Covid-19: Exemptions to the ban for entry into Bulgaria from the UK of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

From 00.01 on December 22, the range of persons arriving from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, who can enter the territory of Bulgaria, is expanded. The ban on entering the country does not apply to:

- Bulgarian citizens and their family members;

- persons with the status of permanent, long-term or continuous residence on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria and their families.

This is stated in Order № RD-01-721 / 21.12.2020 of the Minister of Health, issued on December 22.

Covid-19: Bulgaria temporarily bans arrivals from the UK of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

In addition, the following are allowed to enter:

- medical specialists, medical researchers, social workers and their supervisors, when the purpose of the trip is related to the profession they practice;

- workers involved in the supply of medicinal products, medical devices and personal protective equipment, medical equipment, including its installation and maintenance;

- transport staff engaged in the international carriage of passengers and cargo and goods, aircraft crews, aircraft maintenance personnel and other transport personnel as required, including vessel crews and persons involved in the maintenance of vessels;

- officials (heads of state, members of governments, etc.) and members of their delegations, as well as diplomats, members of the administrative and technical staff of foreign missions, employees of international organizations, military, members of security services and public order and humanitarian workers in the performance of their duties, as well as members of their families;

- persons travelling for humanitarian reasons within the meaning of § 1, item 16 of the additional provisions of the Law on Foreigners in the Republic of Bulgaria;

- representatives of the trade, economic and investment activities and persons directly related to: construction, maintenance, operation and ensuring the safety of the strategic and critical infrastructure of the Republic of Bulgaria, implementation of projects certified under the Investment Promotion Act, project analyses to potential investors and other activities of importance for the country's economy, certified by a letter from the Minister of the Economy or another minister responsible for the respective activity, as well as persons engaged in shipbuilding and ship repair, as well as their family members. The letter of the relevant minister shall be submitted to the border control bodies;

- seasonal agricultural workers and workers in the area of tourism.

- the persons passing in transit through the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria, when the immediate departure on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria can be guaranteed.

All persons arriving in Bulgaria, from a starting point of departure within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, are subject to 10 days mandatory quarantine at home or in another place that they have indicated for residence.

The following are not subject to mandatory quarantine of 10 days:

- officials (heads of state, members of governments, etc.) and members of their delegations who present a document showing a negative result from a polymerase chain reaction test (COVID-19 PCR test), conducted within 48 hours before entry into the country as of the date of the test entered in the document;

- drivers of lorries that transit through the country or perform loading and unloading activities in the country when performing international transport of goods and shipments;

- members of the crews of vessels, in case they do not leave the vessel during the stay;

- crew members of an aircraft operating flights to and from airports for public use on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria and the persons engaged in aircraft maintenance, in case they do not leave the aircraft, except for mandatory pre-flight training, and the time for their stay until take-off on the next scheduled flight does not exceed 12 hours;

- persons transiting through the territory of the country.

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