Visa Issuing Process

We are excited to welcome you to Bulgaria for WPMC 2025! Before making your travel arrangements, please check whether your country requires a visa to enter Bulgaria.
If a visa is required, we strongly recommend that you start the application process as early as possible. Please allow at least 3-4 months for visa processing.

You will need Visa C type. It is for a short stay for the purpose of transit or a planned stay – more information.

Requirements when entering the country

A foreigner may enter the Republic of Bulgaria if he/ she is a holder of a regular foreign travel document or another equivalent document as well as a visa if required.

Visa issuing

A foreign citizen wishing to apply for a Bulgarian visa shall hold a regular travel document that meets the following requirements:

  • its validity expires at least 3 months after the intended date of departure from the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria or in case of multiple visits – after the last scheduled date of departure from the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria;
  • contains at least 2 blank pages for visa purposes;
  • has been issued within the last 10 years.

Visas are issued by the diplomatic and consular representations of the Republic of Bulgaria.

Visa applications

Visa applications forms are submitted not earlier than 3 months before the date of the intended travel, personally or through an authorized agent, with the exception of humanitarian cases.

Requirements when filling in visa applications

All fields in the application shall be filled in legibly in typed letters. The names shall be filled in with Latin letters (the way they are spelt in the foreign travel passport). The rest of the information shall be filled in in English or Bulgarian. The application shall be signed by the applicant personally. The members of the family of European Union citizens shall fill in only those fields of the visa application form which indicate their family relationship.

Documents to be submitted with the visa application:

  1. A photocopy of the first page of the foreign travel document;
  2. A photocopy of the last Bulgarian and Schengen visas or visas for the UK and the US, if any
  3. A full color photograph 3,5 cm х 4,5 cm against light-colored background (the same holds for a child entered in the passport) – a full-face photo with clear, large enough face which takes up 70-80% of the photo; eyes must be red; the following is ineligible: photos with dark glasses; non-professional photos or cut out of amateur photos
  4. A medical insurance valid for the EU member states for the whole period of the trip, covering all costs for repatriation and for urgent medical care and emergency hospital treatment for the period of the stay indicated in the visa. The insurance amount cannot be less than 30 thousand euro
  5. Tickets (original and copy) or ticket booking conformation or financial means
  6. Copy of the technical passport of the car of the trip
  7. For under-aged children travelling without their parents  or trustees the following documents shall be submitted:
    • a copy of the birth certificate
    • original and photocopy of a power of attorney notary certified by both parents/ trustees or by one parent trustee that they agree their child to travel unaccompanied by them.

Refusal to issue a visa

The refusal to issue a visa may be appealed before the higher administrative authority – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria, 1113, Sofia, 2 “Alexander Zhendov” str. (e-mail: priemna@mfa.bg), or Administrative Court Sofia-city, 1301, Sofia, 17 George Washington str. (e-mail: registratura@sfg-adc.justice.bg);

For more details on visa requirements and the application process, please refer to MFA :: Visa for Bulgaria. If you need assistance, feel free to contact our team at wpmc2025@tu-sofia.bg.
We look forward to seeing you at WPMC 2025!

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