《领事馆》可以或不可以做的事情

 

What can the consular officials abroad do for you: 

1、 Provide you with the latest information for your travel.

2、 Provide you with basic information about your rights and the conditions of residence, work, education, social and medical care in the respective foreign country.

3、 Receive applications filed by Bulgarian citizens, under the established procedure, for issuance of new Bulgarian identity documents, namely identity card, passport, driving license, and issuance of a temporary passport in case you do not have a valid travel document due to damage, theft or loss of your regular international passport.

4、 Issue temporary travel documents for EU citizens.

5、 Issue Temporary Passport of a Foreigner for Return to The Republic of Bulgaria to foreign citizens who have the humanitarian status of residence in Bulgaria and who have, for some reason, lost their foreign travel document.  

6、 Verify and validate a signature, content of a document or a copy of a document.

7、 Prepare a notarial will.

8、 Serve as a civil status officer and issue civil status documents such as birth certificate, marriage certificate and death certificate.

9、 Forward the civil status documents drawn up by local authorities to the municipality of your permanent residence in Bulgaria.

10、 Accept documents related to Bulgarian citizenship issues and forward them, according to competence, to the Ministry of Justice.

11、 Assist the Bulgarian citizens in matters relating to proof of their right of succession in the host country by contacting the administrative authorities concerned and requesting the official information available. 

12、 Assist the Bulgarian citizens, victims of crime abroad, by promptly informing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and their families.

13、In the event of an accident, serious illness or death - inform your relatives and provide any assistance.

14、 In caseof arrest - notify your relatives and assist them to visit you in prison; in case of your express desire - to visit you in prison; urge the local authorities to appoint a defender and an interpreter for you, to respect your fundamental human rights and treat you the same way as they treat the citizens of the host country.

15、 Establishcontactwith the local police and request information in cases where Bulgarian citizens abroad have been kidnapped or are considered missing.

16、 Assist inthe search of inheritance from abroad through the authorities of the country concerned.

17、Assistin case of unforeseen circumstances such as natural disasters, terrorist acts or military conflict.