Bulgaria Relaxes Rules For Highly-Skilled Non-EU Workers

Responding to an increased demand for highly-skilled labour - particularly in the software development industry - Bulgaria is simplifying rules and procedures around the hiring of non-EU citizens.

Responding to an increased demand for highly-skilled labour in some sectors – particularly the software development industry - Bulgaria is looking to simplify rules and procedures around the hiring of non-EU citizens.

Recent changes

The first simplification step took place at the end of last year when Bulgarian Minister of Labour and Social Policy, Ivaylo Kalfin (the Minister), was allowed to introduce a list of professions for which a relaxed EU Blue Card issuance procedure would apply. The list was approved and published in January 2016 and covers several professions/positions from the IT sector: