Bulgarian Consulate General in Odesa

Ukrainian citizens can visit Bulgaria without a visa for up to 90 days.

2025 figures: 633 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Bulgaria’s consulate general in Odesa, and 517 visas were issued. 105 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 16.9%. The refusal rate rose by 3.4 points from 13.5% in 2024. Applications rose by 192% compared with 2024 (217).

Bulgaria issues Schengen visas at 2 locations in Ukraine; this office handled 50% of their 1,266 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Kyiv 16.9%, which makes Odesa 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 Ukraine, 10.7% of applications were refused in 2025; Bulgaria’s rate worldwide was 12.5%. Bulgaria received the 2nd largest number of applications of the 14 Schengen states represented here.

52.8% 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 Ukraine.

For matters it cannot handle, the Bulgarian embassy in Kyiv (446 km) is responsible. Besides the Bulgarian consulate general in Odesa, Bulgaria has 2 other missions in Ukraine. Consulates: Lviv. Ukraine in turn has 2 missions in Bulgaria, its embassy being in Sofia.

About the Bulgarian consulate general in Odesa

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Bulgaria in Odesa. A consulate does consular work for a region: passports, certificates and help for nationals in difficulty.

Address and contact

The record for the Bulgarian consulate general in Odesa includes a phone number and an official website.

Bulgarian citizens travelling to Ukraine

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

When the Bulgarian consulate general in Odesa is closed

Expect the Bulgarian consulate general in Odesa to be shut on Christmas Day on Friday 25 December 2026 and New Year's Day on Friday 1 January 2027, and often on Christmas Eve on Thursday 24 December 2026, a holiday in Bulgaria.

Before visiting the Bulgarian consulate general in Odesa

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

Near the Bulgarian consulate general in Odesa

The Bulgarian consulate general in Odesa has 3 other foreign missions within 1 km.