Language	Типови	Standard	Profile	Specialized
	Police Clearance Certificate, Municipal certificates (Birth, Marriage, Marital Status, Name Identity, Permanent Address Certificates, etc.)	Diplomas, Academic transcripts, Official certificates, Certificates from the Registry Agency, Powers of attorney, Certificates, Statements, Financial reports, etc.	Legal, Economic, Financial: (Court decisions, title documents, articles of association, statements of claim, etc.)	Medical reports, technical documentation
English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian	8	10	11	14
Greek, Ukrainian, Romanian, Moldavian, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Macedonian language norm, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Portuguese, Turkish	12	13	14	18
Dutch, Slovenian, Albanian, Catalan	14	15	16	20
Hungarian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Estonian,	17	18	20	22
Arabic, Lithuanian, Latvian, Armenian, Georgian, Hebrew	25	25	27	30
Finnish, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, Hindi, Persian, Kyrgyz, Urdu, Farsi	35	35	40	Negotiable

*Quick translations: + 30 %

*Express translations: + 60 %

*The above prices are final, without charging VAT

 

Foreigndocuments to be used in the Republic of There are three categories of foreign document legalization:

A) foreign documents from countries that have signed the Hague Convention of 1961, with which Bulgaria has signed a Legal Aid Agreement. No Apostille is required for such countries

List of Countries: From Europe (in alphabetical order) – Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Ukraine, Hungary, France, Croatia, Montenegro and the Czech Republic.

From Asia: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Vietnam, DPRK, Georgia, Mongolia and Uzbekistan.

From North America: Cuba

The legalization of documents from such countries is easiest to implement. The only requirement is that the documents are presented in the original, certified with a “wet seal” and a signature. It should be noted that the documents must be issued by state institutions, official bodies or be notarized in the relevant country.

B) Foreign documents from countries that have signed the Hague Convention of 1961. An Apostille is required.

C) Foreign documents from countries that have not signed the Hague Convention.

These include all other countries with which Bulgaria has no legal aid agreement and which do not issue Apostilles.

If the documents cannot be provided with an Apostille, to produce effect on the territory of Bulgaria, they must be certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the issuing state and then certified by the Bulgarian diplomatic or consular representation in that country or accredited for it (the nearest neighboring state where the Republic of Bulgaria has a Consular Office).

 

Document type	Regular service Price in BGN	Term in business days	Quick service Price in BGN	Term in business days	Express service	Term in business days
Foreign documents with /without an Apostille	25	4	32,50	2	45	The same day

* These prices apply only to legalization. The translation is charged separately depending on the number of translation standard pages, the language group and the deadline.

 

Bulgarian documents intended to be used abroad

There are two categories of legalizations for Bulgarian documents intended to be used abroad:

A) Countries with which Bulgariahas signed a legal aid agreement.They do not require an Apostille.

The exemption from the obligation to place an Apostille on documents intended for these countries does not mean that the documents do not go through a legalization procedure. It is carried out by authenticating the translator’s signature with a stamp / sticker placed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Generally speaking, the legalization contains one or two endorsements on the translation and the original document attached together, and depending on country of destination, they are certified with or without an Apostille but always with authentication of the translator’s signature.

B) Any other countries

Whether they are intended to be used in Hague Convention countries (Apostille issuers) or non-Hague Convention countries (not issuing an Apostille), all Bulgarian documents must be legalized by two validations (authentication of the translator’s signature and an Apostille placement).

The Bulgarian bodies responsible for Apostille placement on Bulgarian public acts are the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Center for Information and Documentation (validating educational documents).

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs places an Apostille on all municipal documents, documents issued by ministries and state agencies such as NRA, NSSI, MoI, MD, bank documents and others. Before an Apostille is placed the documents need to be certified with a rectangular seal by the relevant issuing authority

Model Apostille issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Ministry of Justice places an apostille on all court documents, such as powers of attorney, declarations, decisions (including divorce ones), notary deeds, official certificates, evidence of professional qualifications, etc.

NACID places an Apostille on all educational documents for secondary and higher education. 

Document type	Regular service Price in BGN		Term in business days	Quick service Price in BGN		Term in business days	Express service		Term in business days
Municipal documents	Without an Apostille	With an Apostille		Without an Apostille	With an Apostille		Without an Apostille	With an Apostille
Birth, Marriage, Marital Status certificate, etc.	33	48	4	40,50	63	2	58	88	The same day

 

* The prices quoted refer to the complete service (translation of a document from the first language group and legalization with an Apostille)

* The prices are in Bulgarian Leva.

 

 

Document type	Regular service Price in BGN	Term in business days	Quick service Price in BGN	Term in business days	Express service	Term in business days
Academic documents
Diplomas, Appendices and Academic transcripts	45	9	55	6	85	3

 

Court documents
Police Clearance Certificate, Decisions, Statements, Powers of Attorney, Title Documents, etc.	43	7	51	5	63	3	95
	33 without an Apostille	4 without an Apostille	41 without an Apostille	2 without an Apostille	57 without an Apostille	Same day

* The prices above refer to legalization only. The translation is charged separately depending on the number of translation standard pages, the language group and the deadline.

Document type	Regular service Price in BGN	Term in business days	Quick service Price in BGN	Term in business days	Express service	Term in business days
Company documents (issued by the Registry Agency)
Certificate of Good Standing, Insolvency Certificate/ Winding-up, etc.	40	4	55	2	75	1
	25 without an Apostille	4 without an Apostille	32,50 without an Apostille	2 without an Apostille	45 without an Apostille	1

 

Document type	Regular service Price in BGN		Term in business days	Quick service Price in BGN		Term in business days	Express service		Term in business days
Documents from the NRA/ NSSI	Without an Apostille	With an Apostille		Without an Apostille	With an Apostille		Without an Apostille	With an Apostille
Certificate of liabilities, declared data,  paid taxes, VAT registration, pension and  length of service	25	40	4	32,5	55	2	50	80	The same day

 

Language	Consecutive	Simultaneous
English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian	BGN 50	Negotiable
Greek, Ukrainian, Romanian, Moldavian, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Macedonian language norm, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Portuguese, Turkish	BGN 60	Negotiable

* Prices refer to a one hour translation. Discounts are available for longer translation services.