Our right to marry – do we still have it? Recently, our clients who wish to marry foreigners have informed us of an extremely worrying problem. The problem is that the registry offices (marriage halls) where they wish to enter into a civil marriage are refusing to provide the service.Continue Reading
Scammers from around the world target Bulgarian men for online romance scams Online romance scams (aka dating scams) have been around since the birth of the internet. The so-called bride scams were targeting mostly senior men from Western countries (USA, Western Europe), dreaming of a second (or even third) youthContinue Reading
Dealing with allowed (visa C or visa-free) stay when marrying in Bulgaria Bulgarian girls are beautiful, but Bulgarian guys seem to be attracting a lot of attention too. During the past 12 months, we receive roughly an equal amount of enquiries by foreign males and females, willing to marry BulgariansContinue 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
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
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
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
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
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