Натурализация обладателя гуманитарного статуса (дополнительная защита) — ст. 13а(2) ЗБГ (5-летний путь)

BG-SPC-03 е натурализация по облекчен ред на чужденец с хуманитарен статут (хуманитарен статут = субсидиарна закрила в рамките на ЕС-квалификационната рамка), задържан не по-малко от ПЕТ години преди датата на молбата за натурализация, съгласно чл. 13а, ал. 2 ЗБГ. The route waives only two of the six general чл. 12 conditions — т. 2 (the 5-year permanent/long-term-residence clock) and т. 6 (renunciation) — while retaining т. 1 (adult), т. 3 (Bulgarian-court clean record), т. 4 (self-support income) and т. 5 (Bulgarian language). It is the less generous of the two чл. 13а protection-status tracks (5 years for humanitarian status here, versus 3 years for refugee/asylum under ал. 1). Grant is discretionary, by указ на Президента on the proposal of the Minister of Justice after the мнение of the Съвет по гражданството.

ЗБГ §13а ал. 2 гуманитарный пятилетний курс — дополнительная защита в соответствии со статьей 15 Квалификационной директивы ЕС. Перекрестная ссылка на структуру BG-NAT-02.

Условие 5 (чл. 12, ал. 1, т. 5) requires владеене на български език, established per Наредба № 5/1999 на министъра на образованието и науката. The statutory level is 'владеене на български език, позволяващо нормална комуникация на елементарно ниво' (Наредба № 5 чл. 5) — an ELEMENTARY normal-communication level, NOT an explicit CEFR band (do not assert 'A1 CEFR'; that equivalence is T3 gloss only). The exam is organised and conducted by the ЦКОКУО (Center for Evaluation in School Education); on success the министърът на образованието и науката или упълномощено лице issues an удостоверение за владеене на български език used before the MoJ. Persons who completed Bulgarian-language education in Bulgaria may evidence proficiency through educational documents instead of the exam. There is no separate civics/history test in the statute for this route.

The applicant files a written молба to the Minister of Justice on Наредба № 1/1999 Приложение № 1 (натурализация), in Bulgarian (Молбата трябва да бъде написана на български), with grounds stated on Приложение № 4 (чл. 13а). Attachments include: the ДАБ решение/удостоверение evidencing grant and continuous holding of хуманитарен статут ≥5 years; the Наредба № 5/1999 language certificate (or Bulgarian-education proof); свидетелство за съдимост plus evidence of no pending Bulgarian-court proceedings; evidence of income/occupation; identity/status documents; an autobiography; two photographs; and the вносна бележка for the state fee. Foreign documents must be legalised (1961 Apostille Convention or applicable treaty) and translated into Bulgarian with заверка. Defects may be cured within the expert-review window under the Наредба.

ДАБ гуманитарный статус + 5 лет законного присутствия + MJ молба.

The controlling statutory benchmark is the MoJ-proposal deadline of 12 months for general naturalization (чл. 35, ал. 1, т. 1; изм. ДВ бр. 21/2021), after which the file moves to the President for the указ (no fixed statutory deadline on the указ itself). IMPORTANT: the frequently-cited '18-month' figure is NOT statutory — a T3/NGO heuristic reflecting real-world backlog; чл. 35 controls (12/9/6/3/1 months across the various grounds). On top of the procedural timeline, the route is gated upstream by the 5-year humanitarian-status holding period — the longest threshold within чл. 13а — so the effective minimum time-to-citizenship is at least five years of status plus the naturalization processing window. End-to-end practice commonly exceeds the statutory proposal deadline.

Държавната такса за молбата за придобиване на гражданство се събира по ТАРИФА № 1 към Закона за държавните такси, раздел 'Г', т. 55 б. 'в' = 1000 лв (≈ 511,29 EUR at the irrevocable rate 1.95583 BGN/EUR), повишена от 100 лв с ПМС № 104 от 25.06.2025 (обн. ДВ бр. 52/2025, в сила 01.07.2025). Ancillary charges: a language-exam fee (МОН/ЦКОКУО) sits OUTSIDE Тарифа № 1 (T3-indicative, ~practitioner figure); where the application or documents are handled consularly, МВнР fees apply (e.g. интервю 50 EUR; заверка на превод 15 EUR per document — origin-route figures, indicative). Euro values other than published dual figures are computed at 1.95583. The verbatim раздел-Г descriptive label for the т. 55 naturalization molba is not lifted from a renderable consolidated schedule; the NUMBERS are verbatim-primary.

Recent and relevant changes: (1) The processing-deadline picture was clarified — чл. 35, ал. 1, т. 1 was amended to 12 months by ДВ бр. 21/2021, and the legacy '18-month' NGO figure is confirmed NON-statutory and superseded. (2) The state fee for the naturalization молба rose sharply on 01.07.2025: т. 55 б.'в' went from 100 лв to 1000 лв via ПМС № 104/25.06.2025 (обн. ДВ бр. 52/2025) — fees had not been changed since 2007. (3) Euro changeover: from 01.01.2026 fees are expressed in EUR at the irrevocable rate 1 EUR = 1.95583 BGN (dual circulation 01.01–31.01.2026). (4) The ЗБГ consolidation advanced to ДВ бр. 61/2025 (в сила 31.01.2026 for certain ID/procedure items); the substance of чл. 13а, ал. 2 itself was not altered by these recent amendments. (5) The Съвет по гражданството composition was updated (изм. ДВ бр. 21/2021, ДВ бр. 22/2022).

Lead authority: Министерство на правосъдието (Ministry of Justice) — receives the application (чл. 29) and proposes to the President (чл. 34/35). The Съвет по гражданството (Citizenship Council at the MoJ, чл. 33, ал. 1) gives the consultative мнение; it is chaired by a заместник-министър на правосъдието and includes one representative each of the MoJ, МВнР, МВР, МРРБ, МТСП, МЗ, Министерството на иновациите и растежа, ДАНС, ИАБЧ (former ДАБЧ) and — directly relevant to this route — the Държавна агенция за бежанците (State Agency for Refugees). The Council opines only after written opinions of МВР and ДАНС (чл. 33, ал. 3). The grant is made by указ на Президента (чл. 36; Конституция чл. 98, т. 9). Upstream, хуманитарен статут is determined by the Държавна агенция за бежанците (ДАБ) под ЗУБ.

Because чл. 13а, ал. 2 cross-references only чл. 12, ал. 1, т. 1,3,4,5 and OMITS т. 6, a humanitarian-status holder naturalizing under this route is NOT required to renounce any prior citizenship — the route is dual-nationality-friendly. This is reinforced by the general toleration rule of чл. 3 ЗБГ: 'Български гражданин, който е и гражданин на друга държава, се смята само за български гражданин при прилагането на българското законодателство, освен ако в закон е предвидено друго' (Bulgaria regulates the domestic effect of dual nationality rather than prohibiting it). Refugees (чл. 13а), stateless persons (чл. 14) and minors (чл. 18) are likewise outside т. 6. By contrast, ordinary naturalization under чл. 12 generally requires renunciation (т. 6), subject to the чл. 12, ал. 2 carve-outs (spouses; EU/EEA/Swiss; reciprocity-treaty states).