Refugees are allowed to apply to obtain Bulgarian citizenship, three years after getting international protection in Bulgaria and persons with humanitarian status are allowed to apply five years after getting international protection in Bulgaria. Documents to apply for a Bulgarian citizenship are left to the Bulgarian citizenship under the Ministry of Justice in the directorate of Bulgarian citizenship located at 1 Slavyanska Street, Sofia, and are accepted between 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on working days.
Documents required
The documents necessary to apply to receive citizenship are the following:
- Sample application (downloaded via the Internet or written on site in Bulgarian during the application).
- Birth certificate or certificate replacing the missing one in the case where you lack the former.
- A determination by the State Agency of Refugees confirming your refugee or humanitarian status.
- Criminal record certificate.
- A document of the prosecutor’s office indicating that no proceedings have been made to prosecute you for an intentional crime of a general type.
- A certificate from your employer stating that you are working in a legal organisation or the tax office, where you have declared income received during the last year.
- A certificate of paid compulsory insurance.
- A proficiency document in the Bulgarian language, issued by the Ministry of Education and Science, or a notarised copy of a diploma proving an achieved degree of education in Bulgaria (primary school, secondary school or higher college).
- A medical certificate provided by the medical advisory committee of the medical establishment where you are receiving services at your current residence, indicating you do not have a cute, contagious or infectious disease.
- Model declaration: If your name is changed, an official document stating such, and an official identity document to a person with a different name.
- Recent passport-size photograph, 1 copy.
- A copy of your identity card.
- Evidence of payment of the state tax of BGN 100 to the account of the Ministry of Justice.
Bulgarian citizenship application: language diploma & Interview Guidelines
In case you possess a certificate or a diploma for a completed course on the Bulgarian language, you should bring it to the attention of verification to the following centre. Which is situated at: Sofia, 125, Tsarigradsko shose blvd., bl. 5, f. 2 between 9.30 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. on weekdays. There is a need to provide the identity card along with a notarised replica of the certificate/diploma. If you lack a diploma or it cannot be used (as a form of citizenship) you would be compelled to pass a Bulgarian language exam at the Centre for Preparing Students for Olympiads in Sofia, 21A Dragan Tsankov Blvd., on a date and time specified.
When the citizenship papers are filed, a date of interview is scheduled. It is conducted in the Bulgarian language between 1.30 p.m. and 4.00 p.m. during weekdays at the Directorate of Bulgarian citizenship, which is situated at 5 Aksakov Street, Sofia. The Ministry of Justice has another 18 months to pass the decision about the application of Bulgarian citizenship. Preliminary, in case of an affirmative, the President of Bulgaria promulgates a decree that awards citizenship. In order to get the decree, one will have to pay BGN 250. Needless decisions are not appealable. Candidates should be of age, 18 years and older. The forms will be filled in by parents or guardians on behalf of minor refugees and individuals with humanitarian status.
Take away
Overall, in a nutshell, the inquiry and the play breaking the frame are related to the song in the following ways: In order to bring the long story short, refugees are able to acquire Bulgarian citizenship after 3 years of residing in Bulgaria. This expedited process to citizenship cannot be enjoyed by the Ukrainians who hold temporary protection. They ought to find a way to bypass the spell of the temporary protection status and grant themselves a residence permit in Bulgaria.
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