Bulgarian Golden Visa – residence permit and visa-free travel to all Schengen countries To celebrate Bulgaria’s accession to the Schengen area on 31.03.2024, we are now providing (for limited time): Special conditions for citizens of China & Hong Kong, Vietnam, Japan, South Korea and Malaysia. offer valid until Starting fromContinue Reading
Bulgarian permanent residence permit and citizenship for Russians Imagine the following situation. An applicant for Bulgarian citizenship successfully passes all naturalisation stages. As a result, logically, she is approved and the Citizenship Council sends a proposal to the President to grant her Bulgarian citizenship. And now imagine, three years later,Continue Reading
Special merits vs selling hamburgers Life is a funny thing. Yesterday we had an enquiry from a British guy, who wanted to obtain Bulgarian citizenship for special merits. He thought he would be providing special merits to Bulgaria if he opens a fast-food booth and employs two Bulgarians. Seriously? SpecialContinue Reading
The Bulgarian investment promotion law – let the witch hunt begin… On March 8th, 2024, the new amendments to the Investment promotion law were officially published in the Bulgarian State Gazette. And to be honest, we are very seriously concerned as to where the Bulgarian politicians are leading us to.Continue Reading
Many Bulgarian citizenship by investment (the old program) candidates will lose their permanent residence status in 2024 Do you still remember the times when one could get Bulgarian citizenship in only 12 months? This is the theoretical term, not counting the administrative procedures of course. But it’s still lightning fast.Continue Reading
Can you obtain Bulgarian visa, residence permit and citizenship if you don’t have clean criminal record? Many potential clients are asking us whether they can obtain Bulgarian visa D if they don’t have clean criminal record. Or whether it is possible to have residence permit and even citizenship if theyContinue Reading
What to do when a country doesn’t issue Apostille Legalization of official documents from abroad is always a challenge. In Bulgaria, as in most other countries, the documents originating from another country need to have an apostille. With that, the documents should be further translated in Bulgaria. Then the signatureContinue Reading
Renunciation of previous citizenship BEFORE obtaining Bulgarian citizenship The problem with the requirement for a candidate for Bulgarian citizenship by ordinary naturalization to renounce his or her previous citizenship reaches new dimensions. More and more clients are seeking our assistance after they have already been approved by the Citizenship CouncilContinue Reading
Legal analysis of the norm of Art. 1(6) of the Bulgarian Citizenship Act (“BCA”) Is it necessary for a non-EU citizen to renounce his/her citizenship before he/she can be naturalized (obtain Bulgarian citizenship)? After reading the BCA, the answer to this question seems obvious. However, let us see whether theContinue Reading