Restauración de la ciudadanía búlgara después de la privación/caducidad (Art. 27 ZBG)

BG-RST-02 е възстановяване на българско гражданство на лишено лице по чл. 27 от Закона за българското гражданство (ЗБГ, обн. ДВ бр. 136/1998, в сила 20.02.1999), консолидиран до ДВ бр. 61/29.07.2025. The route restores citizenship to a person who was DEPRIVED (лишено) of it, on the test that 'не е имало основание за лишаване или основанието е загубило своето значение' (there was no ground for the deprivation, or the ground has lost its significance). It sits in Глава четвърта (Chapter Four, чл. 26-28), the restoration chapter, NOT in the loss regime (чл. 20-25). It is the deprivation-branch sibling of BG-RST-01 (чл. 26, restoration after voluntary release). Because deprivation under чл. 24 reaches only naturalized citizens, this is a narrow, corrective administrative track decided by Presidential decree.

ZBG §27 — restauración cuando el terreno original perdido perdió importancia. Según V73 D2 recuperación textual: Чл. 27 marco de extinción terrestre. ДВ 26/2022 fue la derogación de la INV, NO la enmienda §25/§15 (antifabricación V73).

There is NO residence requirement under чл. 27. This is one of the two defining features distinguishing the deprivation-restoration track (чл. 27) from the release-restoration track (чл. 26): чл. 26(1) т. 3 (нова ДВ бр. 41/2001, доп. ДВ бр. 21/2012) requires a permanent or long-term residence permit held for at least 3 years before the application — but чл. 27 attaches no such condition. Likewise the чл. 26(2) Bulgarian-origin exemption from that 3-year requirement, and the Наредба № 1 чл. 11(2) regulatory mirror of it, are features of the чл. 26 (release) track; under чл. 27 the residence question never arises regardless of origin, because the only test is the validity or continued relevance of the original deprivation ground.

The restoration application is governed by Наредба № 1 от 19.02.1999 за прилагане на Глава пета от ЗБГ (обн. ДВ бр. 19/1999). Под чл. 11(1) (доп. ДВ бр. 51/2001; изм. бр. 35/2010, бр. 102/2017 в сила 01.01.2019, бр. 52/2018), the restoration молба must attach the documents listed in чл. 4(1) т. 1-4, 7-11, 13 and 14 — covering identity, proof of prior Bulgarian citizenship and the deprivation event (the чл. 24 указ + final conviction), a свидетелство за съдимост (criminal-record certificate) from the country of residence, and the state-fee receipt. For the чл. 27 test specifically, the applicant attaches materials going to whether the deprivation ground was unfounded or has lapsed (e.g. a quashed/rehabilitated conviction, pardon, or changed circumstances). Foreign documents require legalisation/apostille and certified Bulgarian translation.

МП revisión de las circunstancias de la pérdida original + panorama legal actual → Consejo de Ciudadanía → Президент Указ.

The statutory PROPOSAL deadline is 6 months: чл. 35(1) т. 3 ЗБГ — 'шест месеца — по молбите за възстановяване' — i.e. the Minister of Justice must make the чл. 34 proposal to the President within 6 months [; ]. This 6-month figure controls; the ECRE/NGO '18-month' figure is a general examination heuristic, not the statutory restoration term. End-to-end duration runs longer than 6 months because the deprivation-ground assessment (whether the ground 'lost its significance') is fact-intensive, the Council opinion stage precedes the proposal, and the President's decree timing (чл. 36) is discretionary. No чл. 27-specific published processing statistics were located.

A state fee (държавна такса) is required: Наредба № 1 чл. 4/11 expressly requires a 'документ за внесена държавна такса' (proof of paid state fee) among the application documents. The exact чл. 27 restoration-specific tariff amount under the Тарифа to the Закон за държавните такси, as of 2026, is NOT pinned in Bulgarian primary sources for this route — carried as; no BGN/EUR figure is asserted here to avoid fabrication. Fees are denominated in BGN with the EUR equivalent at the fixed peg (1 EUR = 1.95583 BGN; the euro becomes legal tender from 01.01.2026, which changes only the currency framing, not the ЗБГ). By comparison, the unrelated чл. 39 establishment certificate fee was raised to 250 лв / 127,82 € from 01.07.2025 (ПМС № 104/25.06.2025, ДВ бр. 52/2025) — cited only to show the 2025 tariff context, not as the чл. 27 fee.

Verbatim primary anchor — чл. 27 ЗБГ: 'Гражданството на лице, лишено от българско гражданство, може да бъде възстановено, ако се установи, че не е имало основание за лишаване или ако основанието е загубило своето значение.' (The citizenship of a person deprived of Bulgarian citizenship may be restored if it is established that there was no ground for the deprivation, or that the ground has lost its significance.) This is the original 1998 text, substance unamended through ДВ бр. 61/2025. The deprivation feeder is чл. 24; the children clause is чл. 28; the constitutional ceiling is Const. чл. 25(3). The whole restoration mode sits in Глава четвърта (чл. 26-28). 22-25 are the revocation/deprivation provisions.

Компетентни органи: (a) Министерство на правосъдието, Дирекция 'Българско гражданство и осиновявания' — receives and prepares the application (чл. 29(1)); (b) Съвет по гражданството (Citizenship Council, чл. 33) at the MoJ, chaired by a Deputy Minister, with members from MoJ, MFA, MoI, Min. Regional Development, Min. Labour & Social Policy, Min. Health, Min. Innovation & Growth, ДАНС (State Agency National Security), the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad, and the State Agency for Refugees — gives the opinion (composition as of ДВ бр. 22/2022); (c) Министър на правосъдието — makes the чл. 34 proposal to the President; (d) Президент на Република България — issues the restoration указ (чл. 36; Const. чл. 98 т. 9 'дава и възстановява българско гражданство'). Diplomatic/consular missions abroad may receive applications and give a reasoned opinion.

Bulgaria PERMITS multiple nationality for its citizens: ЗБГ чл. 3 treats a Bulgarian who is also a foreign national only as Bulgarian under Bulgarian law (unless a law provides otherwise), and чл. 7(2) recognises 'право на избор на гражданство' (the right to choose citizenship). There is no automatic loss for acquiring another nationality. For BG-RST-02 specifically this is doubly relevant: the чл. 24 deprivation ground that feeds чл. 27 may ONLY be applied if the person 'не остава без гражданство' (does not become stateless) — so a deprived person necessarily holds (or held) another nationality, and on restoration under чл. 27 they may keep it. Restoration therefore typically results in dual nationality.