Okay, this is not easy to explain, but I will try my best to go around this. I am Canadian and seeking to go Bulgaria, now I learned a few stuff today through the Bulgarian Embassy In Canada. Well the person refered me to the mfa.bg website for details etc, now there's only 3 types of visas.. well really "2", but short stay and long-stay, now for a canadian, you do not need the short stay, as it's already given, andthat goes for americans aswell. Now that woman that answers, not to mention she got irritated pretty quickly (because apparently, I'm the ignorant one) as for I keep trying to understand what can I do to get to bg and stay more than 3 months, marrying my fiance, etc. Now she says apply for visa d to all my questions.
Now what is Visa D... Visa D simply put - is your over 3 months stay visa - Working visa and Student Visa. There is no travel visa for BG, for xyz reason. Fine, ok, only way you can get a visa, is you prove your student enrollment / have a company that sponsors you - Understandable. Great, but what if I Want to apply after the 3 months, ok to apply 3 for anything after 3 months period, you must come back to canada, issue the visa... pay for it, and get informed after.
Is there a way around this - well depends what you want to do. Work be a student or work freelance but a company has to accept you, Ok fine - again great.. but what I'm trying to tell her is... IS THERE A WAY AROUND COMING BACK HERE! - answer is no.. I Said why.. how come no. In france ( i was there last year ) people can apply for residency, because in theory... yes we say whatever we want to say on websites... BUT IN PRACTICE, stuff are different.. I finally blew up on her, because then she says no its practice.. I said ok fine thank you bye.
She also says, you cant work there even within 3 months period
and you can't apply for resident permit until you have a visa D
...... WELL guess again - another blog what'S a blog.. it's far better then the embassy site. this is what it is, why ? because it's real F****** people that lived stuff. This is my take on all this, I'm furious....
http://www.expatforum.com/articles/visa … ation.html
this is the site...
Scroll mid way (slightly above the mid point) Voila... CAN I GET FEEDBACKS HERE........ seems to me, you can work... within ur 3 months stay.. and apply for permanent residency, and further more... if you get married you can stay even more than 3 months(this is something I learned somewhere else) - as 3 months is your deadline for everything. ( I heard you can stay and do your papers there ) -She says no, you ahve to come back here - This is not true, - from what I understand - if i get married there, I Can remain there. NOW CAN I GET INFORMATION pls. Sorry for the caps.
If I rent an appartment - can this be counted for after an extention... etc, basically I'm saying is there a loop of basically something I Will already be doing - which ismoving there - working with a company - (if I cant get a work permit until then) and if i cant work with a company, work on my website - and freelance ; get married with my fiance - find a job there through NEA (sofia) (National Employment Agency) something I can use for my benefit for remaining longer - We all know practice is not theory and in practice it's 10x easier.
Voila Hope I Was able to catch some attention, as this is very serious. Thank you for reading. Please post your visions , experiences, whatever you find out. Thank you.
Regards,
Germain