It concerns marriage between Bulgarian citizen and foreigner. Once the marriage is fact and if there is a marriage certificate issued from the country where the marriage was conducted, the spouses have 6 months to register the marriage in Bulgaria.

The foreign marriage certificate should be legalized and, in particular cases, provided with an apostil issued under The Hague Apostil Convention. After legalization is made, the documents must be translated by a licensed translator into Bulgarian language and should be registered in the local Bulgarian Municipality on the Bulgarian permanent address of one of the spouses. A couple of documents are accompanied the marriage certificate as per the local legal requirements.

The Bulgarian marriage certificate should be obtained from the local Municipality on the address of one of the spouses.

If the spouses are not able to do this personally, they could authorize a Bulgarian representative as for that purpose they have to provide the Bulgarian representative / lawyer with a notary verified Power of attorney.

Respectively, in case of divorce granted in another country, the ex -spouse could recognize the court ruling in the local municipality on his or her permanent address in Bulgaria. For that purpose the ex-spouse must translate the court ruling into Bulgarian language using the services of licensed translation agency as well as the court ruling has to be attached with the respective Apostil.

If the ex- spouse is not able to register the divorce in Bulgaria personally, he or she could authorize a Bulgarian representative as for that purpose he or she must provide the Bulgarian representative /lawyer with a notary verified Power of attorney.

 

“Valova and Angelova” law firm