Bulgaria National Visa (D) photo guide

Guide policy

The Requirement record is the source of truth; unspecified values are not filled in.

• The official common documents list requires "A full color photograph 3,5 cm х 4,5 cm against light-colored background". The size is 35 x 45 mm (width x height) (the official wording "3,5 cm х 4,5 cm" means 35 mm wide by 45 mm high), and the background is stated verbatim as "light-colored background" (not pinned to white).
• The same document list line states the face occupancy as "a full-face photo with clear, large enough face which takes up 70-80% of the photo". This page shows the official 70–80% (share of the photo) as stated and does not convert it into millimetre values.
• For recency, the authoritative wording is "Recent passport-size color photograph" in the D visa document sheet (VISA_TYPE_D.pdf) — a qualitative term with no month count. The photo count is likewise not registered as a numeric rule: both lists use only the singular "A ... photograph".
• The same page lists ineligible examples verbatim — "photos with dark glasses; non-professional photos or cut out of amateur photos" — and states "eyes must be red". These official wordings are kept as-is and are not converted into tool checker rules.