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Moving to Bulgaria checklist: your week-by-week plan
Tick who is moving and what you are bringing. The list adapts to your family, and your ticks are saved in this browser.
How to use it
The list covers the steps nearly every family goes through. Documents from your home country come first: they are the hardest to get once you have left. The “details” links lead to our sections with amounts and sources.
The key rule: get apostilles and translations early. Without an apostille, Bulgarian offices will not accept a birth certificate or a diploma, and ordering one from Bulgaria is slow and expensive.
For information only; not legal advice. Checked: 15 October 2026.
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