Good news (mainly) for Bulgarian visa and Bulgarian citizenship applicants The silent (implied) refusal, which we wrote about in our previous article, can now (effective from 03.09.2025) be appealed within two months. Prior to 03.09.2025, this period was only one month. Now the legal provision states: Silent refusal or silentContinue Reading
The trap set in the Bulgarian Citizenship Law and the confused judiciary – the concept of “Bulgarian“ Bulgarian The term “Bulgarian” appears only once in Bulgarian legislation – in the Bulgarian Citizenship Law. Unfortunately, there is no legal definition of this term. It is precisely the understanding of what “Bulgarian”Continue Reading
Foreigners who leave their properties in Bulgaria unoccupied risk losing them under current law In recent years, we have been contacted primarily by nationals from the USA, Canada, Australia, and Israel who have lost ownership of their properties in Bulgaria due to one of the country’s most controversial laws. PropertyContinue Reading
A person born to a mother or father who is a Bulgarian citizen is definitely of Bulgarian origin We have written extensively on the topic of Bulgarian origin. You can also read our article Proving Bulgarian origin after emigration and loss of Bulgarian citizenship. Today, we will examine a veryContinue Reading
Bulgaria doesn’t need hostile new citizens, does it? Recently we had an Australian guy, who has contacted us to assist him to get Bulgarian citizenship by origin. His reason for applying for citizenship was that some of his ancestors had emigrated from Bulgaria to Australia in the past. So far,Continue Reading
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
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
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
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