Entry to Bulgaria - Does the visa need?

Bulgaria is an ideal direction for any kind of rest. In this country, you can meet the most ancient attractions, improve health and relax on the most beautiful seaside resorts. But before the trip it is worth finding out if a visa needs to Bulgaria.

Entrance to Bulgaria

Addresses and contacts of visas issuing centers in large cities:

1. Moscow - Suschevsky shaft, d. 31, p. 2 (within walking distance from m. "Maryina Grove" or "Savelovskaya");
2. St. Petersburg - Chkalovsky Avenue, 7 (Metro "Chkalovskaya", Landmark - TC Chkalovsky, 2nd floor);
3. Yekaterinburg - ul. Kuibyshev, d. 44 (landmark 2 floor of the business hotel Panorama);
4. Krasnodar - ul. Komsomolskaya, 6;
5. Nizhny Novgorod - ul. Oshhar, d. 16;
6. Samara - ul. Sadovaya, d. 263.

Receive documents It occurs from 9 am and until 16:00, and their issuance from 10 am and until 16:00. Typically, the reception time is prescribed to employees of the visa center.

It is important to remember that the preliminary submission of documents (online via the Internet) to visa centers not provided And all of them are provided directly at a personal meeting. To start the process, you need to collect the installed package of documents, make an appointment with the visa center, pay for the consular fee, and then apply to the appropriate window and get a ready-made permission to enter.

If the visa d is necessary, then it will be necessary pre-entry To the Embassy or to the Consulate of Bulgaria. In visa centers, such a visa category is not issued. But on the site of the embassy there is a useful button "Visa readiness checkup readiness by clicking on which you will learn about the design status.

Required documents

Depending on which visa is needed for a trip to Bulgaria, tourists should have a complete set of documents. For each traveler who wants to get into this country, without excluding children, it is necessary to collect the next standard package:

• Filled and carefully verified new blank "Profile application"certified by the applicant's signature;
• The photocorresponding to the requirements for a Schengen visa;
• International passport, the validity of which should be at least 90 days;
• Suitable internal passport with copies of all filled pages;
• Insurance Medical Policy, calculated on the amount of insurance of 30,000 euros;
• Tickets with accurate dates of the trip or printout armor railway, air, buses;
• Help from workwhich indicates the position, experience and salary;
• Help from the pension fund On the amount of pension for 3 months (for pensioners).

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The list required for different types of visas is added to the list of these documents. For example, for a tourist visa will need to attach hotel reservation, printed on a printer or fax. Blanc should contain such information as payment, surname, name and patronymic of the applicant, hotel details. A tourist voucher will also need to be required - the most important document confirming the ability to contain itself throughout the country around the country.

For the following types of visas will also require additional documents:

1. Unorganized tourists - Hotel reservation and a traveler check (or account extract);
2. On a private invitation - invitation and traveler check (account statement);
3. Business visa - invitation from the company and sponsorship;
4. Transit visa - Hotel reservation and third country tickets.

In order to obtain a category D immigration visa, tourists will need to have documents confirming radiation Located in the country throughout such a big period.

Picture Requirements and Document Requirements

Enough to submit documents alonefollowing the correct decoration algorithm. To do this, go to the embassy portal and find the item "Profile to fill" on it, there is also a sample.

An account should be carefully made all its data in print or by hand, preparing the document.

Requirements for ankette Next:

• FULL NAME filled exclusively capital Latin letters;
• Dates are affixed with numbers in format DD.MM.YYYY.;
• Floor It is indicated in the format: female - f, male - m;
• Passport details prescribed without no number and spaces;
• Voucher Number written as numbers and points;
• The names of tour operators, hotels and resorts fits russian letters.

If it is all responsible for the design of documents, then when they are submitted for a visa, problems should not arise.

It is especially important to approach with full responsibility photos. So that there are no errors, they can be made at the visa center or directly on the spot. For the questionnaire you need a color format 35 * 45 mm without white corners. There should be no glasses or strands on the face, and it is also important that the photo is relevant - corresponded to the real appearance.

Features of design for a child

Regardless of age, children will also need to get a visa to enter Bulgaria. To do this, parents must be submitted to the visa center standard document set, such as birth certificate, passport, questionnaire, and a letter from a sponsor and a certificate from school.

Nuances visa for young tourists are as follows:

1. For children under 14 years old birth certificate;
2. For those who travel without parents - certified consent;
3. To travel only with one parent - second resolution;
4. For babies under guardianship - letter from guardian.

If the child does not have his own foreign passport, then the visa is affixed into the passport of the parent, and if there is, the visa is put directly into the baby's document. Wherein price Such an entry permission will cost as much as for an adult.

Important moments

Visa options in Bulgaria are quite a lot, so tourists can easily choose suitable for themselves. But at the same time, it is necessary to know some points that are not less important in this case.

Insurance

Mandatory item for the possibility of entering Bulgaria is availability of medical insurance.

It must be obtained from an accredited company with a specified amount of at least 30,000 euros.

Validity This document must completely overlap the entire period of stay in the country. To pick up an optimal insurance option, you should tell the agent about the goal of the trip, as well as that the journey will take place in Bulgaria.

Cost

The issue of visa in Bulgaria is always relevant, so it is worth paying good attention. Since this country is a participant of the Schengen Agreement, the price for a visa will be standard - 35 Euro. It is worth noting that this amount is not refundable in the event of a refusal, so attentive attitude to submission of documents minimizes costs.

In addition to the principal amount, with tourists charged consular fee in the amount of 19 euros. Payment can be made both in rubles at the relevant course at the time of filing and in European currency. The money for a visa and for the fee is transferred to the representative of the immigration service in the same "window".

From payment released The following persons:

• Children up to 6 years;
• Disabled;
• Relatives residents of Bulgaria;
• Students in educational institutions of the country;
• Members international delegations;
• Participants exchange programs;
• Residents of the Russian Federation entering humanitarian goal.

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The list of services visa companies includes urgent visa. It is done for 1 day, and its value is 70 euros. At the same time, the service fee in the amount of 19 euros remains the same.

When applying through a travel agency, the amount for obtaining permission to enter the entry can do by 10-20 euros more, since agents are taken for their services certain interest. But at the same time, throughout the process, employees will accompany and suggest that the number of errors will noticeably minimize. In general, this service is justified, especially if there is where the applicant lives, there is no visa center or there is no way to collect documents yourself.

Approval terms

Standard dates Visa to Bulgaria - from four working days, urgent - from 1 to 2 days, not counting the date of submission of the application. In regional visa centers, such dates may differ.