Route confirmed: Чл. 13, ал. 1, т. 1 (marriage, 5+ yrs to a Bulgarian citizen); independently qualify under Чл. 12 as well (10 yrs permanent residence).
Official document checklist obtained in person at Ministry of Justice, Slavyanska 1 (На основание чл. 13, чл. 13а и чл. 14).
Birth certificate: original + notarised Bulgarian translation done. No apostille needed (confirmed via official checklist — Reg. EU 2016/1191).
Marriage certificate — confirmed NOT required (married in Bulgaria, automatic check via Regix).
Document proving name change — confirmed NOT required (no name changes).
Document releasing from Slovak citizenship — confirmed NOT required (EU citizen + spouse of Bulgarian citizen, double exemption).
НАП contribution history obtained (Справка за осигурителен доход №839, via portal.nra.bg with ПИК).
Slovak criminal record obtained from Slovak Embassy Sofia — no apostille needed. Missing wording ("за целите на производството по българското гражданство") — asked directly, may be accepted as-is; will confirm at the interview rather than reissuing.
Applied at Migration Directorate for continuous permanent-residence certificate (current card issued 2023 alone doesn't show full 10-yr history).
Application form (Приложение № 1, citing Чл. 13, ал. 1, т. 1) drafted.
Language exam application (Приложение № 1 to Наредба № 5) drafted, incl. education field (PhD Classical Archaeology, Trnava University, 19 June 2012) — submitting at Институт по образованието, Цариградско шосе 125, бл. 5, стая 209.
Служебна бележка from employer — obtained.
Slovak passport checked — valid until 2033, no renewal needed.
Translate Slovak criminal record into Bulgarian (Adamanty) — timing depends on interview outcome re: purpose wording.
Autobiography (short signed statement).
Declaration (Приложение № 4 и 4а)
State fee: 511,29 EUR
Should be applicable automatically - but lets keep it a task - go to interview
Review documents
Passport-format photo.
Slovak ID card renewal — in progress via embassy.
Bulgarian criminal record — get same week as submission (~6mo validity, do last).
Prosecutor's certificate (no pending proceedings) — get 2–3 weeks before submission (~6mo validity).
Medical certificate ×2 (ЛКК) — get in final month before submission (~3–6mo validity).
Confirm whether appointment (запись на час) is needed, or walk-in as EU citizen suffices.
Resolve НАЦИД document recognition (apostille question on the Slovak school diploma) — call and ask about the bilateral treaty route first.
4. History & genealogyin progress
50% from the doc2/6 steps
2 of 6 steps done · 4 open
Active research on two lines: Бандров (Rельово, BG) and Kovalik / Vlčák (Dlhé Pole, Podbiel, SK).
Gramps running on the NAS.
Build a coherent, shareable family tree; networking; history podcast/learning.
Define what "accessible" means and publish it (Gramps web export, or a written narrative).
Find the way to use AI to research
Create tasks
5. Financial plansstarted
25% from the doc4/7 steps
4 of 7 steps done · 3 open
Monthly investing into iShares MSCI World SRI UCITS ETF (SUSW, IE00BYX2JD69) has begun. EUR accumulating, TER 0.20%, ~370 holdings, full physical replication.
Reconcile the original €1,000/month × 15 years goal with the house-first plan and the pension target.
Decide the split between house fund and ETF contributions.
Set the actual monthly contribution and automate it.
Have 20 000 € savings saved till end of the year
Move pension fund to DSK
Have 5000 invested
6. No alcoholpartial
50% from the doc2/3 steps
2 of 3 steps done · 1 open
Consumption is somewhat limited rather than zero.
Decide whether the goal is genuinely zero or "reduced" — a goal that is neither is hard to track.
Each week - checkpoints
7. Regular physical trainingsplanning
25% from the doc1/6 steps
1 of 6 steps done · 5 open
Baseline measured: ~4,100 steps/day average over the last 30 days.
Establish an actual routine (currently just planning).
Start yoga.
Pick one fixed weekly anchor (e.g. the South Park running route, two mornings a week) rather than designing a full programme.
Start gym
Plan fitness
8. Preppingnot started
33% from the doc1/3 steps
1 of 3 steps done · 2 open
PAW reference page exists in Notion.
Supplies & tools, water, power generation, garden, digital data backup, Morse code / radiotechnics.
Migrate the PAW page into AFFiNE so it stops living only in Notion.
9. Guitarnot started
0% from the doc0/1 steps
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Acquire a silent guitar and restart practice.
10. Language schoolnot started
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Revise Greek, Polish, German; Latin and ancient Greek; build a subtitle app for language learning; networking.
Each language in separated goal and split to subgoals, app and plan
11. Socialnot started
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Review interactions; have one social interaction a week; networking.