jeanmandredeix
English looking for information about Bulgaria
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Registration: 08 January 2025
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Retirement visa by D H16
Had a quick question from my non EU Bulgarian D visa holders, I recently went to Bulgaria to rent an apartment and start the whole retirement visa process, but because I did not have my Social Security card I could not open a bank account, the ...
I am returning to BG to pick up my house documents and have done a lot of research on the banks and can鈥檛 find anything that can be done apart from face to face. I am hoping that I can open the account where I opened the company account and ... Read More
Travel from the uk by car by allenredfearn7
Hi everyone, I'm driving out for the first time in July, to get our renovation project underway. Having spent time ripping out last year we start the renewing this year. The route from the uk shows the quickest way across and throughSerbia. are ...
Sounds like our journey over is going to get longer and more complicated, especially with a dog. Going to have to study the best routes I guess. Read More
Visa D Retirement documents
I seem to be getting confused with everything I need to do for the Visa D.What documents do I need to get an apostille for (passport, birth certs, bank statements?) ?Do I then have to get them translated into Bulgarian?Then I submit them with the ... Read More
E Cigarettes and Vaping by Snowball6
Can anyone confirm that Bulgaria is to ban vaping?
Yet lung cancer isn鈥檛 a major death cause. Although I don鈥檛 smoke, I find it refreshing to not have the nanny state. Read More
Immigration Lawyer?
Our house purchase completes soon so our next step is residency.Would appreciate advice on what to do. I have printed the forms out and I know we need to make an appointment at the Embassy in London, are they fairly quick as we have to get the ... Read More
How do you sort out bills etc? by jeanmandredeix
I can鈥檛 find a thread on paying bills etc. I am guessing that the estate agent can initially help you get services such as electric/water switched back on and in your name? But how do you get bills and can you pay online or by EasyPay?Any ...
Thank you. That鈥檚 a great help. I haven鈥檛 asked Krismerk yet, who I found the property through, as I thought we could organise better when we arrive to set up the company shortly. Read More
How do you sort out bills etc?
I can鈥檛 find a thread on paying bills etc. I am guessing that the estate agent can initially help you get services such as electric/water switched back on and in your name? But how do you get bills and can you pay online or by EasyPay?Any ... Read More
Prep - what do you wish you had done first by dencreiss
What do you wish you had prepped before you moved to your village home? I鈥檓 a few months away and wondering if I should just turn up or if there are things I could do to prep our village house to receive us. For example how long does it take ...
@S25 - SeanI use an e-sim. They are so easy and there are lots of companies, Saily is popular. Read More
Retirement D Visa by jeanmandredeix
Question: Can I put UKaddress on form or should I wait till we have bought the house and put that as main address?Any general advice on completing this application would be most welcome.
Thanks. The estate agent gave me wrong info. I didn鈥檛 think it sounded right. Read More
Retirement D Visa
Question: Can I put UKaddress on form or should I wait till we have bought the house and put that as main address?Any general advice on completing this application would be most welcome. Read More
Decision to buy made - the next step? by jeanmandredeix
Well, we came to see if we liked it and we did. Found a house after a few days of excellent travel agents help.We do plan to live here permanently but have a few months of things to do in UK.Would you recommend applying for retirement D Visa now or ...
@VillageLifeWe didn鈥檛 find one close to there, but we drove there to write a list of prices for materials. We were open to most areas apart from those with gypsies or too near the river as mosquitoes like me. We spent a day each with two ... Read More
Prep - what do you wish you had done first by dencreiss
What do you wish you had prepped before you moved to your village home? I鈥檓 a few months away and wondering if I should just turn up or if there are things I could do to prep our village house to receive us. For example how long does it take ...
@JimJ Having just viewed several properties that were supposed to have new electrics, seems the standards here are very low. Hubbie has been a sparky in UK and France and there he spent 6 months studying the 鈥楴orms鈥�. So far he has wanted ... Read More
Decision to buy made - the next step?
Well, we came to see if we liked it and we did. Found a house after a few days of excellent travel agents help.We do plan to live here permanently but have a few months of things to do in UK.Would you recommend applying for retirement D Visa now or ... Read More
Meeting people on Facebook who are planning to buy in bulgaria by Pumarosa200
Hi I just wanted to meet people who are thinking of buying in Bulgaria like my self on facebook, and if there were any groups on there that anyone could recommend not to actually buy property on Facebook thanks again
@Pumarosa200We are here at the moment to see whether we will like it. Lots of pros and cons. Found it frustrating not being able to read the menu 馃槀 Google Translate is a great help but I am used to knowing my way around languages. However we ... Read More
Dog rescue and Baba Marta by S25 - Sean
Just thought I'd share antics from this past week, from dog rescues in Burgas to Baba Marta in Yambol, and an unexpected street dog rescue in Plovdiv today!What a week. For anyone currently in BG, happy Baba Marta. I hope you enjoyed your ...
@S25 - Sean That sounds busy and fun. We are flying over Sunday and will do some exploring of VT initially, then some house hunting to see if we think we will like it here. Wish I found the language easier, finding it more difficult than Greek ... Read More