Important changes – Bulgaria in Schengen This article is written in line with the Council decision of 30.12.2023 about the accession of Bulgaria to the Schengen area on 31.03.2024 and the applicable regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European parliament and of the Council. Although for Bulgarian citizens very little willContinue 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
Feedback and refund extortion – how to fight it successfully? How many times you have been threatened with something like: If you don’t refund my money, I will name and shame you on the internet! Well, now you have many more options than before. Please read on to see whatContinue Reading
December 2021 update We have been writing many times about some of the consequences of violating the immigration regime in Bulgaria. Basically, the Law on the Foreigners is quite straightforward: A visa or entry into the country of a foreigner shall be refused when there is evidence that in theContinue Reading
In the last months of 2021, we are receiving more and more distressed calls from the main detention centers in Bulgaria – Busmantsi and Ljubimets. All these calls are about illegal foreigners, who have been detained there. Most of the detainees are due for extradition to their home countries. BulgarianContinue 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 European (EU) values – scattered to pieces in Bulgaria Yesterday, 20.09.2021, one Bulgarian family was practically destroyed by the heartless Bulgarian authorities. Empathy is what makes us humans. But we saw no empathy among the institutions involved. What we have experienced yesterday is only to be compared with someContinue Reading
The brightest Holidays are coming only after a few days, but the Bulgarian immigration authorities are as furious as ever. Any non compliance with the norms of the Bulgarian Law for the Foreigners are being punishes mercilessly under art. 20 of the said Law: Art. 20 of the Foreigners LawContinue Reading
The second covid wave is striking throughout Europe. Bulgaria is taking new measures from November 27th, in order to limit the number of new cases. At the same time, the number of immigration issues in Bulgaria is also on the rise. There are more and more people concerned about theirContinue Reading