молба
ApplicationThe formal personal request that starts the relevant citizenship procedure. · ЗБГ, чл. 29
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Words of the process
Keep the Bulgarian term. Understand what it actually does.
A searchable bilingual glossary for the words applicants repeatedly see in portals, letters and the Citizenship Act.
Translations explain procedural function; they do not rewrite the official Bulgarian term.
молбапрепискавходящ номер (вх. №)интервюлице от български произходзадължително съгласуванеписмено становищедопълнителни документи
12core process terms
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преписка
Case fileThe administrative file that gathers the application, documents, checks and decisions.
входящ номер (вх. №)
Incoming reference numberThe authority’s receipt reference. It identifies a submission; it does not predict approval or timing.
интервю
InterviewA required personal procedural step for the application; attendance is not a promise of approval. · ЗБГ, чл. 29
лице от български произход
Person of Bulgarian originA statutory relationship proved under the Act—not a country, region, surname or self-description by itself. · ЗБГ, § 2, т. 1; чл. 15
задължително съгласуване
Mandatory inter-agency reviewThe legal review involving the Interior Ministry and State Agency for National Security before the Council stage. · ЗБГ, чл. 33
писмено становище
Written opinionAn agency’s formal assessment within coordination; it is not the presidential decree. · ЗБГ, чл. 33
допълнителни документи
Additional documentsMaterial requested to complete or verify the file. A request can pause the statutory proposal period. · ЗБГ, чл. 33
Съвет по гражданството
Citizenship CouncilThe Justice Ministry body that considers files and gives an opinion to the minister. · ЗБГ, чл. 33–34
предложение
Ministerial proposalThe minister’s procedural submission to the President; it is a stage, not citizenship or a passport date. · ЗБГ, чл. 34–35
указ
Presidential decreeThe presidential act that grants, restores, releases or deprives citizenship in the cases set by law. · ЗБГ, чл. 36
удостоверение
Citizenship certificateThe Justice Ministry document issued after the decree; collection follows the competent authority’s instructions. · ЗБГ, чл. 37
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It is the wording you may see in the Act, portal or correspondence. Translation helps you understand it without pretending to replace the official term.
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