🇧🇬Bulgaria immigration routes

Every route we track for Bulgaria, with the official source behind each one.

7

routes tracked

1

need no employer sponsor

0

map to permanent residence

Routes

• EU Blue Card

  Bulgaria's EU Blue Card route for highly-qualified workers is governed by the Employment Promotion Act and requires a long-term Type D visa plus the Blue Card itself.

  • No employer sponsor needed

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• Family reunification residence in Bulgaria (visa type D and residence permit)

  Bulgaria's family reunification route is available to a foreigner who already holds a residence permit valid for at least one year.

  • Sponsorship not yet read

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• Granting permanent residence to foreigners (service 1077)

  Permanent residence (постоянно пребиваване) is Bulgaria's open-ended settlement status for foreigners, granted by the Director of the Migration Directorate under Article 25 of the Foreigners in the Republic of Bulgaria Act and the Rules on its Application.

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• Residence permit for study in Bulgaria (visa type D and continuous residence)

  Studying in Bulgaria as a non-EU national means holding two documents in sequence: a type D visa obtained before you travel, and a residence permit obtained from the Migration Directorate after you arrive.

  • Sponsorship not yet read

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• Single permit for employed workers

  Bulgaria's single work-and-residence permit lets a non-EU national take up employment with a specific employer.

  • Employer sponsor required

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• Продължително пребиваване на основание инвестиция (чл. 24, ал. 1, т. 19 и т. 20 ЗЧРБ)

  Bulgaria's investment residence route is not a separate visa but two named grounds of the ordinary continuous residence permit, set out in Article 24(1) points 19 and 20 of the Law on Foreigners in the Republic of Bulgaria.

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• Разрешение за продължително пребиваване (continuous residence permit)

  Continuous residence (продължително пребиваване) is the annually renewable residence permit that almost every long-stay life in Bulgaria is built on.

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