Придобиване чрез осиновяване
1999-02-19 → present$5691% data confidence
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Bulgaria Citizenship Guide
23 citizenship pathways — everything you need to know about eligibility, documents, timelines, and costs.
1 min readLast updated: May 2026
Adoption
1 pathway in this category
Birth
1 pathway in this category
Намерено дете на територията
1991-07-13 → present$5691% data confidenceNo renunciation required
Child
1 pathway in this category
Дете следва натурализиран родител
1999-02-19 → present$5691% data confidence
Descent
3 pathways in this category
Гражданство по произход
Foundational BG DSC pathway
1991-07-13 → present (Constitutional); ZBG §8 1999-02-19 → present$5691% data confidenceNo renunciation required
Раждане в чужбина
1999-02-19 → present$5691% data confidenceNo renunciation required
Установяване на бащинство
1999-02-19 → present$5691% data confidenceNo renunciation required
Historical
3 pathways in this category
Натурализация по произход — Чл. 15
THE distinctive BG signature route; politically charged BG-MK; ВАС split case-law
1999-02-19 → present$5691% data confidence
Възстановяване на изселените 1989
Revival Process Reform Arc anchor; cross-border BG-TR diaspora link
1990 → present$5691% data confidence
Гражданство по предходни закони
Historical 1904 → 1999$5691% data confidence
Investment
1 pathway in this category
Натурализация по инвестиции (отменена)
Distinctive historical reform-arc despite repeal; 9-year lifecycle
2013-02-19 → 2022-04-05$5691% data confidenceNo renunciation required
Marriage
1 pathway in this category
Натурализация по брак
DUAL-located pathway; FIRST cascade with constitutional same-sex foreclosure
Renunciation exemption 2013 → present; residency reduction since ZBG inception$5691% data confidenceNo renunciation required
Military
1 pathway in this category
Отсъствие на път чрез военна служба
n/a$5691% data confidence
Naturalization
4 pathways in this category
Стандартна натурализация
Default NAT pathway; most-amended
1999-02-19 → present (§12 ал. 2 added 2013 ДВ 108/2013)$5691% data confidence
Намалено пребиваване — бежанец
2001 → present$5691% data confidence
Намалено пребиваване — без гражданство
1961 Convention compliance; SPC-bridge
1999-02-19 → present$5691% data confidence
Натурализация за заслуги
1999-02-19 → present$5691% data confidence
Restoration
2 pathways in this category
Възстановяване — без основание за загуба
1999-02-19 → present$5691% data confidence
Възстановяване — отпаднало основание
Comprehensive restoration framework; political emigrants + Revival Process descendants alternative
1999-02-19 → present$5691% data confidence
Special
3 pathways in this category
Лица без гражданство (§14)
Convention-driven; international-law anchored; ZBG 2025 amendment retains protection
1999-02-19 → present (statelessness conventions 2012-03-22)$5691% data confidence
Бежанец/убежище (§13а)
2001 → present$5691% data confidence
Хуманитарни основания (§13а 5 години)
2001 → present$5691% data confidence
XCT
2 pathways in this category
Доброволно отказване (§24)
1999-02-19 → present$5691% data confidence
Прекратяване по измамни данни (§22) + терористично изключение
Recent 2025-2026 reform cluster (NLR-HIGH); statelessness-protection retained; CASCADE-DISTINCTIVE three-axis transition anchor (V86)
1999-02-19 → present (terrorism exception 2026-01-31)$5691% data confidence
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