Apostille in Bulgaria for use abroad
Documents issued in Bulgaria – certificates, diplomas, court and notarial documents, company papers – are apostilled by Bulgaria’s designated authority and then accepted in 130 Convention countries. We organise the apostille, the translation and the delivery wherever you are.
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Designated competent authority (Art. 6)
- The Ministry of Justice - for acts of the courts and notaries;
- The National Center for Information and Documentation - for educational and certification documents, issued by the higher schools, by the institutions in the system of pre-school, school and vocational education and training and by the Ministry of Education and Science and its units;
- The regional administrations - for documents issued by the mayors and the municipal administrations;
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs - for all other acts.
- 1Upload a scanWe pre-check it and confirm the route
- 2Verify with your phoneID + selfie, ~3 minutes, then your quote
- 3We obtain the apostilleCompetent authority + sworn translation
- 4DeliveredCourier worldwide or protected download
An apostille can only be issued in the country where the document was issued. For a document from Bulgaria that means Bulgaria’s designated authority; no other country can apostille it. We coordinate the submission in Bulgaria, the notary reviews your application first, and the document is returned with the apostille – by courier or, where Bulgaria issues electronic apostilles, as a verified PDF.
Typical requests from Bulgaria concern family matters, property and pensions. EU member: civil-status documents travel without apostille; diplomas, powers of attorney and company documents still need it, with Bulgarian translations by a licensed translator.
Authority fee: 5 BGN/2,56 € E-Register: https://apostil.mjs.bg/ApostilleEN.aspx Additional information: No electronic apostilles are issued. The apostilles are placed on the documents, then scanned and transferred to the electronic register, where they can be checked. (official fee, passed through 1:1 in your quote)
- apostil.mjs.bg
- iisda.government.bg
- apostil.mjs.bg
- apostille.bg
Where an apostille from Bulgaria is not enough
No Contracting State has an objection in force against Bulgaria: the apostille is accepted in every other Convention country. Non-Convention countries (UAE, Qatar, Egypt, Iraq …) still require consular legalisation.
- Bulgaria → United StatesApostille
- Bulgaria → United KingdomApostille
- Bulgaria → GermanyApostille
- Bulgaria → FranceApostille
- Bulgaria → SpainApostille
- Bulgaria → ItalyApostille
- Bulgaria → NetherlandsApostille
- Bulgaria → TürkiyeApostille
- Bulgaria → United Arab EmiratesLegalisation required
- Bulgaria → CanadaApostille
- Bulgaria → AustraliaApostille
- Bulgaria → SwitzerlandApostille
Documents we apostille from Bulgaria
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Apostille in Bulgaria: questions
Under Article 6 of the Convention Bulgaria has designated: The Ministry of Justice - for acts of the courts and notaries;; The National Center for Information and Documentation - for educational and certification documents, issued by the higher schools, by the institutions in the system of pre-school, school and vocational education and training and by the Ministry of Education and Science and its units;; The regional administrations - for documents issued by the mayors and the municipal administrations;; The Ministry of Foreign Affairs - for all other acts.. The notary reviews your application and we route the document to the right office.
In every other Contracting State – no objection is in force against Bulgaria. Non-Convention countries (for example the UAE, Qatar, Egypt) still need consular legalisation.
The authority’s fee listed with the HCCH: 5 BGN/2,56 € E-Register: https://apostil.mjs.bg/ApostilleEN.aspx Additional information: No electronic apostilles are issued. The apostilles are placed on the documents, then scanned and transferred to the electronic register, where they can be checked.. Official fees are passed through 1:1 and shown separately from Notaryzer’s service fee in your written quote; nothing is charged before you accept.
The apostille itself is standardised and accepted without translation. The document is in Bulgarian; most recipients abroad want a sworn or certified translation into their language, which we add in the same order.
The Convention has been in force for Bulgaria since April 29, 2001.
Apostille for documents from Bulgaria
Competent authority, translation and worldwide delivery in one request, quoted before you pay.
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