Document issued in Bulgaria
1. Requirements for the document format.
1.1. Original with wet stamp and signature of an official from the Registry Agency.
2. Steps for legalizing the document and fees.
2.1. Company fee for translation of the document.
2.2. State fee for the Registry Agency.
2.3. Company fee for submitting the document to the Registry Agency.
2.4. State fee for the Directorate "Consular Relations" at the MFA.
2.5. Company fee for submitting the document to the Directorate "Consular Relations" at the MFA.
Order completion time:
Translation - 48 hours (standard order); 24 hours (fast order); within the day (express order).
Registry Agency - 3 working days.
Directorate "Consular Relations" at the MFA - CR
- standard order - 4 working days;
- fast order - 2 working days;
- express order - 1 working day.
Document issued by a foreign country.
1. Requirements for the document format.
1.1. With an APOSTILLE from member states of the Hague Convention (see question "Which countries are members of the Hague Convention?").
1.2. In cases where the document comes from a country that is not a member of the Hague Convention and there is no bilateral agreement, it must be issued as an original with a wet stamp from the foreign ministry of the respective country and a stamp from the Bulgarian embassy in that country.
1.3. For Macedonia, Romania, Russia and other countries with which we have bilateral relations, the document may be legalized without an APOSTILLE (see question "List of countries with which Bulgaria has signed a bilateral agreement").
2. Steps for legalizing the document and fees.
2.1. Company fee for translation of the document.
2.2. State fee for Notary.
2.3. Company fee for Notary.
Order completion time:
Translation - 48 hours (standard order); 24 hours (fast order); within the day (express order).
Notary
- standard order - 2 working days;
- express order - 1 working day.