29.09.2022

WHAT IS A PERMANENT ADDRESS?

According to the Civil Registration Act, a person's address is the unique description of where they live or where they receive their correspondence. The address in Bulgaria necessarily consists of the name of the district, the municipality and the settlement. An address is something very important because it is related to many things in a person's life - receiving subpoenas, tax notices, obtaining identification documents, voting in elections, health status and medical care, employment and many others.

Every person is obliged to declare in writing his permanent and current address. The two addresses may match. They are important for the so-called address registration, which is reflected in the population registers and in the National Database "Population". It is carried out by municipalities and town halls.

And here we come to the specifics related to a person's permanent address. It is in the locality that everyone chooses to be registered with. It is always on the territory of Bulgaria, unlike the current one, which can also be abroad under certain rules. The permanent address is primary and each person can only have one. It fits into the identity card. However, in the application for issuing an identity card or international passport, as well as when submitting a tax return, both addresses are indicated - permanent and current.

The permanent address is declared by submitting an application by the relevant person to the Municipal Administration or to the offices of the Ministry of the Interior under the Law on Bulgarian Identity Documents. The application is made in person, and exceptionally - by an authorized person after presenting a notarized express power of attorney. For minors and persons placed under interdiction, the application is made by their legal representatives.

If someone wants or needs to change their permanent address, they must submit a special application to the municipality or town hall where the person chooses to be entered in the population registers. That is, if he moves from Varna to Sofia, he must go to the relevant district in the capital, where he will live, and submit an application.

For the change, he must carry an identity document, a copy of a document proving the ownership or use of the property - a title document. In the case of registration on the basis of a rental agreement, evidence of the use of the property for residential purposes should be provided, e.g. a certificate of declared data from a local tax and fee office. There must also be a declaration of written consent of the owner - when the applicant is not the owner. It is signed personally by the owner in front of the official or submitted with a notarized signature.

When the permanent address changes, the change is reported through the National Database "Population" to the municipality of the previous permanent address of the municipality in which the current address is located, and to the Ministry of the Interior through ESGRAON. This is done ex officio.

After changing the permanent address in the municipality or the town hall, the relevant citizen must change his identity card by applying to the passport services of the Ministry of the Interior. The identity card is changed within one month from the submission of the application for change of permanent address.