Bulgarian Embassy in Paris

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

In 2025, Bulgaria’s embassy in Paris received 6 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 5. Applications fell by 54% compared with 2024 (13).

Across all Schengen consulates in France, 3.9% of applications were refused in 2025; Bulgaria’s rate worldwide was 12.5%. Bulgaria received the 3rd largest number of applications of the 14 Schengen states represented here.

Bulgaria only began issuing Schengen visas on 31 March 2024, so its 2024 figures cover part of the year. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of France.

The Bulgarian embassy in Paris is one of 5 missions of Bulgaria in France. Consulates: Lyon. Honorary consulates: Toulouse and Lille. France in turn has an embassy in Sofia.

About the Bulgarian embassy in Paris

It appears in official lists as Embassy of Bulgaria in Paris.

Address and contact

Address: Avenue Rapp 1, Paris. The record for the Bulgarian embassy in Paris includes a phone number, a fax number and an official website.

When the Bulgarian embassy in Paris is closed

The Bulgarian embassy in Paris closes on France’s public holidays, the next being Armistice Day (Armistice 1918) on Wednesday 11 November 2026 and Christmas Day (Noël) on Friday 25 December 2026, and usually on holidays of Bulgaria such as Christmas Eve on Thursday 24 December 2026.

Before visiting the Bulgarian embassy in Paris

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

Near the Bulgarian embassy in Paris

The Bulgarian embassy in Paris has 32 other foreign missions within 1 km, in a diplomatic quarter.