промени в закона за българското гражданство

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

Revoked Bulgarian citizenship

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

fake Bulgarian origin

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

доказване на български произход

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

чл. 19 от Закона за българското гражданство - ЗБГ

The absurdities of the Bulgarian Citizenship Law The notorious Art. 19 of the Bulgarian Citizenship Law author: Alexander Dobrinov Perhaps the most horrible “threat” for every candidate, willing to obtain Bulgarian citizenship, is the resolution of Art. 19 of the Citizenship Law: The application of a person who meets theContinue Reading

mission impossible proving Bulgarian citizenship

Bulgarian citizenship for a person with Bulgarian parent We will start today with a quote by a famous person. Albert Einstein knew a lot about the Universe. But he also knew how relativistic the subject of citizenship is… So who is Bulgarian citizen? The question seems ridiculously simple. But theContinue Reading

Bulgarian citizenship problems

Obtaining Bulgarian citizenship – many problems down the road In this article, we will pinpoint some of the problems during the application for Bulgarian citizenship by origin. Virtually the same problems arise also when applying for Bulgarian citizenship in general. Today we had a call from a prospective client, whoContinue Reading