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visa for Bulgaria​

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If you wish to receive a Bulgarian visa type D you should correspond to one of the following requirements:

1. Work Permit – This is visa for Bulgaria based on Work permit. In order to obtain a work permit for Bulgaria your employer should apply for it and prove it was not possible to hire a Bulgarian for the specific work. This is quite complicated and expensive procedure. Another problem is it can only be renewed for 3 years and then the person needs to leave Bulgaria.  

2. Business in Bulgaria – This is visa for Bulgaria based on business in Bulgaria. You need to have registered a Bulgarian Trade Company and hire minimum 10 Bulgarians employed for the whole period. Pretty easy but very expensive option.

3. Trade representative - This is visa for Bulgaria based on trade representative office in Bulgaria. You need to register a Trade representative office of a foreign trade company in Bulgaria. It is considered normal to have up to 2 persons as representatives at a time. This is one of the easiest and cheapest options. Note the foreign trade company cannot be dormant  and it needs to have existed for at least 2 years.

4. Pensioner – This is visa for Bulgaria based on personal pension. Where they receive pension not less than the minimal wage for Bulgaria (currently is 260 Euro).

5. Non-profit activity in one of the 2 forms:1) Non-profit Permit issued by the Bulgarian Ministry of Justice (quite long, complicated and expensive procedure) or 2) Missionary permit through a religious entity registered in Bulgaria (pretty easy, cheap and fast procedure). Note you will need an invitation from a religious entity in Bulgaria. This visa for Bulgaria is based on non-profit permit.

6. Family members of Bulgarian citizens (spouses and children under 18). This is visa for Bulgaria based on family relations.

7. Family members of foreigners with valid residency permits for Bulgaria (spouses and children under 18). This is visa for Bulgaria based on family relations.

8. Buying real estates in Bulgaria for at least 300,000 Euro per 1 person. This is visa for Bulgaria based on investment in real estate. 

9. Financial investment into poor regions in Bulgaria for at least 125,000 EURO and hired minimum 5 Bulgarians for the full length of the period. This is visa for Bulgaria based on investment.

10. Student at a Bulgarian University. The main problem is the residency can be only 6 months (for each semester). If the person has only 6 months residency permit he cannot receive permits for his family members (the legal requirement is minimum 1 year of residency permit). Another problem is that the student should reside in Bulgaria for at least 10 years instead of the regular requirement of 5 years so the person would be eligible for Permanent residency permit. This is visa for Bulgaria based on studying.