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Last update 18 February 2026Travel advice
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Federal Republic of Germany
IMPORTANT! Germany introduces temporary controls at all its land borders. Passing through the border checkpoints of the country with Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France is carried out with a valid identity document /international passport or identity card/. The additional control is expected to last one year.
Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany
Address: Mauerstr.11, 10117 Berlin
Telephone: +49 30 201 0922
Fax: +49 30 208 68 38
Е-mail: Embassy.Berlin@mfa.bg
Website: www.mfa.bg/embassies/germany
Emergency hotline: +4917612299190
Opening hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday – 09:00 to 12:30; Wednesday: from 14:00 to 16:30, on weekdays.
Important: The Embassy’s ‘Consular Office’ carries out regular reception of Bulgarian citizens with a pre-booked date and time for the submission of applications for identity cards, passports and Emergency Travel Documents. Issued identity documents can be collected without prior reservation of a date and time, during the reception hours of the Consular Office.
When you enter the reception area of the Consular Office with the Embassy in Berlin, you are required to present a pre-filled application form and a certificate of address registration (Meldebescheinigung).
Information on admission in other cases, as well as additional information on the procedure, conditions and documents required for applying for an identity card, passport and Emergency Travel Document, for issuing civil status documents, for notarial certificates, etc. can be found in the Consular Offices section of the Embassy's website https://www.mfa.bg/embassies/germany.
IMPORTANT! When your address registration is not in the consular district of the Embassy in Berlin, or you do not have an address registration, or you consider that there is an urgent case in which the life and health of Bulgarian citizens are threatened, you should send a reasoned request in advance by e-mail to the following address BDS@bgrberlin.de, by:
- justify your request for admission by exception,
- you must state your full name, date and place of birth, address of residence in the FRG and contact telephone number.
Consulate General of the Republic of Bulgaria in Düsseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany
Address: Sankt-Franziskus-Straße 146, 40470 Düsseldorf
Е-mail: consulate.dusseldorf@mfa.bg
Email: for consular services and scheduling an appointment with the consular service - consular.dusseldorf@mfa.bg
Website: https://www.mfa.bg/embassies/germanydusseldorf
Consular district: Federal Province of North Rhine-Westphalia
Opening hours for citizens:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday: from 14.00 to 16.00.
Information on consular matters is provided on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and on Wednesdays from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. by telephone at + 49 211 93074985, + 49 211 93074 986, as well as daily by email: consular.dusseldorf@mfa.bg.
The consular service of the Consulate General in Düsseldorf regularly receives Bulgarian citizens by appointment. To make an appointment, please contact www.consulatebg.eu; E-mail: consular.dusseldorf@mfa.bg and telephone numbers + 49 211 93074985; + 49 211 93074986 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and on Wednesday from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Out-of-hours emergency telephone number: +49 162 2933286 (when there is a risk to the life and health of Bulgarian citizens as a result of natural disasters, industrial accidents, road traffic accidents, crimes, etc.).
Consulate General of the Republic of Bulgaria in Munich, Federal Republic of Germany
Address: Tegernseer Landstraße 161, 81539 München (entrance from Werner-Schlierf-Straße 12)
Telephones: +49 89 171 176 14; +49 89 171 176 15
Fax: 49 89 155 006
E-mail: Consulate.Munchen@mfa.bg
E-mail: for consular services and scheduling a date and time for a visit to the consular office - Konsular.Munchen@mfa.bg
Website: https://www.mfa.bg/embassies/germanymunich
Consular Office:
Consular district: federal states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg
Opening hours for citizens:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Information on consular matters is provided on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 14:00 to 16:00 and on Wednesday - from 9:00 to 11:00, by phone: +49 89 944 84248; +49 89 944 84249, as well as daily - by e-mail: Konsular.Munchen@mfa.bg.
In extremely severe, urgent, force majeure (emergency) situations of humanitarian nature, at any time of the day on duty emergency phone: +49 172 888 10 56.
NOTE: Scheduling a date and time for a visit to the Consular Section is NOT given to the emergency phone!
IMPORTANT! The Consular Service of the Consulate General in Munich regularly receives Bulgarian citizens with a pre-booked date and time.
Reservation of date and time for admission for submission of applications for issuance of Bulgarian identity documents:
Website: www.consulatebg.eu
E-mail: Konsular.Munchen@mfa.bg
Phone numbers: +49 89 944 84248; +49 89 944 84249 - on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 14:00 to 16:00, and on Wednesday - from 09:00 to 11:00.
Bulgarian citizens have the opportunity to benefit from the service - submitting an application for Bulgarian identity documents on the electronic platform: https://e-usluga_bds.mfa.bg/.
Reservation of appointment date and time for notarization, civil status and provision of other consular services: By e-mail to the e-mail of the Consulate General of the Republic of Bulgaria in Munich: Konsular.Munchen@mfa.bg
Phone numbers: +49 89 944 84248; +49 89 944 84249 - on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 14:00 to 16:00, and on Wednesday - from 09:00 to 11:00.
IMPORTANT! When visiting the Consular Office of the Consulate General in Munich, within the provided date and time for admission, citizens should present the required set of documents for the respective consular service, as well as a certificate of address registration (Meldebescheinigung) on the territory of the federal states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.
IMPORTANT! Issued identity documents are received within the reception hours of the Consular Office, without a date and time provided in advance.
Office of Trade and Economic Relations:
Telephone: +49 89 32223355
Mobile telephone: +49 170 55 09 424
Fax: +49 89 32223356
E-mail: s.ionkov@mi.government.bg; wirtschaft@bulgeneralkonsulat-muenchen.de
Information on the activities of the Office for Trade and Economic Affairs at the Consulate General of the Republic of Bulgaria in Munich (STIV - Munich) can be found HERE.
Information regarding the provision of consular and administrative services to citizens can be found HERE.
Consulate General of the Republic of Bulgaria in Frankfurt am Main
The Consular District includes the following federal provinces: Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate
Address: Rheinstr. 29, 60325 Frankfurt am Main
Telephone: +49 69 509 278 130
Fax: +49 69 509 278 13 17
E-mail: cg.frankfurt@mfa.bg
Website: https://www.mfa.bg/embassies/germanyfrankfurt
Consular Office with the CG — Frankfurt:
Address: Rheinstr. 29, 60325 Frankfurt am Main
Telephone: +49 69 509 278 13 26
E-mail: consul.frankfurt@mfa.bg
Website: https://www.mfa.bg/embassies/germanyfrankfurt
Consular office reception hours from: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays: from 9:00 to 12:00. Wednesday: from 13:00 to 16:00
Information on consular services: Mondays and Thursdays from 14:00 to 16:00 on +49 69 509 278 1326 and Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 09:00 to 11:00 on +49 69 509 278 1315 and by email: Consul.Frankfurt@mfa.bg.
IMPORTANT! The Consular Service of the Consulate General in Frankfurt offers a regular reception to Bulgarian citizens with a pre-booked date and time.
Reserve a date and time: On the website: www.consulatebg.eu; By email: Consul.Frankfurt@mfa.bg; as well as by phone: +49 69 509 278 1326 , Mondays and Thursdays from 14:00 to 16:00 and +49 69 509 278 1315, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 09:00 to 11:00.
Emergency hotline: + 49 176 624 58 962 (when there is a threat to the life and health of Bulgarian citizens due to natural disasters, industrial accidents, traffic accidents, crimes, etc.). Information on consular matters and appointment dates and times are not available from the Consular Office.
Honorary Consuls of the Republic of Bulgaria in the Federal Republic of Germany
Mr. Daniel Gahr
headquarters in Mainz and with a consular district covering the territory of the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate
address: Schillerplatz 7, 55116 Mainz;
Tel.: +49 6131 126161;
E-Mail: info@honorarkonsul-bulgarien-rlp.de;
Dr. h.c. Ingo-Endrick Lankau
headquarters in Darmstadt and with a consular district covering the territory of the federal state of Hesse
Address: Deutsche-Telekom-Allee 1
64295 Darmstadt
Tel.: +49 6151 958150
Email: honorarkonsul@honorarkonsul-bulgarien-hessen.de
Mr. Ralf Karl Hesse
headquarters in Magdeburg and with a consular district covering the territory of the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt
Address: Haeckelstrasse 9, 39104 Magdeburg
Mob. Phone: 0171 930 2215
E-mail: ralf.hesse@pera-gmbh.de
Mr. Werner Jostmeier
headquarters in Münster and with a consular district covering the territory of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia
Address: c/o Handwerkskammer Münster, Bismarckallee 1, 48151 Münster
Tel: +49-251 5203 484
E-mail: Honorarkonsul@Bulgarien-nrw.de
Mr. Heiko Schmidt
headquarters in Leipzig and with a consular district covering the territory of the federal state of Saxony
Address: Käthe-Kollwitz-Str. 115, 04109 Leipzig
Tel.: +49(0) 341 21899998
E-mail: schmidt@honorarkonsul-bulgarien-sachsen.de
Mr. Michael Thomas Fröhlich
headquarters in Hamburg and with a consular district covering the territory of the federal states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein
Address: Kapstadtring 10, 22297 Hamburg
Tel.: +49(0) 40 410 35 12
E-mail: honorarkonsul@bulgarien-hh-sh.de
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Sofia, Republic of Bulgaria
Office: Sofia, ul. 25 Frédéric Joliot-Curie Street
Phone: +359 2 918 38 0
Fax: +359 2 963 16 58
Fax: +359 2 963 41 17 (Consular Section)
info@sofia.diplo.de
www.sofia.diplo.de
Working hours: 08:00 – 17:00 (Monday - Thursday)
08:00 - 13:45 (Friday)
Consular Section: 08:15 – 11:30 (Monday - Thursday)
08:15 - 10:30 (Friday)
Honorary Consuls of the Federal Republic of Germany in the Republic of Bulgaria
Dr. Mariana Cholakova
headquarters in Plovdiv and with a consular district covering the territory of the districts of Plovdiv, Pazardzhik, Haskovo, Stara Zagora, Kardzhali, Smolyan, Sliven, Yambol.
Address: ul. 7 Saborna Street, 4000 Plovdiv
Wire. : +359 32 65 04 54
E-mail: plovdiv@hk-diplo.de
Mr. Nedyalko Nedelchev
headquarters in Varna and with a consular district covering the territory of the districts of Dobrich, Varna and Burgas.
Address: blvd. 54 8th Primorski Polk Street, 2nd floor, office 2 9000 Varna
Tel.: +359 52 69 36 94
E-mail: info@honoraryconsul.bg