Законопроект за изменение на Закона за българското гражданство, № 47-202-01-2, с мотиви и Решение № 12 на Министерския съвет от 14 януари 2022 г. (Government bill to amend the Bulgarian Citizenship Act, with explanatory memorandum)

Bill file 47-202-01-2 sent to the National Assembly (cover letter dated '18.01.2021', evidently 2022; Council of Ministers Decision No. 12 of 14 Jan 2022; draft law; motives). Draft: repeal arts. 12a and 14a, related amendments, and a transitional rule that pending applications be decided under the old rules (the law as adopted instead terminated them). Motives: Commission report of 23 Jan 2019; residence periods before naturalisation (5 years art. 12a, 1 year art. 14a, 3 years for the investor's spouse) while investors stayed only days or weeks; most applicants held government securities or trust deposits over BGN 1 million, raised to BGN 2 million, often sold before naturalisation; checks hindered by bank and tax secrecy; the 2019 government bill and Parliament's 2021 choice to keep the scheme with more control; Commission letter of June 2021; no budget impact. The annexes listed (impact assessment, consultation reports) are not in this file. No statistics. Bill approval was already an event; residence periods, the BGN 1 million thresholds and three dated events now added.