Scammers from around the world target Bulgarian men for online romance scams Online romance scams (aka dating scams) have been around since the birth of the internet. The so-called bride scams were targeting mostly senior men from Western countries (USA, Western Europe), dreaming of a second (or even third) youthContinue Reading
Controversial, but definitive decision by the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) The reason for today’s article is, in our opinion, a rather controversial decision of the SAC – No. 8723 of 11.07.2024. With this decision, the Supreme Court implies that according to art. 25, par. 1, p. 11 of the ForeignersContinue Reading
The Law on the Bulgarian citizenship – the most important legal act for the non-Bulgarians The laws in Bulgaria are written in Bulgaria. Bulgarian is the only official language and all legal documents in Bulgaria must be presented in Bulgarian only. With the Citizenship Law however, things are somewhat different.Continue Reading
Implied (silent) refusal – the “kiss of death” or the administration’s revenge Implied refusal is one of the most unfair provisions in the Bulgarian legislation. An implied is when a citizen or a legal entity requests from an administrative authority to issue a certain individual administrative act. Such administrative actContinue Reading
Overstaying of your visa or your visa-free term In the good old days, read before Bulgaria joined Schengen, foreigners who were overstaying their visa or visa-free term in Bulgaria, were usually fined with 500 BGN. Many times, especially if the foreigner was not intending to return, these fines were neverContinue Reading
Dealing with allowed (visa C or visa-free) stay when marrying in Bulgaria Bulgarian girls are beautiful, but Bulgarian guys seem to be attracting a lot of attention too. During the past 12 months, we receive roughly an equal amount of enquiries by foreign males and females, willing to marry BulgariansContinue Reading
The next military aid from the West to Ukraine may be to send Ukrainian men back home There are uncertain times ahead for Ukrainian men, aged 18 to 60, living in the EU. After the war in Ukraine started, the EU has granted a temporary protection status to virtually allContinue Reading
Illegal requirement to renounce foreign citizenship Recently, we are more and more often encountering the following problem. Applicants for ordinary naturalisation and obtaining Bulgarian citizenship under Art. 12, par. 1 of the Bulgarian Citizenship Law receive a letter from the Ministry of Justice stating that “the Citizenship Council has approvedContinue Reading
Obtaining instant Bulgarian citizenship – mission possible The Bulgarian passport became so famous in recent years, that many consider it to be one of Bulgaria’s most important assets. While we definitely disagree with such extreme statement, we also have the feeling that the whole world is now hunting for BulgarianContinue Reading