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Visa Requirements for Bulgaria Passport Holders (2026)

A Bulgaria passport gives visa-free access to 158 of 198 destinations (visa-free, visa on arrival, or eTA). Full breakdown by entry type below.

Visa-free117
Visa on arrival35
eTA6
e-Visa22
Visa required18

Visa-free destinations (117)

Albania (90d), Andorra, Angola (30d), Antigua and Barbuda (180d), Argentina (90d), Armenia (180d), Austria, Bahamas (90d), Barbados (90d), Belarus (30d), Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina (90d), Botswana (90d), Brazil (90d), Brunei (90d), Cape Verde (30d), Chile (90d), China (30d), Colombia (90d), Costa Rica (180d), Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica (180d), Dominican Republic, Ecuador (90d), El Salvador (180d), Estonia, Fiji (120d), Finland, France, Gambia (90d), Georgia (360d), Germany, Greece, Grenada (90d), Guatemala (90d), Haiti (90d), Honduras (90d), Hong Kong (90d), Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel (90d), Italy, Japan (90d), Kazakhstan (30d), Kiribati (90d), Kosovo (90d), Kyrgyzstan (60d), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao (90d), Malaysia (90d), Malta, Marshall Islands (90d), Mauritius (90d), Mexico (180d), Micronesia (90d), Moldova (90d), Monaco, Mongolia (30d), Montenegro (90d), Morocco (90d), Netherlands, Nicaragua (90d), North Macedonia (90d), Norway, Palau (90d), Palestine, Panama (90d), Paraguay (90d), Peru (90d), Philippines (30d), Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda (30d), Saint Kitts and Nevis (90d), Saint Lucia (90d), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (90d), Samoa (90d), San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe (15d), Senegal (90d), Serbia (90d), Seychelles (90d), Singapore (90d), Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands (90d), South Korea (90d), Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan (90d), Tajikistan (30d), Thailand (60d), Timor-Leste (90d), Tonga (90d), Trinidad and Tobago (90d), Tunisia (60d), Turkey (90d), Tuvalu (90d), Ukraine (90d), United Arab Emirates (90d), United Kingdom (180d), Uruguay (90d), Uzbekistan (30d), Vanuatu (120d), Vatican, Venezuela (90d), Zambia (90d)

Visa on arrival (35)

Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

eTA required (6)

Australia, Canada, Ivory Coast, Kenya, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea

e-Visa required (22)

Azerbaijan, Benin, Bhutan, Cameroon, Cuba, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, India, Lesotho, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, South Sudan, Syria, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam

Visa required in advance (18)

Afghanistan, Algeria, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Guyana, Liberia, Mali, Nauru, Niger, North Korea, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Turkmenistan, United States, Yemen

Passports with similar entry access

Cyprus · Romania · Iceland · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Latvia

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Data source: Passport Index dataset (CC-BY). Retrieved & last verified June 26, 2026. Visa rules change frequently — always confirm with the destination’s embassy or official immigration website before you book. See our methodology.