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Northern (N): Bulgaria (NG). Request by Bulgaria for Reciprocity Over Issues of Visas for UK

1957

A file of correspondence on travel between the United Kingdom and Bulgaria. The file contains a letter from the British legation in Sofia asking the Foreign Office if the "fourteen day rule", by which Bulgarians and other Eastern-bloc nationals had to apply for visas at least two weeks before their departure, could be lifted for Bulgaria. The Bulgarian government was much quicker at processing visas for British citizens, and had been pressing the legation for reciprocal measures. The Foreign Office replied that it could not offer Bulgaria concessions that it was not willing to make for the Soviet Union, and that the Security Service was understaffed for visa work.
united kingdom bulgaria passports travel restrictions visas british government Anglo-Bulgarian relations british foreign policy Border Security and Migration border controls Bulgarian government
Collection ID
FO371
Countries
United Kingdom
Department Reference
Code NG file 1621
Document Type
Correspondence
File Reference
FO 371/128648
Identifier
10.1080/cwee.fo371.128648
Pages
7
Published in
United Kingdom
Subject Countries
Bulgaria
Themes
Border Security and Migration

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