10.01.2006 Important amendments to the Foreign Nationals Act in Bulgaria

Bulgarian Properties Ltd. Head Office, Sofia

According to information provided by the Migration Directorate of the Ministry of the Interior, new requirements came into force on the 1st of January 2006 related to the address registration of foreign nationals visiting Bulgaria. Pursuant to Article 18, Paragraph 1 of the amendments, upon entry to Bulgaria foreign nationals will be required to state in a written form the aim of their visit and the address they will be staying at, by completing an address registration form for that purpose.

Foreign nationals who transit through or exit Bulgaria within 24 hours will not be required to fill in such address registration forms.
In compliance with Article 28, Para 3 of the Foreign Nationals Act, physical or legal persons who have provided accommodation to foreign nationals will be required within 5 days to inform the service for administrative control of foreigners or the respective local police station, by providing information on the name, the date of birth, the nationality, the number and the series of the foreign national’s ID document.
Under Article 28, Para 4 of the amendments, hotel keepers and their staff will be required, upon providing accommodation to foreign nationals, to promptly register them in a special register. Hotel staff will be required to provide the information on the accommodated foreign nationals to the service for administrative control of foreign nationals or to the respective local police station on a daily basis by 6 am.

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