The sending and receiving institutions will provide assistance, when required, in securing visas for incoming and outbound mobile participants, according to the requirements of the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education.

Information and assistance can be provided by the following contact points and information sources:

Contact details

(email, phone)

 Website for information
   
erasmus@vfu.bg

 

International Affairs and Projects Office

tel./fax:+359 52 359 523

 http://www.mfa.bg/setlang/en/

 

 

Bulgaria and the European Union’s Common Visa Policy

Since 1 January 2007 the Republic of Bulgaria has been applying the European Union’s Common Visa Policy, subject to the terms of the Accession Treaty.

According to Article 4 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, the provisions of the Schengen acquis specified in Annex ІІ to that Act shall be binding on and applicable in the Republic of Bulgaria from the date of accession (1 January 2007), while the rest shall be applicable from the date of the Council’s decision on Bulgaria’s accession to the Schengen area.

 

Visa-free regime for holders of Schengen visas for a stay of up to 90 days

By a Government Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria from April 12, 2023 (promulgated SG No. 36 of 2023), amendments and additions were made to Decision No. 459 of 2014 for approving the application of Decision No. 565/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 15, 2014, and for repealing Decision No. 48 of 2012.

As of 21 of April, 2023, holders of the following comprehensively listed documents have the right to enter and reside in the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria without the need to hold a Bulgarian visa type “C” for transit residence or planned stay:

  1. „Uniform visa” with the meaning of Art. 2, par. 3 of the Visa Code, valid for two or multiple entries, and after the visa has been used in a country fully applies the Schengen acquis;
  2. „Long-stay visa” in regarding with Art. 18 of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement and after the visa has been used in the country that issued the visa;
  3. “Residence permit” in accordance with Art. 2, par. 16 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code);
  4. “Visa with limited territorial validity” in accordance with Art. 25, par. 3 of the Visa Code, valid for two or multiple entries, and after the visa has been used in a country fully applies the Schengen acquis;
  5. National visa for short-stay period or national visa for long-stay period, issued by Cyprus or Romania in relevance by laying down a uniform format for visas established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1683/95 of 29 May 1995, valid for two or multiple entries, and after these documents have been used for enter in the country that issued them; or а residence permit, issued by Cyprus or Romania in relevance by laying down a uniform format established by Council Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002 of 13 June 2002, unless visas and residence permits are placed on travel documents that those Member States do not recognize or on travel documents issued by a third country with which they do not have diplomatic relations;
  6. National visa for short-stay period, national visa for long-stay period or a residence permit issued by the authorities of the Republic of Croatia until December 31, 2022, or until their validity expires.

 

 

Types of visas