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
What if your Bulgarian citizenship application seems to be stalled? Today we will discuss the situation of many Bulgarian citizenship applicants. What happens is that the citizenship applicant submits his documents, goes through the citizenship interview and then everything goes to a dead end. The Bulgarian citizenship application is stalled.Continue Reading
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
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
Your questions answered Below we will answer a genuine question from a client about how to obtain Bulgarian citizenship by origin. All personal data has been removed or altered, to comply with EU privacy regulations. THE QUESTION: I am interested in acquiring Bulgarian citizenship for myself and my wife andContinue Reading