As of May 2004, some 14,000 Macedonians had applied for a Bulgarian citizenship on the grounds of Bulgarian origin and 4,000 of them had already received their Bulgarian passports.
Fram till maj 2004 hade 14 000 makedonier sökt bulgariskt medborgarskap med motivering att de hade bulgariska anor och 4 000 av dessa har redan beviljats medborgarskap.