What is your nationality?

This determines which immigration path applies to you.

EU / EEA / Swiss citizen

Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Austria, Belgium, etc.

UK citizen (post-Brexit)

British passport holder

Other non-EU citizen

US, Canada, Australia, India, Brazil, Turkey, Ukraine, etc.

What will you do in Bulgaria?

Your primary activity determines the residence ground.

What did you gross in the last full calendar year?

The Digital Nomad ground asks for 50 Bulgarian minimum monthly wages, counted on the gross sum and tied to the previous calendar year. That makes it a formula rather than one figure: EUR 27,533 for a 2026 application, EUR 31,010 for 2027.

EUR 31,010 or more

Clears the threshold on either reading of the statute

Between EUR 27,533 and EUR 31,010

Clears it for a 2026 application — worth confirming before you file

Below EUR 27,533

Or I am not sure what my gross figure was

Do you want to do business in Bulgaria?

This determines whether you need a business-type residence or can use the Digital Nomad Visa.

Yes — I want to run a business or hire people in Bulgaria

Bulgarian company, local employees, Bulgarian clients

No — I work remotely for foreign clients/employer only

No Bulgarian clients, no local employees