What will change in the Bulgarian Citizenship Law in 2023-2024? Today, 21.09.2023, the Bulgarian Parliament voted several bills to amend and supplement the Bulgarian Citizenship Law (BCL). The MPs were surprisingly unanimous, which makes us think that the Bulgarian Citizenship Law changes will be adopted at the second reading. ButContinue Reading
Revocation of Bulgarian citizenship after fraudulent marriage Are the Bulgarian laws too severe? Is the Bulgarian penal code fair? Are the conditions for revocation of Bulgarian citizenship too harsh? How easy is for the government to revoke the Bulgarian citizenship of a naturalized foreigner? The answer to these questions isContinue Reading
The end of democracy and the Israeli’s hunt for second citizenship We remember very well the times when the people of Hong Kong went on the streets. On the “silent front” at that time, the Hongkongers were trying to get hold of their ticket to freedom – Bulgarian citizenship. NowContinue Reading
Bulgarian nationality in foreign passport (or birth certificate) We often receive questions like the one below: In my mother’s Ukrainian passport*, it is written that she is of Bulgarian nationality. Am eligible to obtain Bulgarian citizenship by origin? * many times “Bulgarian nationality” is mentioned in the birth certificate orContinue Reading
Bulgarian citizenship by investment – still possible in (for the lucky ones) Special conditions until If you have been following the investment citizenship marketplace in the past couple of years, you are probably thinking that it is all over. You may be thinking that after the demise of all EUContinue Reading
Bulgarian, Bulgarian citizen or Bulgarian origin. Who is which? How is Bulgarian origin proven? Who are the persons of Bulgarian origin? Proving of Bulgarian origin; is it possible through the court? We will try to answer these two questions today. Before continuing further, we recommend that you reading our articleContinue Reading
Investment citizenship customers are suing the Bulgarian State for damages After the Bulgarian citizenship by investment program was halted in 2022, many thought that the Bulgarian Parliament has done a proper job. But this may prove not to be the case. It is now the Bulgarian Court to determine whetherContinue Reading
Temporary protection of a foreigner in Bulgaria – advantages or a curse? The Temporary Protection status became especially popular after the start of the war in Ukraine. From February 2022 onwards, thousands of Ukrainian citizens left their homes to seek refuge abroad. A significant number of them chose Bulgaria asContinue Reading
Bulgarian citizenship – one of the most difficult to get in 2023, yet one of the most desired in the world After the demise of all EU investment citizenship programs, the Golden Visas were slaughtered too. We can safely say now that: Investors can not get neither fast-track citizenship, norContinue Reading