Bulgarian Consular Official Abroad Civil Marriage : mfa.bg

Organization : Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
Facility : Bulgarian Consular Official Abroad Civil Marriage
Country : Bulgaria
Website : https://www.mfa.bg/en/services-travel/consular-services/consular-services-abroad/civil-status

How To Enter Into Civil Marriage Before Bulgarian Consular Official Abroad?

Bulgarian citizens can enter into marriage abroad before a Bulgarian consular official.

Related / Similar Facility : Register a Bulgarian Children Birth Born in Abroad

Note:
** Marriage between Bulgarian citizens can be entered into abroad before a Bulgarian diplomatic or consular representative if the host country’s law allows this.

** Each Bulgarian national wishing to conclude marriage abroad, before a Bulgarian diplomatic or consular representative, is advised to inform the consular officer about the presence of still another nationality apart from his/her Bulgarian nationality.

** Failure to inform the consul about the presence of another nationality, apart from the Bulgarian, on behalf of the persons wishing to conclude marriage abroad, can result in non-recognition of the marriage and respectively– in creating problems for its registration in the foreign state, whose citizen is also the respective Bulgarian national wishing to conclude marriage.

** Before planning marriage abroad before a diplomatic or consular representative every Bulgarian citizen shall refer to a consular official who shall provide information as to the eligibility of such marriage in the country of residence.

** Before fulfilling the procedure of entering into marriage in a Bulgarian diplomatic or consular representation, those who wish to enter into marriage shall have the following documents which shall be submitted to the consular official:

** Medical certificate;
** Birth certificate;
** Identity document – of the future spouses and the witnesses;
** Marital status certificate issued by the municipality of the permanent address in the Republic of Bulgaria.
** Declarations that the people fill in before the marriage ceremony.

** Those who want to enter into marriage abroad before a Bulgarian diplomatic or consular representative must contact the Bulgarian representation which sets date and time for the marriage ceremony.

** In addition the people must be informed by the consular official about any additional documents that shall be submitted in line with the Bulgarian or foreign law as well as the law of a third country, if necessary.

Registration in Bulgaria of Bulgarian Citizens’ Civil Marriages Contracted Abroad

Citizens of the Republic of Bulgaria residing abroad are under the obligation to bring or send to the Bulgarian diplomatic or consular mission in the relevant country, within six months after a local civil registry authority draws up a civil marriage certificate, a certified copy or excerpt of the document, together with an application indicating their permanent address in Bulgaria.

Alternatively, citizens may bring the legalised civil marriage certificate directly to the relevant Bulgarian municipality. The civil marriage certificate shall be accompanied by a certified translation into Bulgarian made by a Bulgarian diplomatic or consular mission or by a translation company wherewith the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria has concluded a contract.

If the document is issued in a state wherewith Bulgaria has not concluded a legal assistance treaty explicitly waiving the requirement for legalisation, the document shall be legalised through an apostille certification in accordance with Hague Convention No. 12 or certified through a stamp of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the relevant state, which shall then be certified by the Bulgarian diplomatic or consular mission in that country.

A local civil marriage certificate does not need to be legalised if issued in a state wherewith the Republic of Bulgaria has concluded a legal assistance treaty explicitly waiving the requirement for legalisation.

The signature of the Bulgarian translator is certified by a Bulgarian notary. The municipality where the civil marriage contracted abroad is to be registered shall be the municipality where the permanent address of the spouse who is a Bulgarian citizen is; in case both spouses are Bulgarian citizens, that shall be the municipality where the husband’s permanent address is.

You can find detailed information on the states which are parties to the Convention, as well as on each country’s authorities issuing apostilles, on the following website: www.hcch.net