Can You Still Buy & Live In Bulgaria? 

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When I was at school many decades ago, I got bullied for having an Irish parent. Now I have 2 passports, and I'm so happy about that!

This is very helpful thank you, there has been a lot of misinformation since brexit with people that did it before trying to help. The signing of the documents to register the business has to be done by a Bulgarian notary, as the British ones are only notarising your signature, the Bulgarian one will notarise the content. Due to this it really is a must that you visit Bulgaria. For the visit to the embassy in London, which is merely handing over the paperwork and not an interview as such: You also need an acro check that has been translated and notarised. The proof of income, needs translating and notarising. We were the first to do it since brexit in our area, and the people in immigration got a bit confused,. It is a ball ache, but it is very much still doable 😊

This has been HUGELY helpful! As a potential first time buyer in Bulgaria I'm trying to educate myself as much as possible before I come to this wonderful country for a property visit!

Best thing I ever did getting permanent residency in BG and I urged lots of people to do it during the Brexit window but they didn't. I think the banks are a little short sighted but may have other agendas.It looks like BG wants as few immigrants as possible which suits me.

I kept my company from I arrived Bg 2010, and never thought be of any worth. I only received my permanent residence card this year and glad I did. The company accounts once you have a year of no trading just fill out the correct form and that’s the end of any yearly documents. Great content.

Just completed our purchase last month, land and house with company formation. Company Bank account held it up. We now have D visa two weeks ago and doing residency next few weeks. The complication of making our UK documents valid was expensive. It can be done but is complicated and involved.

Great and informative video.

Best thing to do in my opinion is to go live and work in ireland for 5 years and you can naturalise. Irish passport is a E.U. passport. That's if you don't already have an irish grandparent or parent. If you do, you can register as an irish citizen. But failing all that. Argantina has an easier language. And 180 days in country, and a £4600 investment in a business. And you have yourself a passport. I personally prefer argantina to bulgaria. And its similarly cheap outside of the capitol.

Добре дошъл в България !

Brilliant information Joe. Many thanks!

Thanks for the helped information, i will be there someday. Respect from Shenzhen China ❤❤

Really interesting thankyou 🙂

Brilliant video, lots of good info. I’m looking to live over there soon. Thank you very much

Hi Joe, thank you very much for this video. I have a parent born on the island of Ireland so am going to apply :)

Thank you for making this video!

Great advice 👍, keep up the good work!

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Legend.

My dad has a house in Gurkovo region. Although he lives in the UK with me. I would love to live at the house, even if it’s only for 12 months. This vid was helpfully so thank you, I’m just struggling to think of where I can get employment before I’m fluent in Bulgarian

I love the video very good explanation 👏 Thanks 👍

Hi! Very informative video! I just found and subscribed to your channel today as you were recommended by Our Derelict Dream and that you are around Svilengrad, which is generally where I've been doing tons of research, actually anywhere between Svilengrad and Burgas close to the Turkish border. Since your info is specifically for non EU UK after Brexit, can I assume that the procedures would also be valid for anyone outside EU, specifically USA, where I'm from? I've been researching BG because I'm looking for an EU base close to Istanbul Turkey, where I like to travel to, and frankly I'm attracted by the prices. It's very helpful to see the properties you're showing in the region I'm interested in. I haven't had a chance to visit yet, but I feel like I have a general feel for the place with all my research. Hope to find a town/village with a few English speaking expats. I'll likely contact you directly in the next year or two if I see something in your future videos that I like. Thank You!

Excellent, thankyou.

I wonder if a US citizen like myself with a felony conviction could get a visa. I'm going to submit my application package this spring so fingers crossed. Worst case I just spend 3 months hopping around Europe. lol 3 months in Bulgaria, 3 months in Romania, 3 months in Italy then back to Bulgaria.

That's a very helpful video, and thanks for updating those you did previously. Two questions. I'm more concerned with being able to live in Bulgaria rather than to buy a property. Why? Because I don't know enough about the country to know where I'd want to live or in what type of property. Is it possible to get a D visa buy using the address of a rented property, or possibly as a tenant in a shared house? Or would I have to register a company and buy first? Secondly, what constitutes "A significant amount of money to support myself? I believe the basis for answering that is having access to an amount greater than the minimum full time Bulgarian wage, which is something like £3,000 per year. I own a house in the UK which I would sell before moving, and that would give me money for far longer than I'm ever likely to live. I'm 63 years old so will receive a pension in under three years, although it won't be a full pension as I've not made enough contributions. Logically this would easily qualify me, but do the Bulgarian authorities behave logically? And a third question. Roughly what might I expect to pay for health insurance at my age? I believe when I become a pensioner my health costs are covered by the UK government, but I'm not certain of this. If anyone else can answer these questions as a result of similar experience I'd love to hear from them. I realise that you and your family are in a much different situation to me so it may be hard for you to answer.

We have a Bulgarian house which we intend to live in fulltime soon, we also have residency cards, but when we pop our clogs we want my sons from my first marriage to inherit and maybe live there. So can they get residency cards because we have them? They're both in their 40s now.

I have a French residency permit. Does anyone know if this will make it easier to obtain a five year permit for Bulgaria? Any help gratefully received. Thanks.

When you say you can apply for a D visa, if you show a significant amount in your bank account that will support you for either 6 or 12 months. How much would you say is a significant amount?

I want to buy a small farmhouse there too.

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Hi. I was on your website. Couldn't tell (or find it) but do you list property for sale ? Thanks

We are uk citizens, early retirees (so no pension) but an adequate income from the rental of Commercial properties (2 shops in the uk). We have been living in france since 2015 and have 10 year french residency permits (WARP) issued on the basis that were were her permanently prior to brexit. Would this make our move to BG any easier or will we still have to visit the embassy in the uk etc and go through the same proceedure? Also, what kind of company would we need to set up? I have no idea.

Hello The final comment did I hear that correct that before Jan 2022 if you can prove you were in Bulgaria you can use that for backdating residency

I know this was posted a year ago, so its possible that things have changed again, but I'm in a slightly different position to most people and I don't know where to find the information I need. I'm a retired UK citizen, in receipt of state pension and an S1. I moved to France in June 2022. I'm on a VLS-TS, which is a one year visa, in the same category as a D visa and waiting for them to approve year 2. I own my house in France, but I have nothing in the UK. Do I have to return to the UK to apply for a D visa, or can I do it from France? Until I sell my house, I won't be in a position to buy anything and as I have 9 dogs and 5 cats, I would need some where to stay once the house in France has sold.

Hello I have a question. Once you have been here for five years, can you apply for permanent residency or do you have to keep renewing every five years? Thanks

When applying for D visa should I get it for 6 months or 12 months

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Hello If you are already a long term resident who bought the easy peasy way before BREXIT do you still have to form a company to buy a second property? Thanks

Thank you so much. We are British . My husband is white . We want to come to bulgaria . At the moment we live in Asian country . One bed room house , i want to buy

Once you have temporary residency can you then move to permanent residency?

Can you by a allotment garden with a nice shed on it fenced up.

Hi Joe. Thanks for your videos and information. I'm currently in the process of buying some land with the intention of living off-grid. I'm coming over to Bulgaria in October for a week or so. Is there a chance that I can apply for a 5 year residency permit while in Bulgaria, claiming that I intended to apply sooner but the pandemic prevented me from applying? Many thanks!

Great video. Can I ask. If my wife (of 10 years with a Spanish passport) applies fir residency in BG would that make it easier for me to get residency as a Brit? Thanks

I've been here 10 years, no company.

We were in Bulgaria 2008 , does that count? Probably too long ago.?

I bought a property before brexit and covid stopped me applying is it still possible for us to get residency ?

I know this is a year old but I have a question. I have lived in Bg for 12 years and own a house in my own name, No company, and have Permanent Residence Card. According to BG Government web site the only thing I can't do is vote. Now I want to buy another house in Bg, can I buy it without having a company set up?

Hi Joe . thanks for your informative videos . I have a question about buying property in BG which is ; can I pay in cash to buy a property in BG or it must be through bank account? since I'm a EU citizen but I don't want to pay through my bank , I prefer to pay in cash , is that possible ???? thanks again .

Before you bye get on to Bulgaria embassy about D visa no pension no D visa

Hey, new to the channel. We are moving to Bulgaria in April. I am married to an EU Citizen (Polish) who has a house and residency in Bulgaria. I am from the UK. From what I have read online. I should be able to get residency through her. Do you know if this is the case? Thank you, Lou

I need a Bulgarian work visa I'm from Ghana and works in Qatar as Electrician and would love to relocate there under company sponsorship

If your U.K. resident and start business for house buying could you actually run the company legitimately small amount of trading and use that as a reason to get d visa?

I have Spanish residency and want to buy something in Bulgaria is that easy

What bugs me is the number of British people who voted for Brexit, some of whom were Brits living in Bulgaria.

Help anyone, tell me If I'm wrong, I'm 66 single, full UK state pension, in October I'm going to the Bulgarian embassy in London with my paperwork, proof of pension, bank statements to get my D Visa , and then driving to Bulgaria to buy my forever home, is that all possible , all comments appreciated, good or bad

How much does it cost to open a company

what does one do for a job

If it's a company owned house, don't you pay business electricity rates?

Hi. I have got a question if I may. How can you get a full medical cover in Bulgaria if you move form EU for example from Poland? Should I talk to a lawer or speak to the Bulgarian Health Department? Thank you

Do you know if the Bulgarian government gives free language classes to new immigrants , like they do in other countries?

What about work for older Women?

Please can give a recommendation of who to email or speak to regards assisting to arrange retirement in Bulgaria. Many thanks

Is it true that if you open a foreign representative office from a country like say Canada, you have to have had the Canadian LLC for two years in order to get the d visa. I heard they changed it over the last couple years

Hi Joe, could you confirm that in general this information is still correct.? May 2023

You have a website issue...

Do you have to apply for citizenship in Bulgaria? Would you lose your British citizenship in doing Bulgarian citizenship? Thanks

The back dating aspect is that january 2022 or january 2021 ?

hi re- the bit you added at the end i was in bulgaria to get residency just before brexit looking at properties but i fractured my ankle while i was there and went home to the uk i had my passport checked at the romania /bulgaria border at the time i came in to bulgaria via bucharest i can go back to find my hotel stay dates and flights etc in the apps i booked them i also opened a bulgarian bank account in ruse while i was there who asked for my passport so that would have been checked by the bank too ' what would be the steps to do a backdated eu residency procedure ? can you put an email in your reply i'll be in touch thanks

Hi we are hitting an issue as are not on a pension and need a reason for us to get a visa d like setting up a trade representivie office etc. do you have any knowledge of this or advice. we just want to retire but are only 50 so dont get a pension. thanks Mat

Hi we would love to chat, are you able to reply with a way in which we can? My wife and I with our 18yr old son are moving to Bulgaria, but we are faced with how to deal with the employed section of the D VISA. We have enough money in our bank account to survive, and our business here in the UK will carry on employing us and helping us to survive in Bulgaria. However, we want like many others wish to start an online business. Do you have any suggestions or people we can talk to about full filling this part of the D VISA? Thank you

10% flat rate applies?

I can't understand a word of this

Whos your legal team please

One thing thats making me hold back a bit; Bulgaria has the most pollution in EU. How do you feel about this, does it concern you?

Health insurance cost ???

Thanks for the info, one point I think you omitted to mention is the proof of criminal record. Also hope you can help with this my girlfriend is bulgarian and we aim to get married later in the year but want to purchase a property before this will it be possible to put the property in both out names once we are married and the D Visa is granted. Thank Mark&Eli

can you help with suggesting someone to help get a d visa please? we are pay monthly buying a property. that should complete by xmas. id love to move over by spring. ive been told i need to have an english company running for 24 months than we can look at d visas. theres soooo much conflicting information i dont know whats what tbh. we are keen to start our new lives not wait 24 months if we can help it

Bulgaria is not that great a place to go through all that trouble.

I m a EU citizen and I try buying a cheap house yesterday, and the imobiliare agent wich was a woman it was trying scam me he say I must buy the house without a purchase sales contract just paying some notary fees and give me a invoice and wait a day to make a new deed with name, but when I say I don't wanna buy the house without a purchase and sales contract(wich is obligatory) in wich must specifying all dimensions of house from the cadastral documentation and the full address of the house and how much money I pay for house she became nervous and close the phone