The public documents are acknowledged abroad if they are legalized. Such documents are issued by state institutions.

The Hague Convention provides for a unified method of formalizing a certain category of documents (public documents) intended for use abroad – by placing on the document itself or in an annex to it a special certificate – an apostille.

For countries with which the Republic of Bulgaria has signed bilateral legal assistance agreements the document only requires a translation into Bulgarian and certification of the translation by a Notary.

Legalization and certification requests can be submitted:

• online via our website contact form
• via email
• by giving us a phone call during business hours

For more information visit our Legalization page.