Becoming a Bulgarian citizen as a refugee
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 […]
Becoming an Austrian citizen as a refugee
After 10 years of lawful and uninterrupted residence in Austria (including the period of stay during the procedure of asylum), refugees have the right to naturalisation. The length of legal stay and hence the waiting period to secure citizenship was increased from 6 to 10 years in September 2018. UNHCR and NGOS criticised this prolongation, […]