Visa to Bulgaria independently

Do you need a visa to Bulgaria for Russians? Yes, to visit this state of South-Eastern Europe, our compatriots draw up an entry document. Getting a Bulgarian visa has its own characteristics, because the country is not yet part of the Schengen zone. But, as a rule, visa to Bulgaria is provided to citizens of the Russian Federation without any problems. Find out what a visa is needed to enter the republic, how to make a visa to Bulgaria, how much is the visa and how much it costs.

Relax in the Bulgarian resorts and inspecting all sorts of sights a lot of Russian residents. For a trip to Bulgaria, the whole family will not need so much money, such as for visiting Western European states. You can go to Bulgaria cheaply almost year-round. The main concern for travelers will be the need to make a visa to Bulgaria.

Rest in Bulgaria is not the only goal of the entry of our fellow citizens. The country attracts not only tourists, but also businessmen, potential investors, professionals in various fields of activity, seasonal workers and students. All of them necessarily need a Bulgarian visa.

1. For those who received a Schengen visa C. This may be a valid entry document of any country that is part of Schengen. The key requirement is the visa to be double or multiple. On one-time Schengen entry into the republic is no longer permitted.
2. For citizens who have permission to stay in any state of Schengen. Such permits include national visas, a residence permit, etc.
3. For owners of visas of Romania, Croatia or Cyprus.

How much is allowed to be in Bulgaria, depends on the shelf life of the visa, resolved time of stay and the number of entries. But in any case, no longer 3 months per half. 3 months to live in a European country without a visa are also the holders of service and diplomatic passports. All other entering Bulgaria need a visa.

Key features of Bulgarian entry documents

For various visits to Bulgaria in 2017, the following categories of visas are intended:

Both varieties of Bulgarian visas are national. Their holders are entitled to enter and stay on the territory:

• Bulgaria.
• Cyprus.
• Romania.
• Croatia.

Traveling through the Schengen zone owners of Bulgarian visas can not. For such trips, you need an entry document by one of Shengen countries.

In our article, we will pay special attention to the Bulgarian visa C. It is intended for short-term trips.

Almost on Schengen Rules

How to get a visa to Bulgaria for short-term stay? I am defined by this question, it is important to remember that the country although it enters the European Union, but has not yet entered the Schengen zone. Accordingly, the design of a visa in Bulgaria does not occur under the terms of Shengen.

However, the procedure is very similar to the one that is accepted throughout Schengen. Even the entrance paper itself looks the same as any Schengen visa C. Because sooner or later, Bulgaria will sign the Schengen Agreement, its visa policy is already as much as possible with the pan-European.

Main visa steps

Visa to Bulgaria for Russians in 2017 is issued almost reliable. Of course, if candidates meet all the requirements of the host. To obtain a visa to the European state, a citizen of the Russian Federation will need:

1. Decide with the category of requested paper (C or D, the purpose of the entrance is tourism, work, study, etc.).
2. Fill out the questionnaire.
3. Collect the established set of documents for a visa in Bulgaria. The list of papers varies by visiting targets.
4. Submit the documentation package to the selected way.
5. Pay visa collection.
6. In case of a positive solution, get a ready visa to Bulgaria.

Important! For a visa to Bulgaria, you do not need to take biometric data. This is one of its few differences from Schengen entrance papers.

How to fill out a questionnaire

• The application for a Bulgarian visa C consists of 3 pages.
• The form is downloaded on the Internet or is taken at the embassy / Consulate or Visa Center. A questionnaire is free.
• The petition is filled from hand with blue or black ink.
• All words are written with printed letters, neatly and picking up.
• Maximum 3 fixes are allowed. Incorrect information must be stressed by the horizontal line. The correct data is written in a free place and are certified by the applicant's signature.
• The information is made by Cyrillic. The exception is the name and surname of the candidate. They are written by Latin (as in a passport).
• Dates are written in the sequence "Day, month, year": 03/27/2017.
• Phone numbers are indicated with the state code.
• If you need to choose one of the options, the answer is marked with a "checkmark" or "cross".
• If a multiple visa is requested, an appropriate signature is required (in the section on the Medstrashka on the third page).
• If the questionnaire is filled with a child under 14, both parents sign.
• If the petition is filled with a child from 14 to 17 years old inclusive, the signatures put both parents and a child.
• From 18 years, the petition signs the applicant personally.
• Total signatures:
  • 3 signatures (when requesting a two-time and multiple document).
  • 4 signatures (when requesting a visa in St. Petersburg).
• After making data, print the questionnaire from 2 sides.

What documents should be collected for a visa

From what is the purpose of entry, a list of documents depends. Visa to Bulgaria for business purposes involves the provision of business documentation. For guest visits you need to make an invitation to the Bulgarian friend or relative. The most popular tourist visa is issued on the basis of hotel armor.

Requirements for documents

• Originals and photocopies of each paper are served, unless otherwise indicated.
• For each journey participant, you must collect a separate documentation kit. This requirement applies to children recorded in the parental passport.
• The set of required papers is allowed to submit 3 months before the scheduled tour. If urgent visa is requested - 10 days before departure.
• The receiving party has the right to request additional documents and / or invite the applicant for an interview.

Basic documents

Part of the visa papers is one for all categories of entering. For a visa to Bulgaria, the documentation of the basic package is as follows:

• (completed and signed).
• International passport:
  • Actual at least 3 months at the end of the trip.
  • Note no more than 10 years ago.
  • With 2 empty sheets (plus 2 sheets per child, if they are recorded in the parental passport).
  • Additionally served photocopy of the first page.

• Photograph:
  • Made a maximum half a year ago.
  • 1 piece.
  • 35 by 45 mm.
  • 70-80% of the field occupies a person.
  • Color.
  • On bright background.
  • The photo is served on children inscribed in the parental passport.
  • The photo card is glued to the questionnaire.
• Russian passport (necessary when submitting documents).
• Transport documents:
  • Copies of air or railway tickets.
  • Or confirm the armor aircraft or railway tickets.
• Documents for the car (at the entrance by car):
  • Certificate of registration of the means of movement (copy).
  • Driving license (copy).
  • Green card (copy).
  • Power of attorney (if transport does not belong to the driver).
  • The route is free form (indicating border crossing points).
• Medstrashovka:
  • Valid throughout the country throughout the trip.
  • Coating from 30 thousand euros.

Additional documents for a child

1. Certificate of birth (photocopy).
2. in free form plus financial guarantees of the sponsor. Financial guarantee is not. As confirmation of the financial security of the sponsor are accepted:
   1. in the bank.
   2. Extract from an ATM on the remnant of money on the map.
   3. Traveler's checks.
3. A copy of the tickets and visas of parents / parent / accompanying, the validity of which "covers" the document requested on the child. Served if the child makes a voyage with parents / parent / accompanying, but visas were made not at the same time.
4. Notarized Mom's consent and dad or one parent for departure.

Subtlety granting permission

If a child is under the care of adoptive parents, the features of entry are the same as with their mother and dad. Additionally, documents on adoption / adoption / custody are presented.

Documents on the purpose of visit

Tourism

• Confirmation of hotel armor:
  • Fax or scan on branded letterhead with signature and printing or printing from the electronic booking system.
  • The confirmation indicates all entering the name, hotel details and the time of stay.
• Confirmation of hotel payment (if not confirmed by armor, other guarantees are required).
• If a citizen plans to live in the property acquired apartments, it is required:
  • Or a preliminary contract for the purchase of residential real estate (photocopy). Plus, documents confirming the payment by at least 30% are needed.
  • Either the hotel's reservation from the developer of the future apartment / house (fax or scan).
• Financial guarantees at the rate of 50 euros per person daily (at least 500 euros for all journey):
  • Actual bank statement.
  • Traveler's checks.
  • Confirmation of the purchase of currency, etc.
• Help from work:
  • Compiled on the application forms.
  • It is assigned to print and signed by an authorized person.
  • With address and operating phone.
  • With a record of the salary and position of the applicant.
• Copies of certificates of registration of IP and INN (for individual entrepreneurs instead of reference from work).
• Photocopy of a pension certificate (for pensioners instead of reference from work).

Private visit

1. Compiled by all the rules invitation.
2. Guarantees of the legality of residence of the receiving person in Bulgaria. For example, a copy of the residence permit and the first page of the passport.
3. Confirmation of kinship, if the Visitor plans to visit close relatives (birth certificates, marriage, etc.).

Visa for owners of real estate and their relatives

• Notary act.
• Confirmation of taxes and fees over the past year.
• Documents on the spouse / spouse:
  • Help from work.
  • Pensioner's ID.
  • Registration of IP.
  • Or sponsorship.
• Documents for children under 18:
  • Confirmation of kinship.
• Documents for children from 18 to 26 years old, who are not married:
  • Confirmation of kinship.
  • Help from the university.
  • Residence permit from the parent who owns real estate.
  • Document on the absence of marriage relationships.

• The rest of the relatives:
  • Confirmation of kinship.
  • Resolution to accommodation from the property owner.

Business or service trip

1. Invitation from Jurlitsa or the representative of the host (state institutions, organization, etc.). For business visits, it is assigned to the Bulgarian police in the migration department.
2. Letter letter (for business visits). Wrapped / issued by the Bulgarian TPP or Bulgarian-Russian TPP in Moscow. In return, the letter is allowed to provide a copy of the contract on joint business activities and related to the planned trips of the intention (for a multiple visa for up to 1 year).
3. Help from work (requirements for a tourist visa).
4. Photocopy of certificates of registration of IP and INN (for individual entrepreneurs instead of reference from work).

Study or Scientific, Cultural or Sports Activities

• Written invitation from the host organization:
  • Bulgarian Ministry of Culture / Sports / Education.
  • Academy of Sciences.
  • Educational institutions.
  • Martyr cities.
  • Sports federations, etc.
• Hotel reservation or other confirmation of accommodation (if the receiving party does not indicate in the invitation, which will ensure accommodation and content).
• Help from the educational institution (for schoolchildren and students).

• Help from work (for employed citizens).
• Copies of certificates of registration of IP and INN (for individual entrepreneurs).

Transit

1. Visa to the territory of the state of destination (photocopy).
2. Confirmation of the goal of the trip (if the entrance to the end item is visa-free):
   1. Invitation.
   2. Book rooms in the hotel.
   3. Documents for real estate, etc.

How to apply

Questionnaire and other documents for a visa in Bulgaria are filed by the method that the applicant will choose. To serve papers, contact one of the instances:

• Consular service of the Bulgarian embassy in the Russian capital. Make an appointment required by call center numbers:
  • +7 (499) 709-92-81.
  • +7 (499) 703-37-48.
• The Consulate General of Bulgaria in St. Petersburg or Yekaterinburg.
• VFS Global Visa Center (short-term C-visas only). Company offices are located in 20 cities of the Russian Federation. There is no binding to the consular district. Pre-recording is not required.

• Accredited Travel Agency (only for short-term C-visas). The list of admitted travel agencies is located on the European Power Embassy website in Moscow.

It is worth considering that a not a visa center or a tour operator takes the decision for each past. This mission is assigned to the diplomatic confinement (in the event of a visa C) and the competent authorities of the republic (Visa D).

In the visa center, documents are allowed to file both personally and through an authorized person (by proxy certified by a notary). In both cases, the consent to the processing of personal data is additionally filled.

How much will you have to pay for a visa

How much is a visa in Bulgaria? The price depends on the category of inbound paper - C or D. For Russians, the consular fees, relevant for 2017, the following:

The consular fee is paid for any way of requesting documents of type C (through diploma, visa center or travel agency). Visa d, recall, allowed to be issued only in the embassy / Consulate.

If the document for a short stay is requested in the "VFS Global", a service fee is included in the price of visa in Bulgaria. It is equal to 19 euros.

Charges are charged in euros (in diplomsses) or in rubles at the current course (in the visa center). At the same time, payments are non-returnable. Even if the candidate receives a refusal, he will not be returned to him.

Consular and service charges for a C-visa are not imposed:

• For children who have not yet reached 6 years.
• For people with special features of health and persons accompanying them.

How much to wait for a c-visa

How much time applicants for a visa are waiting for decisions on their application? When submitting a petition in the consular department of the Embassy, \u200b\u200bthe term of consideration is 10 days. When applying in the visa center, each petition is considered within 4 days. At the same time not taken into account:

• Day of submission of documents.
• Time to send a package of documentation from the regions to the diploma.
• Weekends and holidays.

Urgent visa to Bulgaria is drawn up in two days. At the same time, the day of filing, shipment and non-working days are not taken into account.

When applying in the visa center, track the status of the application is allowed on the VFS Global website. To do this, go through the link and enter the required data.

Important! In the event of any questions, the receiving party has the right to extend the consideration of the case for 1 month.

Who risks visa refusal

The percentage of bounce on the Bulgarian C-Visas is rather low. But the risk of getting a negative response from the embassy / consulate is still there. A trip to Bulgaria will not take place if the applicant:

• False information reported.
• Provided fake certificates and extracts.
• I failed to confirm the purpose of entry.
• Not fully guaranteed a return to the homeland when the visa action is over.
• Violated the visa regime during the previous trip.
• Previously did not follow Bulgarian laws.

A negative solution of diploma officers will be taken in the absence of any data in the questionnaire. Refuse to those who submit an incomplete set of visa documents. But in these cases, everything is fixable. For a visa, you will need to re-compile a statement or provide missing paper.