What happens with the Bulgarian residence permit upon dismissal of the foreigner? More and more non-EU citizens are working in Bulgaria nowadays. But what happens if the Bulgarian employer terminates the labor contract of the foreigner. Or if the foreigner terminates the employment contract himself? To answer this question, weContinue Reading
Why are Bulgarian consulates and embassies requiring prior permission from the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Quite often, foreigners who are already in Bulgaria, are willing to obtain a long-term residence permit. But they are facing a serious hurdle. In order to obtain a residence permit, they must firstContinue Reading
Who is considered to be a family member of Bulgarian citizen according to the Bulgarian Foreigners Law? Those who are considered to be members of the family of Bulgarian citizen are defined in the Foreigners’ Law. We will today focus only on the spouse and the children and will explainContinue Reading
Another victory at the Supreme Administrative Court see Gergana’s war files for more information (in Bulgarian) Some time ago we wrote that “the Bulgarian authorities do not understand the difference between a long-term and permanent residence permit, as well as the peculiarities of family members of Bulgarian citizens“. This misinterpretationContinue 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
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
Investors with permanent residence permit are given the opportunity to apply for Bulgarian citizenship The Golden Passports, or the fast-track Bulgarian citizenship for investments, was finally canceled in 2022. For certain category of investors however, this option still exists, thanks to a special legal provision from 2021. A person who,Continue Reading
The time has come. Investors can finally get their long-awaited Bulgarian citizenship by investment. The last couple of years have been a roller-coaster (actually a massacre) for the EU investment citizenship programs. As result, virtually all EU Golden Passport programs were first transformed to Golden Visa and then ultimately, cancelledContinue Reading