Where to get an apostille in Bulgaria: competent authority and Apostille Convention status

Source: HCCH, Convention 12 status table and competent authority pageRetrieved 5 November 2026Independent information site: we are not the Hague Conference, nor an apostille authority, nor the source of the data.

Bulgaria is a party to the Apostille Convention, in force since 29 April 2001 (accession). HCCH lists as competent authority: The Ministry of Justice; The National Center for Information and Documentation; The regional administrations; The Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Convention

Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (HCCH Convention No. 12)

Status

Contracting Party in the HCCH status table

Type

Accession (A)

Ratification, accession or succession, as printed

1-VIII-2000

Entry into force (EIF), as printed

29-IV-2001 (29 April 2001)

Competent authority (Art. 6), as printed by HCCH

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.

HCCH competent authority page

Bulgaria - Competent Authorities (Art. 6) (page last updated 02 September 2025)

Region (UN M49)

Europe, Eastern Europe

Sources

HCCH status table, Convention 12, retrieved 5 November 2026; HCCH competent authorities of Bulgaria, retrieved 5 November 2026; UN M49 regions