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Fees for Bulgarian ID documents expected to soar
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The fee for a fast-track, eight-hour delivery, Bulgarian passport with biometric data possibly could go up to about 250 leva, Maria Kostadinova, head of the ID Directorate at the Interior Ministry, was quoted by Bulgarian news agency BTA as saying.
The price was no more than an estimate because new prices had not been decided yet, Kostadinova said.
According to the same estimates, the normal price for a passport would be about 50 leva and three-day turnaround would cost about 100 leva.
As reported earlier by The Sofia Echo, in April and in July 2009, the then-interior minister Mihail Mikov said that the price for a passport with 30-day delivery would be 40 to 50 leva.
Not only would new passports be more expensive, new ID cards would also increase in price, ranging from 20 leva for a normal procedure, to 100 leva for express order.
Issuing driving licences would cost between 25 and 125 leva, Bulgarian daily Dnevnik quoted Kostadinova as saying.
The new documents were more expensive, the Interior Ministry said, because photos and fingerprints is done at the place of issue.
Issuing the new ID documents was expected to start in March 2010.
The price was no more than an estimate because new prices had not been decided yet, Kostadinova said.
According to the same estimates, the normal price for a passport would be about 50 leva and three-day turnaround would cost about 100 leva.
As reported earlier by The Sofia Echo, in April and in July 2009, the then-interior minister Mihail Mikov said that the price for a passport with 30-day delivery would be 40 to 50 leva.
Not only would new passports be more expensive, new ID cards would also increase in price, ranging from 20 leva for a normal procedure, to 100 leva for express order.
Issuing driving licences would cost between 25 and 125 leva, Bulgarian daily Dnevnik quoted Kostadinova as saying.
The new documents were more expensive, the Interior Ministry said, because photos and fingerprints is done at the place of issue.
Issuing the new ID documents was expected to start in March 2010.
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they will do anything to get money from ex pats.think we are millioneirs. where would they be except for expats, they are the ones bringing in the money to build the bulgarian econamy.
dont bite the hand that feeds you.
@malteese: you are confusing residency permits and nationality.
EU law gives EU citizens right of residence, work, etc. That does not give you the right to carry another country's passport :)
@smiley & woody: I know of other EU countries, much older member states, where the same permit (residency) is an A4 printout, that you are then supposed to carry with you....
I got the same card as smiley but i only married a Bulgarian woman, i didnt provide any jobs, And they spelled certificate, (sertificate). It looks like a toy town card.
@rab If i`m not mistaken EU law states that you have right to take id card only if you live in a country for more than 6 months, and still this does not entitle you the right to vote, you can vote only for local councils and for the EU parliament election. hope it helps
If you are an EU citizen all they give you is a shitty white card with no photo and no address details. Why? Because they do not want Eu citizens to have a right to vote, because they know that means real change.
@Rab: not unless they have Bulgarian nationality.
Off the top of my head; investment in Bulgaria could earn you a residency permit, but you'd have to create a certain number of local jobs, among others.
Hope that helps.
Can people who have property in Bulgaria but do not live here permanently apply for an ID Card?
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