Bulgarian Embassy in Washington D.C.

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

Bulgaria admits US citizens without a visa for stays of up to 90 days.

In 2025, Bulgaria’s embassy in Washington D.C. received 267 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 239. 3 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 0.8%. In 2024 the rate was much the same, 0.3%. Applications fell by 47% compared with 2024 (507).

Bulgaria issues Schengen visas at 4 locations in the United States; this office handled 50% of their 536 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Los Angeles 0.8%, New York 1.1% and Chicago 0.0%. 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 the United States, 4.9% of applications were refused in 2025; Bulgaria’s rate worldwide was 12.5%. Bulgaria received the 21st largest number of applications of the 28 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 74.1% of those issued. 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 the United States.

The Bulgarian embassy in Washington D.C. is one of 4 missions of Bulgaria in the United States. Consulates: Chicago and New York. The United States in turn has an embassy in Sofia.

About the Bulgarian embassy in Washington D.C.

It appears in official lists as Embassy of Bulgaria in Washington D.C.

Address and contact

Address: 22nd Street Northwest 1621, 20008 Washington. The record for the Bulgarian embassy in Washington D.C. includes a phone number, an e-mail address, a fax number and an official website.

Bulgarian citizens travelling to the United States

Bulgarian citizens must obtain a visa before travelling to the United States.

When the Bulgarian embassy in Washington D.C. is closed

The Bulgarian embassy in Washington D.C. closes on the United States’ public holidays, the next being Veterans Day on Wednesday 11 November 2026 and Thanksgiving Day on Thursday 26 November 2026, and usually on holidays of Bulgaria such as Christmas Eve on Thursday 24 December 2026.

Before visiting the Bulgarian embassy in Washington D.C.

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

Near the Bulgarian embassy in Washington D.C.

The Bulgarian embassy in Washington D.C. has 88 other foreign missions within 1 km, in a diplomatic quarter.