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British Embassy outreach events in Bulgaria

The British Embassy in Sofia regularly holds events across Bulgaria to update UK nationals on living and working in Bulgaria.

From:
British Embassy Sofia
Published
23 November 2018
Last updated
24 November 2020 — See all updates
This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

The British Embassy in Sofia has been holding meetings across Bulgaria to update UK nationals working and living in the country and answering their questions regarding developments after 31 January 2020.

If you are unclear about current residency requirements in Bulgaria, or how you will be affected after 31 January 2020, come along to one of our upcoming events to ask the questions that most concern you.

  • the meetings are free and open to all interested UK nationals

  • please note that you must register in advance in order to attend this event and bring your ticket and a photo ID with you. You can find more information about the event on your ticket after registering

  • if you know any UK nationals who might be interested in attending, please share this page with them

  • the meetings will start with a short introduction to update you on latest developments and will be followed by a Q&A session

In our team’s continuous effort to reach as many UK expats in Bulgaria as possible, we will be announcing further outreach meetings on this page.

Upcoming events

There are currently no scheduled upcoming events. Please, check this page regularly.

Past events

  • online - 18 March 2021
  • online - 27 November 2020
  • online - 28 October 2020
  • Varna - 27 February 2020
  • Plovdiv - 20 January 2020
  • Dobrich - 7 October 2019
  • Stara Zagora - 3 October 2019
  • Yambol - 2 October 2019
  • Targovishte - 20 September 2019
  • Veliko Tarnovo - 19 September 2019
  • Haskovo - 5 February 2019
  • Vratsa - 29 January 2019
  • Vidin - 28 January 2019
  • Bansko - 28 January 2019
  • Samokov - 16 January 2019
  • Sofia - 10 December 2018
  • Yambol - 5 December 2018
  • Burgas - 4 December 2018
  • Varna - 29 November 2018
  • Veliko Tarnovo - 15 November 2018
  • Sofia - 12 July 2018
  • Varna - 22 May 2018
  • Ruse - 23 April 2018
  • Bansko - 14 March 2018
  • Veliko Tarnovo - 21 February 2018
  • Burgas - 9 February 2018

If you have attended one of the abovementioned events but have not already done so, we would appreciate your feedback here.

More information for UK nationals living in Bulgaria is available on our Living in Bulgaria guide. This includes practical information like access to healthcare, getting a document legalised, lists of lawyers and how to vote abroad.

You can receive email alerts whenever the guide is updated by signing up here.

Keeping informed checklist

✔ sign up to the Living in Bulgaria guide email alerts

✔ follow us on Facebook and Twitter

✔ sign up to email alerts about the transition period

For questions concerning your rights as a UK national in Bulgaria, you can contact us here.

Updates to this page

Published 23 November 2018
Last updated 24 November 2020 + show all updates

  1. New outreach event added.

  2. We have added a new outreach event for UK nationals living in Bulgaria.

  3. Upcoming event in Plovdiv removed and moved to past events.

  4. New outreach event added.

  5. New events and dates added

  6. Two new outreach events as part of our autumn round of meetings for the British diaspora in Bulgaria.

  7. New locations for outreach events added.

  8. Registration link for Bansko event added.

  9. Registration for Samokov outreach event added.

  10. New meeting locations announced and registrations for past events removed.

  11. First published.

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