Melssa

Melssa is a practical handbook for moving to and living in Bulgaria, written in English with versions in German, Russian, Spanish, Hebrew and Bulgarian. It has 111 sourced guides on residence permits and visas, the 10% flat tax, banking, property, cost of living, healthcare, housing and the country's cities, plus day trips such as Rila Monastery and the Seven Rila Lakes.

Five calculators use the 2026 figures: a residency wizard that suggests a permit track from six questions, a tax calculator that compares working as an employee, a freelancer or through an EOOD company, a salary calculator with the full employer cost, an EOOD cost estimator and a cost-of-living budget in euros. The site also has a map of place guides, a Sofia neighborhood map, news for foreigners, a register of official numbers, official forms explained field by field, a community Q&A and a curated directory of English-speaking lawyers, accountants and translators, which it says is not paid placement.

Guides are written from official sources, list them, and show their last update date. The site shows advertising. It gives general information, not legal, tax or immigration advice.