Permanent residence permit for investment under the repealed Foreigners Law (effective prior to 2021) Today, we will be analysing a very important problem for many of our customers. Namely, what will happen with the legal status of the foreigners who have obtained a permanent residence permit under the old law.Continue Reading
You ask, we answer – once again about who is “Bulgarian” and is this concept “ethnic” Today we are responding to a potential client who asks an extremely well-argumented legal question. The essence of the question lies in how exactly the term “Bulgarian” should be interpreted within the meaning ofContinue Reading
Refugees in Bulgaria can obtain citizenship much faster than other foreigners Today we will explain how refugees in Bulgaria can obtain Bulgarian citizenship. According to the Bulgarian citizenship law, foreigners with granted refugee or asylum status can obtain Bulgarian citizenship much faster than through the standard naturalisation route. In theseContinue Reading
Are those who were born in Bulgaria – Bulgarian citizens? Today we will shed some light on one of the most often confused topics in the Bulgarian citizenship legislation. Namely, the Bulgarian citizenship by place of birth. The two most common misconceptions about Bulgarian citizenship are that foreigners born inContinue Reading
Problems with Bulgarian citizenship for children of mixed marriages Naturalisation or registration? Today we will look at a serious problem in the Bulgarian legislation. We will examine the case when a child has parents – a Bulgarian citizen and a foreigner. The child does not acquire Bulgarian citizenship immediately afterContinue Reading
A milestone statement of the General Advocate of the Court of Justice of the European Union One of the biggest hits for the reputation of the European Commission, ironically, may come from the smallest EU member state – Malta. The official opinion of the Advocate General of the Court ofContinue Reading
The door on which Martin was afraid to knock Martin, a German man in his early 50s, was standing in front of the old door in the picturesque town of Bansko. Nestled at the foot of the Pirin mountain in Bulgaria, Bansko was now a strange mixture of old andContinue Reading
Your questions about the Bulgarian Golden Visa answered Today, as we often do, we will answer some of the questions our readers and clients have asked us in the course of the past weeks. The questions below come from clients with Russian, South African and Chinese citizenship, willing to obtainContinue Reading
Bulgaria will more and more often grant citizenship to foreign athletes The “investment” in the young boxer Javier Ibanez proved to be even better than buying Bitcoin in its early days. As Bulgarian citizen, Javier Ibanez became the first Bulgarian to secure a medal in the Paris Olympic games. AndContinue Reading