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
Most of the Bulgarian citizenship by origin scams are in Russian! The scammers are usually offering not only assistance for Bulgarian citizenship, but also Romanian and Polish citizenship through “finding” the “right” birth certificates. The scammers are striking again – offering fake certificates of Bulgarian origin We have been warningContinue Reading
Feedback and refund extortion – how to fight it successfully? How many times you have been threatened with something like: If you don’t refund my money, I will name and shame you on the internet! Well, now you have many more options than before. Please read on to see whatContinue Reading
December 2021 update We have been writing many times about some of the consequences of violating the immigration regime in Bulgaria. Basically, the Law on the Foreigners is quite straightforward: A visa or entry into the country of a foreigner shall be refused when there is evidence that in theContinue Reading
Flash news: Today the Bulgarian government extended the emergency covid state until 31.08.2021. In the meantime, we get more and more enquiries from foreigners in Bulgaria who are married with Bulgarian nationals. These foreigners have arrived in Bulgaria either visa-free (ie Americans, British, Canadians, etc.) or with a tourist visaContinue Reading
The number of Americans applying for Bulgarian visa exceeds the number of Bulgarians who apply for US visas? This would have been a silly joke only few years ago. Not anymore. The economic boom in Bulgaria has led to many American willing to relocate to the country. We have alreadyContinue Reading
* visa, residency permit or visa-free allowed stay The end of the covid-19 state of emergency Bulgaria goes back to normal After one day only, Bulgaria will officially revert back to normal (well, almost). The emergency state regulations will cease to be applied from May 13th, 2020. The emergency lawsContinue Reading