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Egypt visa for citizens of Bulgaria

Citizens of Bulgaria get an Egypt visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Bulgaria: the passport opens 119 countries visa-free; Sofia — Cairo: ≈ 1,570 km, about 2.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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Can I travel to Egypt without a visa on a Bulgaria passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Bulgaria get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Egypt visa rules at a glance

With a Bulgaria passport you can visit 119 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 35 with an e-visa; 15 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Bulgaria passport ranks 21st of 199.
Bulgaria passport: visa-free access to 119 countries; Egypt passport: 19.
Citizens of Bulgaria and Egypt can travel together visa-free to 14 countries, for example: Palestine, Rwanda, Gambia, Seychelles, Mauritius, Macau, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Malaysia, Haiti, Micronesia, Kiribati, and Hong Kong.
Citizens of Egypt, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Bulgaria. Bulgaria visa for citizens of Egypt

Travelling to Egypt: good to know

Sofia — Cairo: about 1,570 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Egyptian Pound.
Languages: Arabic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ EGP 52.
Egypt is the 35th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Bulgaria.