Legalization of Diploma for Higher Education
This document belongs to group II documents.
Document issued in Bulgarian
1. Requirements for document formatting.
1.1. Signature of the holder and stamp of the university next to the photo; signatures and stamps of the dean and rector; legalized as a certified copy by a notary (the original is provided for reference).
Steps for legalization of the document and fees.
2.1. Company fee for document translation.
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.
Deadline for executing the order:
Translation – 48 hours (standard order); 24 hours (quick order); within the same day (express order).
National Center for Information and Documentation
- standard order – 6 business days
- quick order – 3 business days
- express order – 2 business days
Directorate "Consular Relations" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- standard order – 4 business days
- quick order – 2 business days
- express order – 1 business day
Document issued by a foreign country
Requirements for document formatting.
1.1. With 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 the original stamp from the foreign ministry of the respective country and a stamp from the Bulgarian embassy in the same country.
1.3. For Macedonia, Romania, Russia, and other countries with which we have bilateral relations, the document can be legalized without APOSTILLE (see question "List of countries with which Bulgaria has signed bilateral agreements").
Steps for legalization of the document and fees.
2.1. Company fee for document translation.
2.2. State fee for Notary.
2.3. Company fee for Notary.
Deadline for order fulfillment:
Translation – 48 hours (standard order); 24 hours (quick order); within the same day (express order).
Notary Public
- standard order – 2 business days
- express order – 1 business day
*Diploma (title page) and its supplement are two separate documents and thus fees are charged for both.