Bulgarian Consular Office in Bursa

Bulgaria requires Turkish citizens to hold a visa issued in advance. Applications may be taken here or by a visa centre working for Bulgaria.

2025 figures: 19,244 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Bulgaria’s consulate in Bursa, and 18,018 visas were issued. 1,190 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 6.2%. The refusal rate fell by 3.3 points from 9.5% in 2024. Applications rose by 98% compared with 2024 (9,715).

Bulgaria issues Schengen visas at 4 locations in Turkey; this office handled 23% of their 82,033 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Istanbul 14.1%, Edirne 2.8% and Ankara 21.2%. 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 Turkey, 14.6% of applications were refused in 2025; Bulgaria’s rate worldwide was 12.5%. Bulgaria received the 5th largest number of applications of the 27 Schengen states represented here.

54.6% 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 Turkey.

For matters it cannot handle, the Bulgarian embassy in Ankara (330 km) is responsible. The Bulgarian consular office in Bursa is one of 4 missions of Bulgaria in Turkey. Consulates: Istanbul and Edirne. Turkey in turn has 4 missions in Bulgaria, its embassy being in Sofia.

About the Bulgarian consular office in Bursa

It appears in official lists as Consular Office of Bulgaria in Bursa. Its work is consular: passports and documents for its own citizens and, often, visas for visitors.

Address and contact

Address: Aydın Caddesi 1, 16160 Bursa. The record for the Bulgarian consular office in Bursa includes a phone number, an e-mail address and a fax number.

Bulgarian citizens travelling to Turkey

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

When the Bulgarian consular office in Bursa is closed

Expect the Bulgarian consular office in Bursa to be shut on New Year's Day (Yılbaşı) on Friday 1 January 2027 and Eid al-Fitr First Day (Ramazan Bayramı 1. Gün) on Wednesday 10 March 2027 (date provisional), and often on Christmas Eve on Thursday 24 December 2026, a holiday in Bulgaria.

Before visiting the Bulgarian consular office in Bursa

Call the Bulgarian consular office in Bursa before you go to confirm the hours and whether an appointment is needed.