LIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY THE „MIGRATION DEPARTMENT” FOR THE FORMALIZATION OF THE PERMIT FOR THE CONTINUOUS OR PERMANENT STAY IN BULGARIA –
FOR FOREIGNERS WHO RECEIVE PENSION ON THE TERRITORY OF THE FOREIGN COUNTRY (NOT BULGARIA):

According to the Bulgarian Law on the Foreigners in the Republic of Bulgaria art.24.1.10 a foreigner who receives pension and has enough funds to live in Bulgaria has the right to receive the permit for the long-term stay in Bulgaria.

Here is the list of the documents that have to be provided for the formalizing of the permit for the long term stay in Bulgaria:
- The application for the prolongation of the term of stay in Bulgaria written or filled in Bulgarian – the form of this application can be received at the „Migration” department
- The passport of the foreigner with copies of the page with personal data and of the page with the visa type „D”
- the document issued by the competent authority of the state concerned that proves that the foreigner does receive a pension with an identification of the amount of pension received during last three months (this document should be translated to Bulgarian and in case it is required it should be legalised) – the original or the notarised copy
- the evidence of availability of sufficient funds – at least 1000 Euro per person; the foreigner can provide the statement of the account from one or from several Bulgarian banks, the statement should be valid till the date of filing of the documents – the original
- the evidence of accommodation (the title deed or the rental contract for an apartment or a house) the original and the notarised copy
- certificate of no criminal record – the original and the notarised copy (the „Migration” department usually takes the copy, so the foreigner can use the original for the next apply for the permit)
- the Medical insurance policy valid for Europe and more specifically Bulgaria that covers the amount of minimum 30 000 Euro – the original and the copy (bear in mind that the term of this insurance can influence the term of the future permit for the long-term stay which means that in case the insurance will be valid for less than one year after filing of the documents there is a huge possibility that the foreigner will receive the permit for the stay for not more than the term of validity of the insurance)

All the documents for the formalizing of the permit for the long term stay in Bulgaria have to be submitted in person.

LIST OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY THE „MIGRATION DEPARTMENT” FOR THE FORMALIZATION OF THE PERMIT FOR THE CONTINUOUS OR PERMANENT STAY IN BULGARIA – FOR FOREIGNERS WHO ARE OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES OF FOREIGN TRADE COMPANIES

Here is the list of the documents that have to be provided for the formalizing of the permit for the long term stay in Bulgaria:
- The application written or filled in Bulgaria – the form of this application can be received at the „Migration” department
- The passport of the foreigner with copies of the page with personal data and of the visa type „D”
- The decision about registration of the representative of a foreign commercial company registered at the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – the original or the notarised copy
- the certificate about the current status of the representative issued by the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry that (this certificate have to be issued no earlier than one month before submitting of documents for the visa) – the original or the notarised copy
- the BULSTAT certificate for the representative – the notarised copy
- the evidence of availability of sufficient funds – at least 1500 Euro per person; the foreigner can provide statement of account from one or from several Bulgarian banks
- the evidence of accommodation – the title deed or the rental contract for an apartment or a house – the original and the notarised copy
- certificate of no criminal record – the original and the notarised copy
- the Medical insurance policy valid for Europe and more specifically Bulgaria that covers the amount of minimum 30 000 Euro – the original and the copy (bear in mind that the term of this insurance can influence the term of the future permit for the long-term stay)
- the POA for the person issued by the commercial company whose representative office is being opened in Bulgaria – the original

All the documents for the formalizing of the permit for the long term stay in Bulgaria have to be submitted in person.

Foreign pupils in Bulgarian schools
According to the Ordinance No 11 about enrollment of pupils in public and municipal educational institutions of Bulgaria issued on 28th of March 2005 and the Ordinance No 2 about recognition of completed school stages or degrees of education and professional qualifications according to documents issued by educational institutions of foreign countries issued on 14th of April 2003 a foreign pupil can be accepted in case he or she has received the permit for the permanent stay in Bulgaria or has the Bulgarian nationality. Depending on individual cases foreigners can be accepted without entrance examination in case they pay for their study.

In order to receive the permit for the school education a foreign pupil should file the application to the Head of the Regional Inspectorate of Education who issues the permit and determines the school where the pupil will be accepted, as this application should be enclosed by originals or notary authorized copies of following documents:
- The copy of the certificate about the completed grade – this certificate should be issued by the school or the educational institution that was legislatively established in the country in which the documents have been issued, and which school or institution is considered to be a part of the country’s system of secular school education
- The document where it is indicated what rights gives the mentioned above certificate about the completed grade (in case those rights are not indicated in the certificate)
- The report about the school subjects with indication of credit hours and grades/school marks
- The copy of the medical certificate – in case it is required due to the school specialization
- Other documents in case they are required by the teacher’s council.

Documents that were issued by another country should be translated to Bulgarian and – in case it is required – legitimated.

After filing those documents are checked by the expert commission of the Regional Inspectorate of Education which commission takes the decision about recognition or non-recognition of documents having regarded to:
- the years of schooling
- the type of the school
- school subjects and credit hours
- grades
- rights that gives the certificate about the completed grade in the county of origin
- age of the pupil
The expert commission should announce its decision during one month after filing of the documents.

In case the documents are approved by the commission its Chairman issues the certificate which form is regulated by the Ordinance No 2 issued on 14th of April 2003. School marks indicated in the certificate or in the record issued by the foreign educational institute are equated to the Bulgarian six-mark grading system.

Note: During the determination of the school where the foreign pupil will be accepted it is taken into account that the number of foreign pupils in each class of any Bulgarian school can not exceed 3 pupils.

Registration of companies in Bulgaria
List of documents that are required for the reregistration:

1. Traders and branches of foreign traders depending on their legal form should file:
- the application form from the „A” group (A1-A9) which should be signed by the governing body of the company
- the certificate of the current status issued after 1st of January 2008 by the District court of the district where the company is registered as this certificate should contain the information about the BULSTAT number and full actual data of the legal body

2. Trade companies and cooperations should file:
- the application form from the „A” group (A1-A9) which should be signed by the governing body of the company
- the certificate of the current status issued after 1st of January 2008 by the District court of the district where the company is registered as this certificate should contain the information about the BULSTAT number and full actual data of the legal body
- the additional application form G1 which should be signed by the governing body of the company
- the actual Article of association of the company certified by the governing body of the company

According to the Ordinance No 1 from 14th of February 2007 about keeping, storaging and providing of the access to the Trade register each application should be enclosed with the declaration about the veracity of the circumstances stated in the whole documentation.

Law of the Bulgarian language

According to this draft of the law as the official language of the Republic of Bulgaria will be recognized the Bulgarian literary language and as the graphic system will be recognized the Cyrillic.

The main purpose of this law is to protect the Bulgarian language as the foundation of the Bulgarian national identity and to stimulate the education, science and arts in the Republic of Bulgaria.

Article 5 of the draft says that the study of the Bulgarian language is the right and the obligation of each Bulgarian citizen.

The schooling and the education of children and pupils at children gardens and schools should be held in Bulgarian literary language.

The citizen of Bulgaria for whom the Bulgarian language is not a mother tongue has the right to study his or her mother tongue according to the effective legislation. The mother tongue/native language is the language that is used for the communication in the family of the citizen.

The Bulgarian citizen whose native language is not Bulgarian has the right for the additional education in Bulgarian as the support for the study and the use of the Bulgarian literary language.

During execution of their activity at the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria public authorities, execution authorities and judicial authorities, authorities and organisations created according to the legislation, political parties, providers of media services and other mass media are obliged to use the Bulgarian literary language according to the rules defined in the Law of the Bulgarian language.

The proficiency in Bulgarian is obliging for all the persons who apply for receiving of the Bulgarian citizenship by naturalization. Foreign citizens will be able to practice the profession and to work according to the labour legislation only in case they meet requirements for the proficiency in Bulgarian.

All verbal and written messages and identifications with the informative function should be made or written in official language except cases when other is provided by the law.

All international political, public and other events held at the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria should be held in Bulgarian with translation to respective working languages.

According to the draft of the Law of the Bulgarian language foreign languages can be used during signing of international contracts, agreements and international acts to which Bulgaria is a party; they also can be used regarding international recognition and copyright protection of specific language expressions, forms or signs. Using of foreign languages is allowed in case they are used for advertising, educational, scientific, culture or entertaining purpose.

Also in case the law will pass there the Council for Bulgarian language will be created, as this Council will control using and studying of the Bulgarian language.