The visa-free stay (90/180 days) in Bulgaria for third-country nationals can no longer be extended Bulgaria’s accession to the Schengen area led to a number of changes in immigration law, some of which went almost unnoticed. One of these is the elimination of the option to extend the visa-free stayContinue Reading
United Kingdom is effectively banning its citizens from marrying foreigners The UK’s changes to the legal migration rules for family and work visas in 2024 is one of the most controversial acts of this century. What will basically happen is that the majority of the UK citizens will be deprivedContinue Reading
Brits may not enter Bulgaria if they have been already in the country for 90 days UK passport holders are already experiencing the consequences of Brexit. In Bulgaria, from the beginning of this year, UK citizens are regarded as “third country” nationals. Their rights of entry and stay in BulgariaContinue Reading
The protests in Hong Kong and the desire of (predominantly) the British National (Overseas) passport holders to leave the country Hong Kong has been on fire for the most part of 2019 now. We will not go into the reasons for the unrest in the Asian financial hub. Instead, weContinue Reading
How to legalize your documents? What is “apostille” and do you need one? In order to officially use (and to be recognized by Bulgarian official institutions) a foreign legal documents in Bulgaria, they must be first legalized. The legalization procedure shall be arranged in a way, depending on one ofContinue Reading
How to get Bulgarian citizenship by investment Alexander Dobrinov explaining the particularities of the Bulgarian fast-track Citizenship program which requires the applicant for Bulgarian passport to invest 2 million Bulgarian leva into Bulgarian shares, Government bonds or sign for trust bank account with Bulgarian credit institution. The translated script ofContinue Reading