Austrian Embassy in Sofia

The Austrian embassy in Sofia is listed as open 4 days a week, 10:00–12:00.

Bulgarian citizens need no visa for Austria: under European free movement rules they can travel, live and work there with a valid passport or national ID card.

In 2024, Austria’s embassy in Sofia received 49 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 47. 2 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 4.1%. In 2023 the rate was much the same, 2.6%. Applications fell by 91% compared with 2023 (533).

Across all Schengen consulates in Bulgaria, 2.5% of applications were refused in 2024; Austria’s rate worldwide was 13.7%. Austria received the 6th largest number of applications of the 17 Schengen states represented here.

Almost every visa issued here allows multiple entries. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Bulgaria.

Besides the Austrian embassy in Sofia, Austria has 1 other mission in Bulgaria. Bulgaria in turn has an embassy in Vienna.

About the Austrian embassy in Sofia

It appears in official lists as Embassy of Austria in Sofia.

Address and contact

Address: бул. Цар Освободител 13, София. The record for the Austrian embassy in Sofia includes an official website.

When the Austrian embassy in Sofia is closed

The Austrian embassy in Sofia closes on Bulgaria’s public holidays, the next being Christmas Eve on Thursday 24 December 2026 and Christmas Day on Friday 25 December 2026, and usually on holidays of Austria such as Immaculate Conception (Mariä Empfängnis) on Tuesday 8 December 2026.

Before visiting the Austrian embassy in Sofia

Current procedures for the Austrian embassy in Sofia, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.

Near the Austrian embassy in Sofia

The Austrian embassy in Sofia has 34 other foreign missions within 1 km, in a diplomatic quarter.