Bulgarian Embassy in Skopje

The Bulgarian embassy in Skopje is listed as open Monday to Friday, 09:00–17:30.

No visa is needed by North Macedonian citizens for Bulgaria, for stays of up to 90 days.

2025 figures: 1,127 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Bulgaria’s embassy in Skopje, and 1,055 visas were issued. 15 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 1.4%. That is barely different from 2024 (2.2%). The number of applications was almost unchanged (1,127 in 2024).

Bulgaria issues Schengen visas at 2 locations in North Macedonia; this office handled 93% of their 1,207 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Bitola 2.6%, which makes Skopje the lowest of the group. Each office serves the applicants who live in its own consular district, so the rates also reflect who applies where, not only how strictly files are assessed.

Across all Schengen consulates in North Macedonia, 5.2% of applications were refused in 2025; Bulgaria’s rate worldwide was 12.5%. Bulgaria received the largest number of applications of the 16 Schengen states represented here.

89.9% of the visas issued here were multiple-entry visas, valid for several trips. 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 North Macedonia.

Besides the Bulgarian embassy in Skopje, Bulgaria has 1 other mission in North Macedonia. Consulates: Bitola. North Macedonia in turn has an embassy in Sofia.

About the Bulgarian embassy in Skopje

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

Address and contact

Address: Златко Шнајдер 3, 1000 Cкoпje. The record for the Bulgarian embassy in Skopje includes a phone number, an e-mail address, a fax number and an official website.

Bulgarian citizens travelling to North Macedonia

Bulgarian citizens can visit North Macedonia without a visa for up to 90 days.

When the Bulgarian embassy in Skopje is closed

The Bulgarian embassy in Skopje closes on North Macedonia’s public holidays, the next being Saint Clement of Ohrid Day on Tuesday 8 December 2026 and New Year's Day on Friday 1 January 2027, and usually on holidays of Bulgaria such as Christmas Eve on Thursday 24 December 2026.

Before visiting the Bulgarian embassy in Skopje

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

Near the Bulgarian embassy in Skopje

The Bulgarian embassy in Skopje has 17 other foreign missions within 1 km, in a diplomatic quarter.