{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"BG","name":"Bulgaria","slug":"bulgaria"},"destination":{"code":"IR","name":"Iran"},"status":"visa_required","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-24","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"bulgarian-ordinary-passports-iran-sofia-advance-visa-2026","title":"Bulgarian ordinary passports: Iran advance visitor visa","summary":"Bulgaria's MFA says Bulgarian visitors first complete an electronic visa application but receive the visa at Iran's Embassy in Sofia, making this an advance mission-visa route.","status":"visa_required","conditions":["Applies to ordinary Bulgarian passports; Bulgarian diplomatic and official passport exemptions are outside scope.","Complete the electronic visa application, then receive the visa at Iran's Embassy in Sofia before travel. The online form does not itself issue an eVisa.","Purpose, Iranian dual nationality, passport-marking restrictions, security, final admission, transit, work, residence and special-document routes remain outside this policy."],"sourceIds":["bulgaria-mfa-current-iran-sofia-mission-visa-2026"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"bulgaria-mfa-current-iran-sofia-mission-visa-2026","title":"Iran","url":"https://www.mfa.bg/bg/embassyinfo/iran","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria","jurisdiction":"Bulgaria / Iran","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Bulgarian","reviewedAt":"2026-08-24"}]}