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
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
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