Bulgarian citizenship for the people in Turkey In continuation of Bulgarian citizenship by origin for Turkish citizens Turkey and Bulgaria have a lot of shared history. In Bulgaria, almost 10% of the population speak Turkish, as mother tongue. Most of these people also identify themselves as being of Turkish ethnicity.Continue Reading
The good ole EU investment citizenship & residence programs – thrown to the lions! That’s All Folks! Remember the good ole times when investors were comparing Bulgaria with Cyprus for investment citizenship? Remember when Portugal was still an option to buy brick, mortar and freedom? It’s all history now. InvestmentContinue Reading
The absurdities of the Bulgarian Citizenship Law The notorious Art. 19 of the Bulgarian Citizenship Law author: Alexander Dobrinov Perhaps the most horrible “threat” for every candidate, willing to obtain Bulgarian citizenship, is the resolution of Art. 19 of the Citizenship Law: The application of a person who meets theContinue Reading
The devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria There is nothing more horrible than the lost of human life. And in Turkey/Syria it happened in an instant. Mother nature at its worst – a devastating earthquake that took the life of about 25000 people. And hundreds of thousands left in despair.Continue Reading
Bulgarian citizenship for a person with Bulgarian parent We will start today with a quote by a famous person. Albert Einstein knew a lot about the Universe. But he also knew how relativistic the subject of citizenship is… So who is Bulgarian citizen? The question seems ridiculously simple. But theContinue Reading
Bulgarian citizenship for children of Bulgarian parent, born abroad Life is a strange thing. Yesterday he was just a client. A man from nowhere. An American asking for legal assistance. It was one of those hundreds requests we receive every day – “how can I get Bulgarian citizenship for myContinue Reading
More and more Turkish citizens looking back to their Bulgarian roots The almost 500 years common history of Bulgaria and Turkey can’t be forfeited. As we say in Bulgaria, “one can’t make water out of blood“. And now that Bulgaria is part of the EU, many Turkish citizens are lookingContinue Reading
Article 50 TEU for UK citizens in Bulgaria – the hybrid residence permit After the UK’s decision to leave the EU, many Brits were left in uncertainty about their legal status in Bulgaria. Luckily, for some of them, the EU regulations allowed them to obtain residence permit in Bulgaria underContinue Reading
Children of one Bulgarian parent may be or may not be considered to be Bulgarian citizens There are many “Bulgarians”, who have been born abroad. Logically, many of them have one Bulgarian and one foreign parent. And some of them got automatically other citizenship at the time of birth. TheContinue Reading