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Bulgaria → Latvia: Residence permit for studies

Whether you need a visa at all, according to official sources.

Checked by our automated verification on 20 Oct 2026: every source on this page resolves and the data is structurally complete. This does not confirm a person re-read the source text for accuracy.

You likely don't need this permit

Citizens of EU countries, the EEA (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) and Switzerland don't need a residence permit to study in Latvia. Their stay follows EU free-movement rules: for a longer stay they get a registration document from PMLP instead.

Source: PMLP, Entry of citizens of the EU, the EEA, and Switzerland, and their family members

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