Bulgaria: Information on whether Bulgaria permits dual citizenship with Peru
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 December 1993 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | BGR15940.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Bulgaria: Information on whether Bulgaria permits dual citizenship with Peru, 1 December 1993, BGR15940.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac5227.html [accessed 27 May 2023] |
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According to a translation of the amendments to the Bulgarian citizenship act in May 1989, "the adoption of foreign citizenship is no longer punished by deprivation of Bulgarian citizenship" (Embassy of Bulgaria n.d.). Another document from the Bulgarian embassy states that the May 1989 amendments to the 1968 law on citizenship eliminate the requirement that a person be "released from" Bulgarian citizenship before he or she can acquire the citizenship of another country (Bulgaria, Nov. 1991, 4). This document further states that "a regime of tolerance regarding dual citizenship was established with these alterations" and that foreign citizens are not required to be "released from" their original citizenship in order to acquire Bulgarian citizenship through naturalization (ibid.).
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
References
Bulgaria. Information on the Legislation on Citizenship in Accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Law on Bulgarian Citizenship, November 1991. (Enclosure with letter to the DIRB dated 17 February 1993 from the Embassy of Bulgaria, Ottawa).
Embassy of Bulgaria. n.d. Docuements Regarding Changes and Amendments to the Nationality Act, Foreign Travel Passports Act, Act of Changing the Criminal Code, Amnesty Act. Translation of legislation passed May, 1989.
Attachments
Bulgaria. Information on the Legislation on Citizenship in Accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Law on Bulgarian Citizenship, November 1991. (Enclosure with letter to the DIRB dated 17 February 1993 from the Embassy of Bulgaria, Ottawa).
Embassy of Bulgaria. n.d. Docuements Regarding Changes and Amendments to the Nationality Act, Foreign Travel Passports Act, Act of Changing the Criminal Code, Amnesty Act. Translation of legislation passed May, 1989.
