Servicio militar: evidencia negativa (no hay ruta de ciudadanía por servicio militar)

BG-MIL-01 documents the ABSENCE of any military-service citizenship route in Bulgarian nationality law. Bulgaria — a NATO member since 2004 — has no 'serve N years in the armed forces → naturalize' provision of the kind found in some other jurisdictions (e.g., FR Code civil art.21-13-1 contrat d'engagement; US INA §§328-329 military naturalization; IL Defense Service track). The Закон за българското гражданство (ЗБГ, in force from 19.02.1999, current consolidation to ДВ бр.61/2025) recognises acquisition only by descent (чл.8-9), birthplace to stateless/unknown parents (чл.10-11), and naturalization (чл.12 ff.). No article names military service, the въоръжени сили (armed forces), conscription, or defence service as a basis for acquiring citizenship. This route is recorded for completeness as a NEGATIVE/absent route, not as an entitlement pathway. As of 2026-06-13.

Ciudadano de BG en servicio militar extranjero: riesgo de pérdida voluntaria según el marco del artículo 24. TEDH Riener contra Bulgaria 46343/99 Precedente NEGATIVO: no existe derecho a renunciar según el artículo 8.

No documentary requirements attach to a military route (none exists). For the чл.16 discretionary fallback, Наредба № 1 чл.7 requires: the motivated чл.30 proposal of the competent minister (for a soldier, the Minister of Defence) + the person's notarized written consent + the base чл.4(1) documents at points т.1, 3, 4, 7-11, 13, 14 (identity, birth record, criminal-record/clearance documents, photographs, application form and supporting attachments). The proposal and dossier are received/registered in дирекция 'Българско гражданство' and run through the two-month defect-cure (Наредба чл.13). There is no military-specific document (e.g. a 'military book' or service certificate) that triggers citizenship; any service record would function only as ordinary supporting context for the discretionary merit assessment. As of 2026-06-13.

Notificación del servicio militar extranjero al Ministerio de Justicia. §24 procedimiento de renuncia voluntaria si procede.

No statutory timeline attaches to a military route, since none exists. For the чл.16 discretionary fallback: the Министър на правосъдието must submit the proposal to the President within 3 months of the Council's opinion (чл.35, ал.1, т.6 — 3 месеца за чл.16 предложения, alongside revocation/deprivation); the Съвет по гражданството may suspend or require documents on a 1-month track for чл.16 matters (чл.33, ал.4, нова ДВ бр.21/2021, изм. ДВ бр.26/2022). The defect-cure window is 2 months (Наредба чл.13). End-to-end чл.16 timing is otherwise discretionary and not capped, given that the merit determination and Presidential decree are not subject to a fixed overall deadline. As of 2026-06-13.

No държавна такса (state fee) is collectible for a non-existent military route. For the discretionary чл.16 fallback, the Тарифа № 1 citizenship fee schedule applies, most recently amended by ПМС № 104 от 25.06.2025 (обн. ДВ бр.52/2025, в сила 01.07.2025), which raised fees across categories (rationale cited as ~10x/5x/2x increases per the strategy.bg consultation). The чл.16 cell is not separately military-coded. Bulgarian fees are denominated in BGN; the EUR informational equivalent uses the fixed lev peg of €1 = 1.95583 BGN (relevant given Bulgaria's euro-adoption trajectory). The exact 2025 Тарифа line-item amount for the чл.16 category is carried as — the line item was not separately pinned for this negative-route cell. As of 2026-06-13.

The statutory basis is NEGATIVE EVIDENCE: no provision authorises military-service acquisition. The acquisition chapter of the ЗБГ (чл.8-19) is a closed enumeration verified verbatim against the consolidated law: произход/descent (чл.8-9), месторождение to stateless or unknown parents (чл.10-11), натурализация (чл.12 and following). No statutory text references военна служба, въоръжени сили, наборна служба (conscription), or отбрана as a ground of acquisition. The nearest enumerated route — чл.16 (особени заслуги / state interest) — lists the public/economic, science, technology, culture and sport spheres, and military service is not among them. Therefore the legal foundation of BG-MIL-01 is the documented absence of a military mode within the statutory acquisition framework. As of 2026-06-13.

No authority administers a military-service route (none exists). For the discretionary чл.16 fallback, the institutional chain is: дирекция 'Българско гражданство' at the Министерство на правосъдието (Ministry of Justice) receives and registers the proposal; the proposing minister for a soldier is the Министър на отбраната (Minister of Defence) under чл.30(1) (предишен текст ДВ бр.21/2021), 'министъра, отговарящ за съответната област'; the Съвет по гражданството (Citizenship Council, чл.33) issues its opinion (мнение) only after written opinions of МВР and ДАНС; the Министър на правосъдието then proposes to the President (чл.34); and the Президент на Републиката decides by указ (decree) under чл.36, exercising the constitutional competence of чл.98, т.9 ('дава … българско гражданство'). As of 2026-06-13.

Dual nationality is not route-specific here because no acquisition occurs via a military route. As background: Bulgaria's loss regime is asymmetrical — a Bulgarian citizen by birth does NOT lose Bulgarian citizenship upon acquiring a foreign nationality, and there is no 'service in a foreign army' (GLOBALCIT L03) loss mode in the ЗБГ. The constitutional rule чл.25(3) forbids depriving a Bulgarian citizen by birth of citizenship. The discretionary чл.16 substitute imposes no renunciation condition (in contrast to чл.12(6) general naturalization, which historically carried a renunciation requirement). Consequently, even a foreign serviceman naturalized under чл.16 would not be required to renounce his prior nationality by virtue of any military dimension. As of 2026-06-13.