Staying in Bulgaria

Date Added: Sep 9, 2008

Author: Manager Real Estates Directory

Category: Europe real estates: Real Estates in Bulgaria

Excerpts from the Law on Foreigners in Bulgaria

Art. 22. (1) The stay of foreigners on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria on the following grounds:
1. Visas issued in accordance with art. 9, Par. 3;
2. international treaties on non-visa or facilitating the visa regime;
3. authorization of administrative control over foreigners.
(2) Foreigners who enter the country in the manner prescribed by law, may extend the duration of his stay, after receiving permission from the administrative control services for foreigners.

Art. 23. (1) Foreigners residing in the Republic of Bulgaria short and long term.
(2) Short-term stay is stay up to 90 days from the date of entry into the country. The period may be extended services administrative control over foreigners on humanitarian grounds.
(4) is considered long-term stay:
1. long - with permission to stay for a period of one year;
2. permanent - with a term of stay on indefinitely.

Art. 24. (1) Permission for an extended stay can get foreigners who:
1. (izm. - HS, Nr. 42 of 2001; editing. - HS, Nr. 112 for 2001) willing to work on employment relationship after receiving permission from the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy;
2. (izm. - HS, Nr. 42 for 2001, ext. - HS, Nr. 37 for 2003) carry out trading activities in the country in accordance with the law, and as a result of these activities provided not less than ten jobs for Bulgarian citizens, except in cases where treaty by the other in an international treaty, which ratified, promulgated and came into force against the Republic of Bulgaria;
3. taken to hospital licensed training schools;
4. foreign specialists are staying in the country in accordance with international treaties on which the Republic of Bulgaria is a party;
5. have the authority to obtain permission for permanent residence or entered into a marriage with a Bulgarian citizen or a foreigner, constantly holding in the country;
6. are representatives of foreign trade companies registered in the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
7. parents are financially secured permanently residing in the country or foreigners Bulgarian citizen;
8. There were long-term care in a medical institution and have the financial means to treat and content;
9. are correspondents of foreign media and are accredited in the Republic of Bulgaria;
10. have pensions and have the means at its contents in the country;
11. commit acts in accordance with the Law on encouraging investment;
13. family members are a foreigner was allowed to stay long;
14. parents are foreigners or are in actual extramarital cohabitation with a foreigner who has obtained permission to stay long on the basis of Art. 28, Par. 6;
15. willing to work on the free practice after receiving permission from the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, in accordance with Article 42 and.;
16. willing to work with a view to profit after receiving permission from the Ministry of Justice and under conditions of order, a certain order of the Minister of Justice agreed with the Minister of Internal Affairs.
(2) Persons under Par. 1 shall be provided with housing, maintenance, liability insurance and security under the laws of the Republic of Bulgaria. Requirements of this act defines the Council of Ministers.
Art. 25. Permission for permanent residence permit, foreigners can receive:
1. Bulgarian people;
2. two years after the conclusion of civil marriage to a Bulgarian citizen or permanent holding a foreign country;
3. young and minor children of Bulgarian citizens or permanent stays in the country a foreigner who did not enter into marriage;
4. Bulgarian citizen parents, in cases where due by law to provide content, and in cases confirm paternity or adoption - after the expiration of a three-year period from the moment of acknowledgement of paternity or adoption;
5. who stayed lawfully in the country uninterrupted for the past 5 years, while the length of stay allowed under Art. 24, Par. 1, paragraph 3, does not take into account;
6. who invested in the country more than 500 000 U.S. dollars in accordance with the law;
7. who are not persons of Bulgarian origin, born in the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria, lost their Bulgarian citizenship by virtue of resettlement arrangements or on their own and want to install long in the country.
8. which until December 27, 1998 entered, visiting or born in the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria and if the parent has entered into civil marriage with a Bulgarian citizen.