Bulgarian nationality in foreign passport (or birth certificate) We often receive questions like the one below: In my mother’s Ukrainian passport*, it is written that she is of Bulgarian nationality. Am eligible to obtain Bulgarian citizenship by origin? * many times “Bulgarian nationality” is mentioned in the birth certificate orContinue 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
Restoring your Bulgarian roots – from Turkish perspective Turks of Bulgarian roots arrived in Turkey in great numbers during the 20th Century. During the times of the Communist regime in Bulgaria, there were many suppressive attacks against minorities and religious organizations. This drove people to flee their homeland while leavingContinue 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
The good ole EU investment citizenship & residence programs – thrown to the lions! That’s All Folks! Remember the good ole times when investors were comparing Bulgaria with Cyprus for investment citizenship? Remember when Portugal was still an option to buy brick, mortar and freedom? It’s all history now. InvestmentContinue Reading
The absurdities of the Bulgarian Citizenship Law The notorious Art. 19 of the Bulgarian Citizenship Law author: Alexander Dobrinov Perhaps the most horrible “threat” for every candidate, willing to obtain Bulgarian citizenship, is the resolution of Art. 19 of the Citizenship Law: The application of a person who meets theContinue Reading
Bulgarian citizenship for a person with Bulgarian parent We will start today with a quote by a famous person. Albert Einstein knew a lot about the Universe. But he also knew how relativistic the subject of citizenship is… So who is Bulgarian citizen? The question seems ridiculously simple. But theContinue Reading
More and more Turkish citizens looking back to their Bulgarian roots The almost 500 years common history of Bulgaria and Turkey can’t be forfeited. As we say in Bulgaria, “one can’t make water out of blood“. And now that Bulgaria is part of the EU, many Turkish citizens are lookingContinue Reading
Children of one Bulgarian parent may be or may not be considered to be Bulgarian citizens There are many “Bulgarians”, who have been born abroad. Logically, many of them have one Bulgarian and one foreign parent. And some of them got automatically other citizenship at the time of birth. TheContinue Reading