Good news (mainly) for Bulgarian visa and Bulgarian citizenship applicants The silent (implied) refusal, which we wrote about in our previous article, can now (effective from 03.09.2025) be appealed within two months. Prior to 03.09.2025, this period was only one month. Now the legal provision states: Silent refusal or silentContinue Reading
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
Why you need a reliable address in Bulgaria (accommodation) when you are applying for visa D or residence card One of the most common reasons for a visa D refusal is the lack of a reliable residential address in Bulgaria. The same applies when it comes to rejections for issuingContinue Reading
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
Problems in applying for international protection for Ukrainians under temporary protection Today we will discuss a very important problem faced by many Ukrainian citizens. This is their inability to obtain international protection in Bulgaria. The problem lies in the fact that the Bulgarian authorities do not want to accept applicationsContinue Reading
Laws are to be observed! Do you hear that, Bulgarian Embassy in India? Today we will tell you about a Bangladeshi man’s struggle for justice and the Bulgarian administration’s reluctance to implement the decision of Bulgaria’s Administrative Court. We will tell you a story about injustice, ignorance and complete lackContinue Reading
A lot will change for the scammers offering “Bulgarian origin” Recently we wrote about one of the most frequent scams with Bulgarian origin documents. Namely the scam through a Romanian company, that offers foreigners to “find” their ancestors’ birth certificates, showing Bulgarian origin. As you can guess, the documents thatContinue Reading
Bulgarian visa and even citizenship with the help of AI? Artificial Intelligence (AI) has come into our lives. No doubt about that. And let’s face it – AI is a good thing for all of us. But will AI help foreigners obtain Bulgarian visa, residence permit and even citizenship? Let’sContinue Reading
Implied (silent) refusal – the “kiss of death” or the administration’s revenge Implied refusal is one of the most unfair provisions in the Bulgarian legislation. An implied is when a citizen or a legal entity requests from an administrative authority to issue a certain individual administrative act. Such administrative actContinue Reading