Every week we are contacted by people who obtained Bulgarian citizenship through intermediary companies and later discovered that the documents submitted on their behalf were allegedly forged. The fictional story below is based on recurring factual patterns we encounter in our legal practice. It illustrates how Bulgarian citizenship obtained throughContinue Reading
Is it possible to have your Bulgarian citizenship revoked? Many clients ask about the chances of having their Bulgarian citizenship revoked. The good news is that losing Bulgarian citizenship is very rare. In most cases, revocation is extremely difficult, close to impossible. Compared to other EU countries like Malta, Cyprus,Continue Reading
Looking back to 1998 to understand what the Bulgarian deputies meant when passing the current Bulgarian Citizenship Law The importance of knowing who is considered a “Bulgarian” The question of who qualifies as a Bulgarian under the law has remained unclear for decades. The Bulgarian Citizenship Law, adopted in 1998,Continue Reading
Are Bulgarian-issued documents, such as a birth certificate, always required for the naturalisation procedure? We are frequently asked this question by clients of Bulgarian descent, mainly from Turkey, the United States, Canada, and Australia. Is it absolutely necessary to locate their ancestors’ birth certificates to obtain Bulgarian citizenship by origin?Continue Reading
Americans go crazy to secure second citizenship in the EU President Donald Trump is determined to make America great again. We have no doubt that he will succeed. But the fight to restore the full glory of the most powerful country in the world comes with some sacrifices. What concernsContinue 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
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
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
Who is considered to be Bulgarian citizen as per the Constitution? The matter of citizenship is the building block of every society. If there is no clear rule as to who is a citizen, then there is no society at all. In Bulgaria, there seems to be a serious fundamentalContinue Reading