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Pathways to Bulgarian Residency and Citizenship

Bulgaria

Bulgaria is an EU member with some of the lowest living costs in the bloc, residency options for skilled workers and entrepreneurs, and citizenship by descent for people with a Bulgarian parent or grandparent. This guide brings the country's main residency and citizenship routes together and links to a full breakdown of each.

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Ways to qualify

Career & business

For people with a job offer, in-demand skills, or a business to build. Most of these routes lead to settlement, and in time to citizenship.

Bulgaria Blue Card This is an EU Blue Card residence pathway for highly qualified workers with a qualifying job offer in Bulgaria. It generally requires higher education… residency Bulgaria Startup Visa This residence pathway is for founders building a startup or innovative business in Bulgaria. It generally requires an eligible business idea, enough… other

Ancestry & heritage

A parent, grandparent, or birth in the country can make you a citizen already — or let you claim it, often without relocating.

Bulgarian Citizenship by Descent Bulgarian citizenship by descent is for people born to a Bulgarian-citizen parent, including cases where Bulgarian citizenship passed through an… citizenship Bulgarian Origin Naturalization Bulgaria's origin route is for people who can document Bulgarian origin through a parent, grandparent, or great-grandparent when ordinary descent… citizenship