This is the application form your wife has to fill: http://egov.bg/docs/100001083.pdf On the application form there is a question how you entered bulgaria, and the boxes are: without visa, transit visa, short term visa, or d visa. They also ask reason for travel to bg. You can put accompany eu citi...
Thanks to both of you for your help here. Again, it's encouraging to read/hear that we are not crazy in questioning the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry! I've contacted Solvit already and I am hoping to hear something from them very soon.
I'm updating this thread because I wanted to seek further help from the wise denizens of the forum. After a long, complicated back and forth with the Bulgarian Consulate, intervention with Solvit and presenting them with documents that people on this forum directed me to, my wife finally got a three...
Can anyone locate a Russian translation of Directive/2004/38/EC? I may need this at the Kyrgyz airport but I can't seem to find it anywhere online. Any help appreciated.
Would somebody from Kyrgyzstan normally require a visa to Bulgaria? If so, the local Bulgarian embassy should issue a visa for your wife, covering the whole period, at no cost and on the basis of an accelerated process. And please do not forget to travel with your marriage certificate. If it is not...
Unbelievably, after all this fuss, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry have now finally stated unequivocally that if we turn up at Sofia Airport with proof of marriage etc, they will automatically grant her a three month visa. Thanks for everyone's help, as I thought, everyone here was right and they we...
Unbelievably, after all this fuss, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry have now finally stated unequivocally that if we turn up at Sofia Airport with proof of marriage etc, they will automatically grant her a three month visa. Thanks for everyone's help, as I thought, everyone here was right and they wer...
Again, thanks for all the advice/support guys, really helpful. Ok, there have been several updates today. Firstly I got a response from EU signpost service, an online help service dealing with issues regarding EU law. They wrote a long response to my inquiry, which I won't reprint, but the upshot wa...
Just a note of caution.. Although Directive 2004/38/EC looks good on paper, it may not guarantee your wife entry into Bulgaria.There is a topic elsewhere in the forum re: someone whose spouse ended up in jail after being refused entry to Spain under the directive. http://www.immigrationboards.com/v...
Mym/Directive, Just want to say a big thanks for all your help with this. Really appreciate all the info, I've contacted my future employer with all the information you gave me and I'm hoping he can present it to the Foreign Ministry and convince them of my - and more importantly my wife's - rights!...
You can also legally enter at the border with only your passports and proof you are married. Furthermore, if you are later coming back to the UK after exercising a treaty right in Bulgaria you come under the terms of the "Surinder Singh" rules and have the right to bring your wife with yo...
How long have you been married for? If you have been married for more than 4 years, your wife would qualify for Indefinite Leave to Enter (ILE) http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/ukresidency/eligibility/partnersandchildren/husbandwifecivilpartner/ Contact your local British Dip Mission for more detai...
Hello dreadnought. The bulgarian embassy is talking crap. Bulgaria has transposed Directive 2004/38/EC into it's law so your wife has an *absolute* right to enter Bulgaria with you for three months for any reason, and longer if you are exercising a treaty right (working for example). They *have* to...
This board has been a real mine of information for me and I'm hoping that someone can help me with my predicament. It's a little complicated, so please bear with me if I don't explain it perfectly.. I'm a UK citizen, married to a woman from Kyrgyzstan and we have a two year old son who has British c...
