Bulgaria - The social impact of seasonal migration

The long term is:
1. continuous - with permitted term up to one year;
2. permanent - with permitted unlimited term.
Foreigners reside in the country on the ground of an issued visa, international
agreements for visa free or alleviated visa regimes and permission by the services for
administrative control of foreigners.
An individual who does not have the necessary financial resources to stay in the
Republic of Bulgaria may not be allowed to enter the country or his/her right to stay
may be revoked by the competent authorities.
The Act regulates the issues of visa regime and the powers of the state bodies in that
sphere. The visa issued to a foreigner may be viewed as a legal form containing
permission for the individual to enter, stay or transit cross the territory of the Republic
of Bulgaria.
The types of the visas, determined by the purpose of the visit, are:
1. for airport transfer;
2. for transit passing;
3. for short-term stay;
4. for a group;
5. for long-term stay;
6. issued at the border.
The term for stay in the country on the basis of a visa may not exceed 90 days. Visas are
issued by the diplomatic and consular offices of the Republic of Bulgaria and in
exceptional circumstances by the bodies of the border passport control at the border
checkpoints.
The statute pays special attention to the compulsory administrative measures that can
be imposed on the foreigners in the Republic of Bulgaria. Through these measures, the
state expresses its negative reaction against the fact that a given foreign individual has
violated the law or has failed to act in accordance with his/her statutory obligations.
Repression is employed in cases when circumstances show that the presence of a
foreigner on the territory of the country is undesirable. Based on its sovereign right to
control foreigners’ access, presence and departure, in compliance with the generally
recognized principles of the International law, and having in mind its commitments
under the international conventions, ratified by it, the Republic of Bulgaria has paid
attention to and has implemented the basic values of the democratic societies. The Act
envisages the prerequisites for the imposition of compulsory measures on foreigners, in
accordance with the International law.
Due attention should be paid to the fact that the orders imposing the following
compulsory administrative measures:
- revoking of the right of stay in the Republic of Bulgaria;
- expulsion;
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