Bulgaria · Passport Index 2026
Bulgaria · Passport Index 2026Bulgarian passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #11 in the world, with 156 places you can visit easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- 30 Freedom of movement
- 92 Visa not required
- 27 Visa on arrival
- 7 eTA required
- 29 eVisa
- 13 Visa required
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Visa-free countries for Bulgarian passport holders
Just show your passport at the border.
Visa on arrival
Get your visa at the airport when you land. No need to apply in advance.
eVisa and online permits
Apply online before you fly; no embassy visit.
Where the Bulgarian passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Bulgarian passport compares
Passports ranked close to it on the Passport Index 2026.
By region of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Europe44 of 45 countries
- Americas32 of 35 countries
- Oceania12 of 14 countries
- Asia39 of 50 countries
- Africa29 of 54 countries
All 198 destinations for Bulgarian passport holders
198 of 198 destinations
- AlbaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- AngolaVisa not requiredMiddle Africa30 days
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- ArgentinaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ArmeniaVisa not requiredWestern Asia180 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BelarusVisa not requiredEastern Europe30 days
- BelizeVisa not requiredCentral America
- BoliviaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- BotswanaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- CanadaVisa not requiredNorth America180 days
- Cape VerdeVisa not requiredWestern Africa30 days
- ChileVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- ChinaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- ColombiaVisa not requiredSouth America180 days
- Costa RicaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Dominican RepublicVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- EcuadorVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- El SalvadorVisa not requiredCentral America180 days
- EswatiniVisa not requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GeorgiaVisa not requiredWestern Asia365 days
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- GuatemalaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- HondurasVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- JapanVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- KazakhstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- KosovoVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- KyrgyzstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia60 days
- LesothoVisa not requiredSouthern Africa14 days
- MacauVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- Marshall IslandsVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MexicoVisa not requiredNorth America180 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- MoldovaVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe
- MongoliaVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- MontenegroVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- MoroccoVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- NicaraguaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- North MacedoniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- OmanVisa not requiredWestern Asia14 days
- PalauVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa not requiredCentral America180 days
- ParaguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- PeruVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- QatarVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- RwandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- Saint LuciaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SamoaVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa not requiredMiddle Africa15 days
- SenegalVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- SerbiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- Solomon IslandsVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- South AfricaVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- South KoreaVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- TaiwanVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- TajikistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- ThailandVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- Timor-LesteVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- TongaVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- TunisiaVisa not requiredNorthern Africa60 days
- TürkiyeVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- TuvaluVisa not requiredPolynesia90 days
- UkraineVisa not requiredEastern Europe90 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- UruguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- UzbekistanVisa not requiredCentral Asia30 days
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia90 days
- Vatican CityVisa not requiredSouthern Europe
- VenezuelaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- VietnamVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia45 days
- ZambiaVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- AustriaFreedom of movementCentral Europe
- BelgiumFreedom of movementWestern Europe
- CroatiaFreedom of movementSoutheast Europe
- CyprusFreedom of movementSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicFreedom of movementCentral Europe
- DenmarkFreedom of movementNorthern Europe
- EstoniaFreedom of movementNorthern Europe
- FinlandFreedom of movementNorthern Europe
- FranceFreedom of movementWestern Europe
- GermanyFreedom of movementWestern Europe
- GreeceFreedom of movementSouthern Europe
- HungaryFreedom of movementCentral Europe
- IcelandFreedom of movementNorthern Europe
- IrelandFreedom of movementNorthern Europe
- ItalyFreedom of movementSouthern Europe
- LatviaFreedom of movementNorthern Europe
- LiechtensteinFreedom of movementWestern Europe
- LithuaniaFreedom of movementNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgFreedom of movementWestern Europe
- MaltaFreedom of movementSouthern Europe
- NetherlandsFreedom of movementWestern Europe
- NorwayFreedom of movementNorthern Europe
- PolandFreedom of movementCentral Europe
- PortugalFreedom of movementSouthern Europe
- RomaniaFreedom of movementSoutheast Europe
- SlovakiaFreedom of movementCentral Europe
- SloveniaFreedom of movementCentral Europe
- SpainFreedom of movementSouthern Europe
- SwedenFreedom of movementNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandFreedom of movementWestern Europe
- BahrainVisa on arrivalWestern Asia14 days
- BangladeshVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- DjiboutiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- EgyptVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- EthiopiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- IndonesiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- JamaicaVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- JordanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- KuwaitVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- LebanonVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa60 days
- MalawiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- NamibiaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa90 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia90 days
- Saudi ArabiaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- SyriaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- ZimbabweVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa30 days
- AustraliaeTA requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- IsraeleTA requiredWestern Asia90 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- New ZealandeTA requiredAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- SeychelleseTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- United KingdomeTA requiredNorthern Europe180 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AzerbaijaneVisaWestern Asia30 days
- BenineVisaWestern Africa90 days
- BhutaneVisaSouthern Asia
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- CubaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- GuyanaeVisaSouth America30 days
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia60 days
- IraneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia60 days
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- LiberiaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa30 days
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- MyanmareVisaSouth-Eastern Asia28 days
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- PakistaneVisaSouthern Asia90 days
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia60 days
- RussiaeVisaEastern Europe30 days
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa180 days
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa720 days
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- United StatesVisa requiredNorth America
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
Questions
How many countries can Bulgarian passport holders visit without a visa?
122 countries need no visa at all, and 34 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the Bulgaria passport rank?
#8 of 199 passports, with 154 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Bulgarian passport holders visit visa-free?
China, Brazil, Mexico, Japan Philippines, and 117 more.
Where can Bulgarian passport holders get a visa at the airport?
27 countries, including Indonesia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia Egypt, and 23 more.
Which countries let Bulgarian passport holders apply online?
36 countries, including India, Pakistan, Nigeria Russia, and 32 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Bulgarian passport holders?
13, including United States, Sudan, Algeria Ghana, and 9 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Bulgarian passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: visa needed; United Kingdom: eta needed; Canada: no visa needed; Australia: eta needed; Japan: no visa needed; France: free to visit, live and work.
Which part of the world is easiest for Bulgarian passport holders?
Europe: 98% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Bulgarian passport holders visit easily?
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro North Macedonia, and 3 more.
Does the Bulgaria passport work for official or diplomatic travel?
Official and diplomatic passports often have their own rules. Each destination page shows them where they differ from a regular passport.
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