Foreigners who leave their properties in Bulgaria unoccupied risk losing them under current law In recent years, we have been contacted primarily by nationals from the USA, Canada, Australia, and Israel who have lost ownership of their properties in Bulgaria due to one of the country’s most controversial laws. PropertyContinue Reading
Proving the availability of the funds for the Bulgarian Golden Visa application The advantages of the Golden Visa The Bulgarian Golden Visa, with path to full citizenship after 5 years, has proven to be one of the best EU programs of its kind. With the Golden Visa, the foreigner getsContinue Reading
What to do when a country doesn’t issue Apostille Legalization of official documents from abroad is always a challenge. In Bulgaria, as in most other countries, the documents originating from another country need to have an apostille. With that, the documents should be further translated in Bulgaria. Then the signatureContinue Reading
Bulgarian citizenship for the people in Turkey In continuation of Bulgarian citizenship by origin for Turkish citizens Turkey and Bulgaria have a lot of shared history. In Bulgaria, almost 10% of the population speak Turkish, as mother tongue. Most of these people also identify themselves as being of Turkish ethnicity.Continue Reading
South Africans may be stripped off their citizenship if they obtain another one The South African court has ruled that SA citizens who obtain second citizenship (of another country) may be deprived of their SA citizenship. This can be avoided by applying for retention in advance. We are currently updatingContinue Reading
Bulgarian citizenship applications – more rejections than approvals in 2021? Bulgarian citizenship applications are now massively rejected on all levels. The authorities in Bulgaria tend to think that the amount of approved citizenship applications has been too high already. And obviously, they are doing everything they can to rectify this.Continue Reading
The answer is ‘YES’. But with there are a number of caveats. We advise you to read this article carefully and contact us immediately if you have even the slightest doubt about your rights! Citizens of countries with which Bulgaria and the EU have a visa-free regime can obviously enterContinue Reading
The old Bulgarian passport was good for travel only to the ex-Eastern block countries. Visa-free entry was granted by Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania. The ex-USSR countries were applying the so called “AB” entry visa stamp requirement. South Africans are desperate to get hold of Bulgarian citizenship and passport The yearContinue Reading
Due to the outbreak of the covid-19 and the imposed travel restrictions, our lawyers plans for the second half of 2020 have changed. Under condition that the travel restrictions will be lifted, an updated schedule will apply. It is already published at https://blog.bglaw.eu/our-agenda-for-2020/ All Gold Club members will be notifiedContinue Reading