Bulgarian-Georgian Translation Services in Tbilisi - Across the Black Sea to Bulgaria and the EU

Bulgarian and Georgian: the Black Sea corridor

The ferries between Poti, Batumi and Varna or Burgas, and the trucks that roll off them, carry Georgian wine, nuts and fruit into the EU and Bulgarian and European goods back, and with them a constant flow of transport, customs and trade paperwork. Georgians go to Bulgaria for work in construction, logistics, hospitality and increasingly IT, for study at Bulgarian medical universities and technical institutes, and for Bulgaria's affordable property and residence; Bulgarian companies in transport, energy, pharmaceuticals and tourism work in Georgia; and the shared Orthodox faith and Soviet-era ties keep families and institutions connected. Bulgaria's full Schengen membership from January 2025 has made its residence permits and work visas more valuable, and the flow of Georgian documents into Bulgarian offices has grown accordingly.

Bulgaria reformed its translation certification in 2018, so that translations of foreign documents are now made by translators registered with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and their signatures certified by a Bulgarian notary, replacing the old agency-based legalization; Georgia has the notarized translation. Both write civil status documents in ways the other's registrars must be able to read, and both use scripts the other does not. Our Bulgarian team at David Agmashenebeli Ave 117 - Georgian sworn translators with Bulgarian training, native Bulgarian editors and a partner registered translator in Sofia - connects the two systems.

Translation directions for Bulgarian

• Georgian → Bulgarian: удостоверения за раждане and за граждански брак, свидетелство за съдимост equivalents, diplomas and академични справки, Georgian court decisions, Public Registry extracts, medical records and contracts leaving Georgia for Bulgaria. Notarized in Tbilisi and apostilled, prepared for Bulgarian notarial certification of the translator's signature where required.
• Bulgarian → Georgian: паспорти and лични карти, свидетелства за управление на МПС, удостоверения from the ГРАО, свидетелство за съдимост, diplomas, удостоверения за актуално състояние from the Търговски регистър, учредителни актове, пълномощни, трудови договори and банкови извлечения entering the Georgian system, always notarized in Georgia. Passports and driving licenses are translated from a photo without a visit.
• Bulgarian ↔ Russian and Bulgarian ↔ English: direct translation for older documents in Russian, for Russian-speaking residents of Georgia dealing with Bulgarian authorities, and for corporate files with English-language group reporting.

Transliteration between Bulgarian Cyrillic and Georgian follows consistent rules aligned with the Latin form in Bulgarian passports, so a name is spelled the same on every document.

Which certification Bulgarian authorities accept

Details are on the notarized and certified Bulgarian translation page.

Pricing and turnaround for Bulgarian-Georgian translation

Bulgarian is priced at the standard per-page tariff (1,800 characters with spaces), with fixed prices for passports, лични карти, driving licenses, civil status certificates and short удостоверения. Work permit and NACID packets are quoted as a bundle. Notary fees, apostille state fees, Bulgarian certification and courier charges to Bulgaria are itemized separately.

• Passport, лична карта, driving license, one certificate: 1-2 hours, notarized.
• Visa D or work permit file for the embassy: same day or next day.
• NACID or university packet (diploma, академична справка): 1-3 business days.
• Contracts, учредителни актове, court files: 1-3 business days.
• Apostille on a Georgian document: add 1-5 business days.

Ordering from Tbilisi, from Bulgaria or from anywhere in Georgia

Clients in Tbilisi send a photo on WhatsApp or Viber for a quote within 15 minutes and bring the original to Agmashenebeli 117, near Marjanishvili Metro, where the translation is notarized while they wait. Passports and driving licenses are translated from the photo alone and delivered by courier, without a visit. Clients in Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna or Burgas who need a Georgian document usually have the original with family in Georgia; we collect it, translate, notarize, apostille and ship by DHL with tracking, which reaches Bulgaria in two to three days. Clients in Batumi and Poti - where the ferry traffic is - and in Kutaisi and the regions send originals by courier and receive the finished documents back while our regional offices are being renovated. Enquiries are answered in Bulgarian.

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