Alexander Dobrinov speaking at the Hyatt Regency in Kiev

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• The importance of timing when applying for Bulgarian citizenshipApril 14, 2025
  How bad timing can jeopardise your Bulgarian citizenship by origin application Our today’s story is for a foreigner with proven Bulgarian origin, who can now easily miss the golden opportunity to become Bulgarian citizen. When we say that his Bulgarian origin is proven, we mean really proven – by theContinue Reading
• Bulgarian citizenship by origin scammers – prosecuted fiercely after Bulgaria joined SchengenMarch 11, 2025
  A lot will change for the scammers offering “Bulgarian origin” Recently we wrote about one of the most frequent scams with Bulgarian origin documents. Namely the scam through a Romanian company, that offers foreigners to “find” their ancestors’ birth certificates, showing Bulgarian origin. As you can guess, the documents thatContinue Reading
• Romanian company behind Bulgarian citizenship by origin scam?December 3, 2024
  More and more reports for scammed foreigners by criminals hiding behind a Romanian company Bulgarian citizenship by origin is one of the easiest ways to get hold of the dreamed EU passport. But there is a “catch”. And it is that obviously you must have Bulgarian roots. But what toContinue Reading
• Bulgarian citizenship for the cheated investorsNovember 22, 2024
  Are foreign investors being chased out of Bulgaria on purpose? To recap briefly. In 2021, with unprecedented Euro-Atlantic enthusiasm, Bulgaria amended its investment citizenship programme, and in 2022 it ended it completely. Investment citizenship was denounced as being against our values, and foreigners who had invested millions in Bulgaria wereContinue Reading
• Rejection of an application for Bulgarian citizenship due to “contradictory data”November 11, 2024
  What is meant by contradictory data about the person’s Bulgarian origin? Recently, we are more and more often approached for assistance by foreigners who have applied for Bulgarian citizenship by origin and have received the following “refusal”: The Citizenship Council did not grant the application. There is contradictory data aboutContinue Reading