The consequences described here come from Art. 28 and Art. 32 of the Tax and Social Insurance Procedure Code, Art. 176 of the VAT Act and Art. 50 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The accommodation requirement in a residence application comes from the Rules for the Application of the Foreigners in the Republic of Bulgaria Act. This tool is general information as at August 2026, not advice on your file — the full explanation, with the article references, is on the registered address page.