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Your passport must be valid for at least 3 months after you arrive.

A return or onward ticket may be checked at the border as part of demonstrating a genuine short visit.

You should have No fixed official amount is published for a short visit; sufficient funds for the length of stay may be requested at the border..

No routine arrival registration is required for an ordinary short stay tourist.

Check with the embassy for overstay penalties.Enforced by the Migration Directorate; no specific individual fine figure was confirmed for an ordinary short stay overstay, kept honestly undetermined, expulsion and a Schengen wide entry ban are the confirmed consequences. Like Romania, Bulgaria became a full Schengen member in two stages, air and sea borders 31 March 2024, land borders 1 January 2025. Currency is BGN (the Bulgarian lev), Bulgaria not having adopted the euro, though the cash declaration threshold itself is still the standard EU wide EUR 10,000 figure.

Declare cash above EUR 10,000 or the equivalent in any currency, including BGN, must be declared upon request when entering or leaving Bulgaria, submitted to the Bulgarian Customs Agency..

Extensions are not available for this stay.

Always confirm with the official embassy or consulate before you fly.