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Ethiopia visa for citizens of Bulgaria

Citizens of Bulgaria get an Ethiopia 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 — Addis Ababa: ≈ 4,030 km, about 5.5 hours of flying.

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

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Can I travel to Ethiopia 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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Ethiopia 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; Ethiopia passport: 12.
Citizens of Bulgaria and Ethiopia can travel together visa-free to 10 countries, for example: Rwanda, Gambia, Seychelles, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Singapore, Philippines, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Ethiopia, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Bulgaria. Bulgaria visa for citizens of Ethiopia

Travelling to Ethiopia: good to know

Sofia — Addis Ababa: about 4,030 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 5.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Ethiopian Birr.
Languages: Amharic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ETB 163.
Ethiopia is the 79th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Bulgaria.