Visas » VISA TYPE “C”

II. SHORT-STAY VISA TYPE “C” 

Short-stay visa for the purposes of planned stay
A short-stay visa for the purposes of planned stay is issued to a foreigner who enters the country once, twice or multiple times for a total term of stay up to 90 days within each six months as of the date of the first entry. The multiple short-stay visa may be with a validity term of up to twelve months or, as an exception – up to five years, whereby:

2.1. A multiple visa with a validity term of up to one year may be issued to a foreigner provided he/she has obtained a short-stay visa in the preceding year and it was used in compliance with the legal provisions for entry and stay in the Republic of Bulgaria and there are grounds to apply for a multiple entry visa.
2.2. A multiple visa with a validity term of up to five years may be issued to a foreigner provided he/she has obtained and used a one-year visa for multiple entries in the preceding two years, in compliance with the legal provisions for entry and stay in the Republic of Bulgaria, and the grounds to apply for a multiple entry visa are still valid.

A sample form of an invitation-declaration may be obtained from the respective office of the Migration Directorate of the MoI and its regional units.