APPLY FOR A BALKAN HERITAGE PROJECT

Thank you for your interest in Balkan Heritage (BH) projects! Please read carefully before you consider applying!

You are applying to join a project, which is operating in a culturally diverse country under conditions, which will likely be quite different from those to which you are accustomed to in your home country.

The minimum length of stay is specified in the "BH projects" section of this website. There is no limit for projects and project sessions you may apply for.

HOW TO APPLY and WHAT FOLLOWS?

1. Fill in the Online Application Form below!
This is the only way to apply. After submission of your application form you will receive a notice confirming the receipt from our admission officer. If you don’t have it in your mailbox, then your application probably didn’t arrive, or the e-mail you specified is either wrong or inaccessible, so you should contact us for clarification. Balkan Heritage will consider your application and let you know about the decision within two weeks. If you are admitted to one or several BH projects/project sessions, you will receive by e-mail: 1.) the BH admission notification (as an e-mail text) and 2.) the Balkan Heritage Attendance Agreement as a PDF file.

2. Contract your participation!
You should confirm or cancel your participation by e-mail within the period of three weeks following the date, when the Balkan Heritage admission notification was sent. In case of confirmation, you should:
1.Complete the required participant’s data in the Balkan Heritage Attendance Agreement!
2.Print on paper and sign two copies of the completed document, and then scan it!
3.Transfer an advance payment (between 30% to 40% of the admission fee depending on the project type) to the Balkan Heritage bank account, specified in the document (this amount is refundable, except an administrative fee of 150 EUR)! Scan the bank receipt!
4.Send a registered letter to the BH postal address, containing the following documents: one of Agreement’s hardcopies filled and signed and the original bank receipt! The date on the postal receipt should not exceed the three-week period following the admission’s date!
5.Send by e-mail all scanned copies of: the Attendance Agreement filled and signed by you, the bank receipt and the postal receipt, proving that the hard copies of the documents specified above have been sent to the BH office! The e-mail with the attachments should be sent in the three-week period following the admission’s date!

3. Arrange your trip!
* Don't forget to apply for your passport now if you do not presently have one! EU citizens don’t need passports, but only ID card to enter Bulgaria and Macedonia! This is not the case, if the EU citizen travels transit across any non-EU member state.
* Please leave a copy of your passport and flight tickets with a family member who knows how to use a fax or email. In case you loose it, note that Embassies are getting rigid about who and why they give new passports to. So, they will ask that a family member send them a copy.
* In case you need visa for Bulgaria/Macedonia (Refer to the List in the bottom!), start the visa issue procedure a.s.a.p. after the receipt of Balkan Heritage admission notification! You will receive an official Balkan Heritage invitation letter as well as the Bulgarian/Macedonian Embassy in Your country will be informed about your purpose of stay.
* Book your flight as early as possible!
* Read carefully the Balkan Heritage info-sheet in order to get prepared for your stay and fieldwork in Southeastern Europe!

APPLICATION FORM
Before filling the application form, please check the dates and codes of the project/s and project session/s you would like to apply for! If you need any assistance how to fill the application form or have further questions on application procedure, do not hesitate to contact us using our e-mail: BHFS.ADMISSIONS@GMAIL.COM!
1. Specify project code
(You may apply for one project with one application form! If applying for more than one project, please fill this form as many times as many projects you would like to apply for!):

2. If applying for a project including several sessions specify session’s number (all sessions are numbered in project section)!

LEAVE THIS BOX EMPTY, IF YOU APPLY FOR A PROJECT WITH ONLY ONE SESSION!

- If you apply for one session only, specify your first choice, and then if you have a second or a third preference, specify them in brackets as follows:
1 (2,3) or ANY
- If you apply for more than one project sessions, please specify number of session(s) you would like to attend as follows:
1,2,3…or ALL.

3. Surname:
4. Name:
5. Birthdate and birthplace:
6. Citizenship:
7. Sex:
8. Mother tongue:
9. Other languages spoken:
10. Contact details
(address, phone/s,*Cell phone, E-mail, skype):
* Mandatory. Check carefully whether your cell phone number and e-mail address are correctly filled!
11. Occupation:
12. Educational background:
(Please don't forget to specify the name of your current/last academic institution, if any!)
13. Interests/hobbies:
14. Previous experience (field or lab work, participation in excavations, expeditions or any kind of projects related to cultural heritage):
15. Please describe with max. 100 words your motivation to participate in the project:
16. Special requirements (food, medical, religious etc. BH shall not be responsible to meet any requirements, that are not specified here!):
17. How did you find about Balkan Heritage? Please, specify the source/s!

18. Are you either Balkan Heritage alumni or member of Archaeological Institute of America?




 
BULGARIA – VISA REGIME

Holders of valid ordinary passports from the following countries do not need a visa to visit Bulgaria for up to 90 days within each period of six months:

Albania*, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Bahamas, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina*, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China - special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao, China-Taipei**, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Macedonia*, Malta, Mauritius, Montenegro*, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Republic of Korea, Romania, San Marino, Serbia*, Seychelles, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, Uruguay, the Vatican, Venezuela.

* Visas are waived only for citizens of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro holding biometric passports. Holders of the old type of passports will not be exempt from the visa requirement. Issuance of short-stay visas will continue in respect of such citizens in accordance with the hitherto applicable procedure.The exemption from the visa regime shall not be applicable to holders of Serbian passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate.

** Visa exemption is applicable only for holders of ordinary passports, which include an ID card number.

Important notice: No visa shall be required where a member of an EU citizen’s family who is not an EU citizen holds a residence card issued by a Member State of the European Union and is accompanying or joining the EU citizen[ZL1] .

All holders of passports from countries not mentioned in the list above, need visas to enter Bulgaria.

MACEDONIA - VISA REGIME

Holders of valid ordinary passports from the following countries do not need a visa to visit Republic of Macedonia for up to 90 days:

Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Botswana, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Holy See, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Monte Negro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Saint Kitts and Nevis, San Marino, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey, USA, UK and Northern Ireland, Uruguay, Venezuela.

All holders of passports from countries not mentioned in the list above, need visa to enter Macedonia.