required
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Ashmore and Cartier Islands | Special authorisation required |
Special authorisation required.
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Clipperton Island | Special permit required |
Special permit required.
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Cook Islands | Visa not required | 31 days |
Lau Province | Special permission required |
Special permission required.
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French Polynesia |
Visa not required
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Guam | Visa required | |
New Caledonia |
Visa not required
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Niue | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
Northern Mariana Islands | Visa required | |
Pitcairn Islands | Visa not required |
14 days visa free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.
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Tokelau |
Entry permit required
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United States Minor Outlying Islands | Special permits required |
Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.
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Wallis and Futuna |
Visa not required
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South Atlantic and Antarctica
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Visitor to | Visa requirement |
Notes (excluding departure fees)
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Falkland Islands | Visa not required |
Visa is not required.
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | Permit required |
Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).
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Antarctica |
Special permits required for British Antarctic Territory, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.
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Source: Wikipedia
Reference: MFA Bulgaria