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What makes Bulgaria Golden Visa Special?
Bulgaria is a newest member of schengen, already EU member state, joining Eurozone by adopting Euro from Jan 1, 2026. Bulgaria is strategically located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. Immigrant Investor Program At the end of 2024, the Bulgarian Parliament introduced a renewed immigrant investor program granting permanent residency through investment, reinforcing the…
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Effective 5 April 2022, Bulgaria terminates CBI Program
Bulgarian Government has moved to scrap its citizenship by investment program(CBI) granting golden passports to international investors amidst EU pressure to ban golden passports and to further pursue its schengen and US visa waiver ambitions. On 24 March 2022, the Bulgarian Parliament approved an amendment to the Bulgarian Citizenship Act, which aims to end the…
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Changes to Bulgaria Golden Visa
The Bulgarian Immigrant Investor Programme started in 2005 when article 25(1), § 6 of the Foreigners Act was amended to allow the granting of permanent residency in Bulgaria to foreigners who invested more than 1 million Bulgarian leva (BGN) (about US$561,000 in 2005) in the Bulgarian economy by purchasing Bulgarian government bonds or shares of a publicly…
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Bulgaria removes Govt Bonds for Citizenship by investment
Bulgaria has made important modifications to the investor citizenship scheme in 2021. The Amendments to the Bulgarian Citizenship Act was approved on 16th of February 2021 and now published in the gazette. We have good news and bad news for you. Let’s start with Good news. The Good news is Bulgaria investor citizenship scheme will…
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How to get Bulgarian citizenship for €200,000?
Bulgaria is one citizenship program that no one talks about. Many foreign investors dont even know the extended benefits of the scheme as it is not promoted or marketed unlike Malta or Cyprus. The Bulgarian investor citizenship program introduced in 2005 is a ‘hidden gem’ in Europe. Amendments were made to the citizenship legislation in…
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FAQs on Bulgaria Citizenship Program
What is happening with Bulgaria investor citizenship scheme in 2020? A lot of confusion remains with the Bulgarian citizenship by investment program (BCBI) open or not in 2020. Here are some latest updates. Please find answers for some of the important questions below provided by the Bulgarian lawyer we work with. Is Bulgaria citizenship scheme…
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Why Bulgaria is the cheapest EU citizen by investment program?
Bulgaria really has the cheapest EU citizenship by investment program. How is this even possible? The trick is to finance €1m bonds issued by Government. You can become EU citizen by investment taking advantage of Bulgaria, because Bulgaria is already full EU member state and a candidate to join schengen area in the future. So…
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What you should know about Bulgaria citizenship by investment?
Bulgaria is a super interesting country to become a citizen by investment. Considering Bulgaria is a EU member state and likely to join schengen area in the future, things get more interesting in Bulgaria. So what you should know about Bulgaria citizenship by investment (BCBI)? Bulgaria has low corporate taxes, easy business formations, low cost…
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Changes to Bulgaria Citizenship by Investment
The Ministry of Justice of Bulgaria has announced new changes for obtaining Bulgarian citizenship through investment. The new changes effective from Jan 1, 2019. Bulgaria’s citizenship by investment programme was introduced with amended rules in late 2013. Certificate of No criminal record: Foreign investors must present no criminal record certificate from competent authorities at…
