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How to legalize a Bulgarian educational document?

Educational documents are Diplomas and Higher Education Applications, Diplomas of Secondary Education, Certificate for Enrollment, Certificate for Graduation, Academic Transcript and many other documents related to the degrees of the Bulgarian education system. These types of documents are issued by educational institutions that are accredited by the Ministry of Education and Science (see question: Which are the higher education institutions accredited by the Ministry of Education and Science?).

Documents can be legalized as an original or a notarized copy. Legalization is carried out by the National Center for Information and Documentation, and the translation is certified by the Consular Relations Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

There are also educational documents that are issued by institutions that are not accredited by the Ministry of Education and Science. Such documents may be a Certificate of Qualification, a Language Certificate, etc.

This type of educational documents is legalized as a notarized copy by the Ministry of Justice and the translation is certified by the Consular Relations Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Further information can be found in the questions for each document.


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Translator from Spanish to Bulgarian

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Which countries are members of the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents?

MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE CONVENTION ON THE ABOLITION THE REQUIREMENT OF LEGALIZATION FOR FOREIGN PUBLIC ACTS /signed at The Hague on 5 October 1961/ A Albania Andorra Antigua and ...

Simultaneous interpretation

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Which Bulgarian institutions can affix an Apostille?

The administrations that can affix the Apostille in the Republic of Bulgaria are the Consular Relations Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the regional administrations in the Republic of ...

Legalization of the Cash Flow Statement (Direct Method)

This document belongs to group III documents. Document issued in Bulgaria. 1. Requirements for formatting the document. 1.1. Certified transcript (copy) prepared by a notary or original ...

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The company's mission is to provide document translation and legalization services throughout the country. For this, the company has launched a nationwide network of representative offices. In ...

Legalization of a Declaration (notarized)

This documents belongs to group III documents. Document issued in Bulgaria 1. Requirements for the document’s format: 1.1. The original must contain notarized certification of the ...

Legalization of a Protocol for Medical Treatment Abroad

This document belongs to Group IV documents. Document issued in Bulgaria 1. Requirements for the format of the document 1.1. Certified copy issued by a notary. 2. Steps for legalization ...

Which are the higher education institutions accredited by the Ministry of Education?

Archive of the Register of Accredited Higher Education Institutions as of 1 June 2017. 1. Agricultural University – Plovdiv 2. Academy of the Ministry of Interior – Sofia 3. Academy of Music, ...

Legalization of Academic Transcript

This document belongs to group II or III (when the education is in the medical or technical field). Document issued in Bulgaria 1. Requirements for the document's format: 1.1. Outgoing ...

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