Renunciation of previous citizenship BEFORE obtaining Bulgarian citizenship The problem with the requirement for a candidate for Bulgarian citizenship by ordinary naturalization to renounce his or her previous citizenship reaches new dimensions. More and more clients are seeking our assistance after they have already been approved by the Citizenship CouncilContinue Reading
Important changes – Bulgaria in Schengen This article is written in line with the Council decision of 30.12.2023 about the accession of Bulgaria to the Schengen area on 31.03.2024 and the applicable regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European parliament and of the Council. Although for Bulgarian citizens very little willContinue Reading
HOT NEWS! (UPDATED) You can go straight to our special page, dedicated to the Bulgarian Schengen membership – https://posolstvo.eu/bulgaria-schengen/ What will the air-Schengen mean for our foreign clients with Bulgarian visa / residence permit? An extremely important end-of-year news came from Brussels today. Bulgaria and Romania are becoming part ofContinue Reading
The new liberal Bulgarian government and the effect on Bulgarian citizenship for Russians We will be darn direct today, straight to the point. In Bulgaria, the new government is cancelling Russia and everything Russian – at full speed. And the ruling political “assembly” is doing its job quite successfully, toContinue Reading
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
More and more Bulgarians meet Russian women on the Internet Over the past few years we have seen a trend of more and more dating between Bulgarian men and Russian girls on the Internet. The war between Russia and Ukraine has certainly given an extra push to many Russian citizensContinue Reading
How can the children and the spouse of a foreigner with Bulgarian Golden Visa* obtain permanent residence permit (PR) * Golden Visa is a permanent residence permit that is obtained on basis of investment (art. 25, par. 6, 7, 8 of the Foreigners Law) The Bulgarian Golden Visa is oneContinue 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
Should the Bulgarian embassies reject to accept visa D application if they deem the presented documents not to be in order? Imagine the following situation. Our client, an applicant for Bulgarian visa D, based on Bulgarian origin, is attempting to submit his documents at the Bulgarian embassy in the USA.Continue Reading