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The EU Blue Card Scheme is designed to make Europe a more attractive destination for professionals from outside the European Union. All EU member states, except the United Kingdom, Denmark and Ireland, participate in the EU Blue Card scheme.
Highly qualified persons have opted in the past for destinations such as the United States, Canada or Australia. The European initiative has a number of distinctive qualities that will help Europe become the world's most favourite migration destination:
Working and salary conditions equal to nationals
Free movement within the Schengen area
Entitlement to a series of socio-economic rights (e.g. unemployment benefit)
Favourable conditions for family reunification
Permanent residence perspective
Freedom of association
Conditions
Three key conditions are to be met in order to request the EU Blue Card.
Non-EU citizenship
Educated or skilled
Work contract or binding job offer
Bulgaria
General
If you wish to come to Bulgaria as a highly-qualified worker, you must have a long-term visa (visa Type D) and obtain an EU Blue Card.
You must be a highly-qualified professional within the meaning of the Employment Promotion Act. Meaning that you must be qualified for the exact job you are being hired for, by having a diploma from a university or another institution of higher education, which is valid and accepted in Bulgaria. The educational course leading to the diploma must be at least three years in duration.
Procedure
Before your arrival, the employer must apply for an the approval for the issuance of an EU Blue Card at the central administration of the Employment Agency. It must be proven that the Gross wage specified in the contract is at least 1.5 times higher than the average salary in Bulgaria, according to available data for the last 12 months before the conclusion of the job contract.
Visa "type D"
Once the approval for an EU Blue Card has been given, you should apply for a visa "type D" at the Bulgarian embassy or consulate in your home country. The visa gives you the right to enter Bulgaria.
Blue Card
Once you have arrived in Bulgaria with your valid visa (in case you need a visa to enter the country), you must also obtain the EU Blue Card itself from the Migration Directorate within seven days.
You may also come to Bulgaria as a highly-qualified worker if you have lived in another EU country for at least 18 months as an EU Blue Card holder. You must apply for a Blue Card in Bulgaria at the Migration Directorate within one month of arrival |
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€ 230 |
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Veliko Tarnovo |
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