Bulgaria: notarial and documentary services

Overview

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Services we provide in Bulgaria

We accept online payments by Visa and MasterCard. We will e-mail you a payment link after receiving your documents.

• make a certified copy of a document
• unite documents
• prepare a document in English or the local language
• provide information about legalising a document

We will advise by e-mail for the documents for each individual service. Make sure you have acceptable proof of address and identity, and ability to pay the relevant fees by credit or debit card online. See the full list of consular fees.

What documents you will need to provide

What you will need to provide:

Payment

For all notarial services you will need to provide acceptable proof of your identity and address.

Proof of address and identity

PDF, 599 KB, 2 pages All the information notes available for download can be issued with a signature and stamp if this is what the local authorities require. This service is for customers who require confirmation that the signature, seal or stamp on a document is genuine. It does not certify the authenticity of a document or give approval of its content. UK public documents can be legalised by the Legalisation Office.

Make a certified copy of a document

We accept passports or national identity cards as proof of identity. Consular staff in Bulgaria can:

Unite documents

Consular staff in Bulgaria can: Consular staff in Bulgaria can:

Legalise a document

This service is offered only in combination with making a certified copy of a document if your document is more than one page long.

Download information notes

This service joins documents together using ribbon and a seal and is usually only needed for legal reasons.

This service is for customers who need certified photocopies of British passports, Home Office registration/naturalisation certificates, UK educational documents (only those that have been issued in the UK by a recognised institution and are listed on the Legalisation Office website), British driving licences (both the plastic card and paper document are required) and British divorce decrees.

We no longer witness life certificates for British nationals claiming a British pension abroad. Please refer to the list of people working in a recognised profession who can do this for you.

What you will need to provide:

Other services we provide

Services provided elsewhere

We have produced the following information notes (also known as standard letters) that you can download free of charge to present to local authorities:

Data protection

We accept Bulgarian ID cards or residence permits, utility bills and bank statements (received by post, not printed off websites) as proof of your address.

Disclaimer

This information is provided as a general guide and is based upon information provided to the embassy by the relevant authorities and may be subject to change at any time with little or no notice. Accordingly the FCDO and the British embassy will not be liable for any inaccuracies in this information. For all notarial and legalisation services it is the responsibility of the customer to ascertain the precise requirements of the person requesting the notarial or legalisation service and to satisfy themselves that the service provided by the embassy will be accepted.

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