As of today, Bulgaria is a member of the Schengen area by air and water. Air and sea border checks are being phased out after a process that lasted more than a decade.
On this occasion, Sofia Airport distributed information for passengers to facilitate their passage through the largest and busiest Bulgarian airport.
If you are a departing passenger
When traveling to a Schengen country, you check in your luggage if you have any. After that, there is only a security check, as well as customs control for countries outside the European Union – Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
This is also done for passengers traveling to third countries via a Schengen member state. Passengers then proceed to the departure gate without going through passport control.
If the destination is to a country outside the Schengen area, the travel procedure remains the same as it has been up to this point – baggage registration, security check, customs control and passport control.
If you are an arriving passenger
If a passenger lands at Sofia Airport from a Schengen member country, he can go directly to claim baggage, if he has any registered baggage, without going through passport control.
It remains to go through customs control for passengers arriving from countries outside the European Union – Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, as well as for passengers arriving from third countries via a Schengen member state.
If you are arriving from a destination outside the Schengen area, the procedure for border inspection and customs inspection before receiving checked baggage remains the same as it has been up to now.
Without the written consent of the parents of a minor or minor child
The Main Directorate “Border Police” will not require the provision of written consent from the parents upon leaving the country of minors and minors of Bulgarian citizens at internal air and sea borders traveling to Schengen countries.
If there is a parent who does not wish their child to travel with the other parent, there is a procedure by the relevant district court to issue an order that the child does not travel abroad.
The requirement to carry an identity document remains mandatory.
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