About British Embassy Sofia

9, Moskovska St
1000 Sofia
Bulgaria

Public access to embassies, high commissions and consulates is by appointment only
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To call us in an emergency or send us an online enquiry use our contact form: https://www.contact.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/posts/bulgaria/british-embassy-sofia

Public Holidays 2024

Our office will be closed for the following public holidays in 2024

Monday 1 January New Year’s Day
Monday 4 March Liberation Day on 3 March (substitute day)
Friday 29 March UK Easter / Good Friday
Monday 01 April UK Easter Monday
Wednesday 01 May Labour day holiday
Friday 03 May BG Easter Friday
Monday 06 May BG Easter Monday/Early May Bank Holiday
Friday 24 May Day of Bulgarian Alphabet
Monday 26 August Summer Bank Holiday
Friday 06 September Unification Day
Monday 23 September Independence day on 22 Sep (substitute day)
Tuesday 24 December  Christmas Day
Wednesday 25 December Christmas Day
Thursday 26 December Boxing Day

Consular section

The Sofia Consular Section office works by appointment only and is therefore not open to the public at all times.

Visa services

All visa enquiries are now provided by VFS Global, an external commercial partner. You should submit your visa application online before travelling to the UK: https://visa.vfsglobal.com/bgr/en/gbr.

If you need to contact UK Visas & Immigration (including status updates, supporting documents and guidance), visit the UKVI website.

Disabled access

The British Embassy Sofia is keen to ensure that their buildings and services are fully accessible to disabled members of the public. Wherever possible, we have made our buildings and services accessible. Sometimes however, this is not possible due to security or other restrictions. In these situations we will endeavour to provide a service or access to a building in an alternative way to ensure equality of access for disabled people. To assist disabled visitors, we have set out below details of disabled access at this embassy. We hope this information is helpful.

General physical access

  • all entrances to the building are unobstructed
  • wheelchair access to the office is gained by using the lift
  • the Embassy is equipped with a toilet specially designed for the needs of wheelchair users and those with limited physical mobility located on the 4th floor and on level -3
  • commercial parking facilities are available next to the building. They have full transfer space for wheelchairs
  • floor coverings within the embassy are safe and even
  • internal doors are mostly fire doors and therefore heavy and not easy to use for those with mobility impairment
  • the building is generally well lit; the embassy is fitted with emergency alarms and arrangements are in place for assisting disabled visitors in case of emergency/evacuation

Access for visually-impaired and deaf/ hard of hearing visitors

  • signs are mostly clear and easy to read. Please ask if you require any help with any information within the Embassy
  • guide and hearing dogs are welcome
  • minicom and textphones are not installed