Bulgaria Visa Requirements: Do You Qualify?
How it works
Using the checker
- Enter who moves with you: the adults besides you (a spouse or partner, dependent parents) and the children.
- Enter your monthly income before tax and the savings you can show.
- Each route shows the amount it asks of your household and whether your figures meet it — by income, or by savings where the rules accept them.
The routes and how the amounts are worked out
- Digital Nomad residence — Employees, managers or owners of a non-EU company, or freelancers with a year of activity — no Bulgarian clients. A gross ANNUAL income of at least 50 × the minimum monthly wage — €31,010 a year (about €2,584 a month) on the 2026 minimum wage of €620.20. In force since December 2025: a type D visa, then a one-year permit renewable once; health insurance of at least €30,000. Some read the rule with the previous year's wage (€27,533). Bulgaria uses the euro since 1 January 2026.
- Permanent residence by investment — Investors (Foreigners Act art. 25). Thresholds set in leva — e.g. 1,000,000 leva (about €511,000) in a Bulgarian company or bonds The amounts are being restated in euro; citizenship by investment was abolished in March 2022.
Money is not the only requirement
Every route also asks for health insurance, a clean criminal record and documents proving the income, translated and legalised where required. A lawyer checks the whole file before you apply and helps with the residence permit after arrival.
1Your details
Spouse or partner, dependent parents
Salary, pension, rents, remote work
Money in the bank you can show
2Your result
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Your figures meet it
Digital Nomad residence
Employees, managers or owners of a non-EU company, or freelancers with a year of activity — no Bulgarian clients
- Income needed for your household
- €2,584 / month
A gross ANNUAL income of at least 50 × the minimum monthly wage — €31,010 a year (about €2,584 a month) on the 2026 minimum wage of €620.20.
In force since December 2025: a type D visa, then a one-year permit renewable once; health insurance of at least €30,000. Some read the rule with the previous year's wage (€27,533). Bulgaria uses the euro since 1 January 2026.
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Depends on the investment
Permanent residence by investment
Investors (Foreigners Act art. 25)
- Investment
- Thresholds set in leva — e.g. 1,000,000 leva (about €511,000) in a Bulgarian company or bonds
The amounts are being restated in euro; citizenship by investment was abolished in March 2022.
An estimate for planning, not legal or tax advice. Figures checked 26 Oct 2026. Sources: Kinstellar — digital nomad permit, BTA — minimum wage 2026.
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