long-stay residence permit — other member of the household of a foreigner under art. 23a(3), or their private domestic helper (Foreigners Act, art. 24(1)(14))
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | разрешение за продължително пребиваване по чл. 24, ал. 1, т. 14 от ЗЧРБ as of 2026-08-25[1] |
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| Official name (English) | long-stay residence permit — other member of the household of a foreigner under art. 23a(3), or their private domestic helper (Foreigners Act, art. 24(1)(14)) as of 2026-08-25[1] Translation. |
| Legal basis | Закон за чужденците в Република България, чл. 24, ал. 1, т. 14 as of 2026-08-25[1] |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-08-25[1] |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA as of 2026-08-25[1] |
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| Criminal-record condition | Yes as of 2026-08-25[1] ЗЧРБ чл. 24, ал. 2 as reproduced by the register: foreigners aged 18 and over, other than stateless persons with status in Bulgaria, produce a criminal-record or police-registration certificate issued under the law of the state of nationality, of origin or of habitual residence, at first application. |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | up to 1 year as of 2026-08-25[2] ЗЧРБ чл. 23, ал. 1, т. 2: продължително residence is 'with a permitted term of up to one year, save in the cases provided for in this Act'. The register prices the permit in two bands, up to 6 months and up to 1 year. |
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| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-08-25[1] The register's filing rule — no later than 14 days before the permitted stay expires — presupposes extension. |
| Work rights | none as of 2026-08-25[3] ЗТМТМ чл. 8, ал. 1, т. 2 lists чл. 24, ал. 1, т. 14 among the grounds whose holders have no right of access to the labour market. This is a sourced negative. It is worth stating plainly because one of the two categories on this ground is a private domestic helper, whose occupation the permit does not thereby open to the labour market generally. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Not established from a qualifying source |
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Requirements
| Who can sponsor | specific permits as of 2026-08-25[1] |
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| Eligible relations | other dependent as of 2026-08-25[1] The register: other members of the household of a foreigner under чл. 23а, ал. 3, or their private domestic helpers. The document list asks for a birth certificate and for a declaration and other information on the existence of circumstances of de facto extra-marital cohabitation, which suggests the ground also carries unmarried partners; that reading is not asserted here. |
| Sponsor income requirement | Recorded at the source, but not reducible to a single value as of 2026-08-25[1] |
| Sponsor accommodation requirement | Yes as of 2026-08-25[1] ЗЧРБ чл. 24, ал. 2 as reproduced by the register. |
Process
| Where to apply from | in-country only as of 2026-08-25[1] The register: filed in person no later than 14 days before the permitted stay or the type D visa expires. |
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| Statutory processing time | up to 14 days as of 2026-08-25[1] Register: up to 14 days from filing, extendable by one month. |
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Physical presence
| none stated | to keep the permit as of 2026-08-25[1] |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Not established from a qualifying source This is itself the family route. |
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Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 3 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 3 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2026-08-25 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-25 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-26 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Разрешаване на продължително пребиваване на чужденци — информация за предоставяне на услуга
Администрация на Министерския съвет — Административен регистър (ИИСДА) · official guidance · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-25 - [2] Закон за чужденците в Република България (консолидиран текст)
Министерство на иновациите и растежа (публикуван текст на закона) · statute · Tier 1 · Published 2022-03-18 · Accessed 2026-08-25 · Amended by bg-dv-zid-zchrb-52-2025 - [3] Закон за трудовата миграция и трудовата мобилност (консолидиран текст, PDF)
Министерство на труда и социалната политика · statute · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-25