Document issued in Bulgaria
1. Requirements for the document format.
1.1. On the official MoE form with series and number; registration number and date; blank fields must be crossed out with dashes; there must be no corrections or abbreviations; signature of the director and stamp of the school.
2. Steps for document legalization and fees.
2.1. Company fee for translation of the document.
2.2. State fee for the National Center for Information and Documentation.
2.3. Company fee for submitting the document to the National Center for Information and Documentation.
2.4. State fee for the Directorate "Consular Relations" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2.5. Company fee for submitting the document to the Directorate "Consular Relations" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Order fulfillment time:
Translation - 48 hours (standard order); 24 hours (fast order); within the day (express order).
National Center for Information and Documentation
- standard order - 6 working days;
- fast order - 3 working days;
- express order - 2 working days.
Directorate "Consular Relations" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 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 countries that are members 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 seal from the foreign ministry of the respective country and a seal from the Embassy of Bulgaria in the given country.
1.3. For Macedonia, Romania, Russia, and other countries with which we have bilateral relations, the document can be legalized without an APOSTILLE (see question "List of countries with which Bulgaria has a signed bilateral agreement").
2. Steps for document legalization and fees.
2.1. Company fee for translation of the document.
2.2. State fee for a Notary.
2.3. Company fee for a Notary.
Order fulfillment 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.