How Long Can I Stay in Bulgaria?

Using the calculator

1. Enter each trip with its entry and exit date (both days count). Untick in Bulgaria for a trip elsewhere in the Schengen area: it counts towards the 90 days, not towards the tax days.
2. Pick the day to count on and the tax year to check.
3. See the visa-free days used and left, and your days in Bulgaria against the tax-residency test.

Staying as a visitor

Bulgaria is in the Schengen area: visitors who need no visa — British, American, Canadian and Australian citizens among them — may stay up to 90 days in any 180-day period, counted across all 29 Schengen countries together. To stay longer you need a long-stay visa or a residence permit; the days you spend on one do not count towards the 90.

Becoming a tax resident

Bulgaria treats you as tax resident when you spend more than 183 days in any 12-month period there — or on other grounds, whatever the days. A tax resident is taxed on worldwide income, so the count matters for anyone who spends long periods in Bulgaria, including holiday-home owners and remote workers. A tax treaty between Bulgaria and your home country decides which country taxes you when both treat you as resident.

The calculator counts calendar days of presence; it is a planning figure, not a ruling. A lawyer or tax adviser checks your position, the treaty and the papers that prove where you live.