Amendments of the Bulgarian Citizenship Law After the amendments of the citizenship law of 2021, the procedures to obtain Bulgarian citizenship by origin (see here and here) were significantly changed. Many customers who have applied for Bulgarian citizenship by origin prior to 2021 were left at the mercy of theContinue Reading
Bulgarian ethnicity vs Bulgarian citizenship Our client are often asking us the same question over and over again: The decisions of the Supreme Administrative Court If the concept of “Bulgarian” used in § 2, item 1 of the additional provisions of the Law on the Bulgarian citizenship is perceived asContinue Reading
When the applications for Bulgarian citizenship get usually delayed? Most often, there are two main instances when the Bulgarian citizenship procedures may be stalled. These are namely the citizenship by investment (CBI) and citizenship by origin. Let’s see what the problems may be with the two. Bulgarian CBI Trapped betweenContinue Reading
If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law. Winston S. Churchill Some confusion in the Bulgarian citizenship legislation Citizenship is one of the building blocks of our society. It is basically the relation between the state and the individual person. And therefore, the legal definitionContinue Reading
The demand by American citizens to obtain Bulgarian passports went parabolic in June 2021. We have seen some waves of strong interests by Americans before, but nothing like the craze from this summer. How are Americans applying for Bulgarian citizenship From the different options to obtain Bulgarian passport, the USContinue Reading
Or what may happen if you apply for citizenship by investment and citizenship by origin at the same time. And most importantly, how can you go for both simultaneously, without risking your applications to burn. The scenario Imagine that you believe that you have Bulgarian roots, but you don’t haveContinue Reading
How to obtain citizenship by origin after 15.03.2021 The OLD law (pre 15.03.2021) The previous edition of the Bulgarian citizenship law was quite unclear as to who was considered to be of Bulgarian origin. The old citizenship law was stating that: Persons of Bulgarian origin can obtain Bulgarian citizenship ifContinue Reading