Turkey/Bulgaria Border | Customs and Immigration

March 1st, 2024 by muth57

From TR to BG. We cross it a Tuesday afternoon. Super easy border crossing less than 30 min for both side and we are back to EU.
Don’t care about our Kirghiz dog, no taxes!
Juste have to pay 1 fine we get in Turkey ( but we didn’t know we have a fine…)

November 1st, 2023 by travelove.org

Just in case you fear you got any road fines while in Turkey: customs „house“ number 48 will check for you and you can pay there. Cheaper to do it now than when you come back to Turkey. 😂

October 7th, 2023 by OutdoorMone

we didn't have any problems.
Total waiting time 60 minutes.

wir hatten keinerlei Probleme.
Wartezeit insgesamt 60 min.

August 12th, 2023 by travelove.org

TR - BG
Easy, BG didn’t check insurance as we have EU numberplates. Customs had quick check of the luggage, nothing serious.
No desinfection of the car, so no fees to be payed.

August 9th, 2023 by wheelie_good_adventure

Crossed BG to TR early morning on a Saturday, tituiiii88iiiii8iiii lines, easy going. Had Evisa i Canada purchased online ($85 cad) 3 months. No issues with dodgy Canadian moto papers on TR side. Bought green card for turkey 27 euro. 1 hour no hassle.
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July 5th, 2023 by instagram.com/monterontour

Easy going border BG -> TR
Took around 30 min. BG exit only wanted passports, no car inspection. TR side: passport control, customs took quick look into car and took car details into computer. then free to leave. Nothing to pay at all.

December 20th, 2022 by regina.hochecker

Austrian VW T3 Camper
1. Passport Control
2. Customs Control which referred us to "baggage control" - Building D3 to the right
3. buy car insurance (left window) - 2645 TL for a camper for three months
4. register the car (right window)
5. go on to the x-ray building (if ordered)

August 6th, 2022 by daniel.adam.rowland

I passed from Bulgaria to Turkey today, took 1.5 hours in total witha bit of back and forth for insurance and luggage check, even with a motorbike, a very busy border but it was a Saturday, it is possible to by insurance after the customs check at the D3 building on the right, cost €18 for 3 months

March 14th, 2022 by France

Leaving Turkey towards Bulgaria. Turkish side very fast only passport stamping and no camping car verification. Bulgaria side payment of 6€ to disinfect the truck and no demand regarding covid not even vaccination certificate. we bought the vignette for roads in Bulgaria at the petrol station just over the border. I recommend buying at this place because all the steps are in several languages. different from the site where only the first step is in English.

October 24th, 2021 by travelove.org

TR - BG:
Exiting Turkey was easy.
You have to pay 5BGN (2,50€) for desinfection, your car is sprayed automatically. No card payment possible. Good we had some coins left in the ashstray! 😂 Motorbikes don’t have to pay but get a few drops of desinfectant…
BG officials wanted to see vaccination certificate or PCR Test, short look into the vehicle, welcome back to the EU!

September 23rd, 2021 by ontheroadagaincm5059

We past, 22.9.21, Turkish border Quik, Bulgarien Border Crow deed, but ok. , we passed 1.Hour Those Borders, whithout asking for Pcr Test or Vaccination ,
as in Last Century…..
Cameleon.
P. S Next Gasolinera Station you get get your Highway Vignette as an Digital. distrubutation at the Station After the border.
Be taff

August 6th, 2021 by Kayser

Prepare yourself for long wait circa 5hours. On the way from Turkey to Bulgaria ,Bulgarians require mandatory fee for “washing” your tires so keep 5€ in your pocket or roughly equivalent in Liras as they do not accept Credit cards.

June 19th, 2021 by lellaontroad

drive out of turkei, you can have a pcr test on the border for 170 tlira, 17euro. 3hour waiting for result.
border really quick.
we get into bulgaria and then to Greece, because still not possible to enter greece directly from turkey due to covid restrition, was no problem at all.

June 20th, 2020 by ontheroadagaincm5059

Cool
We passed Fine, in INE Hour.
Personal very nice.

January 13th, 2020 by Eiji

Buying Green card insurance for Bulgaria and rest of Europe: 1 month, €54 for LC Troopy—surprisingly only 57€/3 months in 2022, really—open 24/7! Kiosk is 10m past very last Bulgaria customs exit gate. Since Bulgaria Immigration (or police?) wouldn’t return our PPs until we presented the Green card insurance, we just parked next to the last exit gate, walked to the kiosk, bought the insurance, and drove back to Immigration to get our PPs—you can drive up to the final exit (into Bulgaria) gate and back to Immigration without crossing to the “exiting Bulgaria” side. You can also buy your highway vignette at the kiosk on your right just after Bulgaria Customs luggage check—they take 20 USD for 1 month.

January 6th, 2020 by bianca_s

Turkey to Bulgaria

We crossed this border today, easy peasy. Both sides took us maximum 10 minutes, quick car check, everybody friendly.

September 29th, 2019 by pearcethomas10

Turkey > Bulgaria crossing on a Sunday afternoon took 3 hours - endless cars waiting to cross with few staff to process everyone. Passengers don't need to exit the car. Toilets for 1 lev in car line up area of both sides and at duty free. ATM with Turkish Lira only near Turkish customs area/duty free. Make sure you have cash (lira, lev, euro) for the €3 disinfection fee on the Bulgaria side. Only cursory check of car interior. Bought vignette at Lukoil station a few kms after the Bulgaria border.

June 28th, 2019 by t.hoesel

Entering Turkey from Bulgarian. German passport. We arrived at about 6:30am and there were already lot of cars but straight forward border. Really friendly people. First they ask for passports. Next stop at customs they check your registration and insurance (we have a green card) and here they decide of you have to go to the scanner. If so you drive to the scanner, if not they want to have a look in your car and that's it. All in all it took us about 30 minutes (most of it just waiting time). Everything really easy and efficient.

June 6th, 2019 by TheBuffaloOverlander

After Africa border crossings this was a pleasure. Slight queue at boom gates but so easy and all from the window of your car. Going into Bulgaria we had to buy Green Card insurance for 47 euros for Landrover Defender. Hardly checked vehicle at all

May 24th, 2019 by Sem

It took me about two hours to cross this border from Bulgaria to Turkey with an NL registered vehicle and passport. I had to take everything out of my car and go through the x ray scanner after waiting in line for an hour. After that I got told my car had to be searched again but was sent on my way when I returned to the x ray.

August 29th, 2017 by Radio Baobab

From Turkey to Bulgaria end of august: checks and controls take 10minutes, queueing to get to the checks about 3hours (Turkish diaspora returning home...) . Entry in Bulgaria: 8€ for 1 week (car) road tax. 3€ desinfection fee. Green card insurance required. All drive trough

December 19th, 2016 by nonurbia

Big border with drive through immigration (given you got the E-visa online prior to arrival to Turkey). They check the vehicle papers and insurance a few meters ahead, and may or not request a customs vehicle check or even x-ray. They told us to drive into the customs hangar for a check but they didn't really look at the camper and we were free to go within a few minutes. Didn't receive any vehicle papers. They also didn't care about the dog. The border crossing was quick and painless.