{"id":2796,"date":"2026-01-13T11:16:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T11:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bulgaria\/?p=2796"},"modified":"2026-01-13T11:16:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T11:16:45","slug":"legal-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bulgaria\/2026\/01\/13\/legal-assistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Please kindly note that from 1 January 2026, the legal aid office of the Helsinki Committee is closed for reception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may receive free legal assistance at the <strong>Bureau for Information and Services for Third Country Nationals<\/strong> at bul. \u201cHristo Botev\u201d 111, (tel.: + 359 879 651 046; +359 88 2 66 00 56):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Every second Tuesday: from <strong>Foundation Access to Rights (FAR)<\/strong> \u2013 10:30 to 13:00 (<strong>if you have already received international or temporary protection)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Every Thursday: from <strong>Centre for Legal Aid \u2013 Voice in Bulgaria<\/strong> \u2013 10:30 to 12:30 <strong>(if you are an applicant for international protection)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that the organizations listed above may limit the provision of free legal assistance to vulnerable persons and make it conditional on the applicant\u2019s financial means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can obtain more information regarding the international and temporary protection procedure in Bulgaria, as well as your rights upon recognition, as well as available support services on UNHCR\u2019s Help page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to reach out to UNHCR Bulgaria directly you can either:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fill out our <a href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.activityinfo.org%2Fc%2Fc5su6uxmejxyv6k1kpi%2Febc2ac&amp;data=05%7C02%7Csultanas%40unhcr.org%7Cec24fb24057c4900993f08de4d0643a9%7Ce5c37981666441348a0c6543d2af80be%7C0%7C0%7C639032886453207374%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=cr6ZkKyq%2FyRe6%2F6mq%2BPq%2Fm1EdcwxOIBGDo9MBjB2npI%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Feedback &amp; Complaint form<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Send us an email at <a href=\"mailto:bulsoprt@unhcr.org\">bulsoprt@unhcr.org<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Write to us on WhatsApp\/Telegram\/Viber at +359 88 544 0599<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please kindly note that from 1 January 2026, the legal aid office of the Helsinki Committee is closed for reception. You may receive free legal assistance at the Bureau for Information and Services for Third Country Nationals at bul. \u201cHristo Botev\u201d 111, (tel.: + 359 879 651 046; +359 88 2 66 00 56): Please [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":560,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bulgaria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bulgaria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bulgaria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bulgaria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/560"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bulgaria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bulgaria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2797,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bulgaria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2796\/revisions\/2797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bulgaria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bulgaria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/bulgaria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}