Bulgaria’s Admittance to Schengen Puts It Back on the Golden Visa Map
Bulgaria’s golden visa is the only one in the EU that requires no physical presence for purposes of naturalizing after five years.
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Bulgaria and Romania Join Schengen: Visa-Free Travel by Air and Sea for Residence Permit Holders From April
From Q2 this year, those who hold visas to Bulgaria and Romania will be able to travel freely within the Schengen area, writes Ivan Petrov.
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Bulgaria Has Revoked the Citizenships of 17 CBI Investors for Failing to Make or Maintain Investments
That such a large proportion of program participants appear to have tried to skirt the rules raise questions about who has been advising them.
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Bulgaria Adopts New Regulations for CBI Pre-Clearance Process
Bulgaria no longer has a citizenship by investment program but has just updated its golden visa (which has a path to citizenship).
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9 EU Countries That Grant Citizenship to the Great Grandchildren of Their Citizens
Globally, hundreds of millions of people have a great grandparent from an EU country. Too few of them are picking up citizenships for free.
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Bulgarian Lawmakers End Citizenship Program as Amendments Pass After Second Reading
After years of back-and-forth, Bulgaria’s semi-direct citizenship by investment program has sung its last verse.
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Bulgarian Parliament Votes to End CBI-Program in First Reading
The draft bill that, if adopted, would see the termination of Bulgaria’s semi-direct citizenship program passes its first legislative hurdle.
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Bulgarian RCBI: Program Reform Just as Likely an Outcome as Closure Says Legal Expert
Though the govt. wants to end the program, comprehensive reform and extension of the program is an equally likely outcome, says Ivan Petrov.
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Bulgaria Moves to End Its Semi-Direct CBI Program, Cites EU Concerns, Limited Economic Benefit
Limited economic benefit combined with EU antipathy to CBI leads the Bulgarian government to conclude the program isn’t worth the trouble.
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Bulgaria Grants EU Citizenship by Descent Up to 3rd Generation: Hundreds of Thousands Qualify
If you can prove that you have a Bulgarian parent, grandparent, or great-grandparent, you are eligible for citizenship in Bulgaria – and, by extension, the right to live in any of the 27 member states – thanks to a recent change to Bulgaria’s citizenship law.
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Bulgaria Revamps Its R/CBI Program: New Investment Options, Faster Processing
If you thought Bulgaria’s RCBI program was on its last legs, think again: The program is relaunching with renewed support from the government.
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The Bulgarian LLC-Investment Route to EU Citizenship in Five Years
There’s more to Bulgarian citizenship by investment than government bonds, write Nevena Bekyarova and Kamen Shoylev.
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Proposed Bill Would Give Bulgaria’s R/CBI Program Three New Investment Options
The proposed changes would give investors a lot of flexibility to suit their investment styles, write Ivan Petrov and Nevena Bekyarova of NBLO.
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Bill Tabled in Bulgaria Would Extend Citizenship Program With New Rules
Bulgarian lawmakers have tabled a bill in Parliament that would see the residence-to-citizenship program continue after all, albeit with amendments.
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NBLO: Bulgaria’s Investigation of Improperly Obtained CBI Citizenships a Welcome Development
The investigations show Bulgaria isn’t the soft underbelly of Europe and improves the value of the country’s citizenship, writes Ivan Petrov of NBLO.
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Bulgaria to Cancel Citizenship of 8th CIP-Investor in Three Months
The office of Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General has uncovered eight instances of fraudulently obtained citizenships over the last three months, with several
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NBLO: Proposed Changes to Bulgarian Citizenship Law Would Make Program Similar to EB-5
The investments proposed to be eligible for the Fast Track will make a Bulgarian CBI solution somewhat similar to the US EB-5 program.
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NBLO: Why Bulgaria Should Retain its Investor Migration Program
This post was contributed by the Ivan Petrov of the New Balkans Law Office. Background On 22.01.2019 and 23.01.2019, the
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Bulgaria Mulls Scrapping Residence-to-Citizenship Program Due to Lack of Interest
Reuters reports that the Bulgarian Ministry of Justice plans to terminate its residence-to-citizenship by investment program, citing a lack of
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20 State-Officials Arrested in Bulgaria in Massive Bribes-for-Passports Scam
While the European Commissioner for Justice focuses on her “concerns” about residence and citizenship by investment, thousands bribe their way
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