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Passport Services
The Embassy of India in Sofia provides passport services to Indian nationals who are ordinarily resident in Bulgaria and Macedonia including issue of:
- New Passport
- Duplicate Passport
- Passport to Minor below the age of 18
- Emergency Certificate
- Passport Renewal
- Change of Name after Marriage
- Change of any other particulars
- Change in appearance
Passports are usually issued with validity for 10 years after completion of required formalities. In respect of children up to the age of 18 years passports are issued for period of 5 years or eighteen years of age whichever is earlier.
Short validity passports i.e. for a period of 1 year are issued in the case of genuine urgency. However, the validity of such passports can be extended up to 10 years from the date of issue after due formalities without any charge.
*NEW CENTRALISED INDIAN PASSPORT PRINTING SYSTEM
Introduction of Machine Readable Passports by Government of India
In accordance with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) guidelines, Government of India has introduced Machine Readable Passports (MRPs) in all passports offices in India and Embassies abroad. Embassy of India, Sofia (Bulgaria) has also introduced MRPs w.e.f. 26th August, 2007.
As the issuance of MRPs involve uploading of data, photograph, signature etc. to the central website and the passports are printed at the centralized printing unit of the Ministry of External Affairs, Delhi and then couriered to the Embassy, all the passport seeking applicants are hereby advised to apply for their passports well in advance as it may take Ministry upto 10 days to dispatch the passport from the date of approval of the passport by the Mission. Therefore, after the launch of the project on 26th August, 2007, this Embassy would not issue any hand written passport except in emergency cases.
All the passport applicants are required to register and apply online at the following site: https://passport.gov.in. After filling up details, a web file number and application form shall be generated and can be printed by the applicant. In case applicants are unable to get the printout of the filled-up form due to any reason, the same can be printed later by entering web file number and date of birth. The printed application from along with required documents and fee should be submitted at the Embassy.
(Note: The online registration is not yet made available, on the above website. However, till this option is made available on the website by the Ministry, the applicants can apply with manually filled-up forms).
Download Application Form for Indian Passport  pdf
Download Application Form for Miscellaneous Services on Indian Passport pdf
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Attestations
All documents for attestation have to be duly certified by the Directorate of Consular Relations of the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Consular/Passport Services Fees (for Indian citizens)
The current consular/passport services fees applicable to an Indian Passport holder. The services fees are subject to change without notice.
| Category of Service |
Fee [Leva] |
| Issue of new passport |
100.00 |
| Reissue of Passport |
100.00 |
| Renewal of Passport (Extension of Short Validity Passport to normal period of ten years) |
GRATIS |
| Issue of passport with 60 pages |
125.00 |
| Child passport valid for 5 years or 18 years of age whichever is earlier |
63.00 |
| Issue of duplicate passport in lieu of lost, stolen damaged or/and destroyed passport |
315.00 |
| Issue of Certificate for a Person's Identity |
30.00 |
| Additional Endorsement or other miscellaneous. services |
25.00 |
| Emergency Certificate (Also renewal of ECs) |
13.00 |
| ECNR services on passports |
25.00 |
| Registration of Birth of Indian citizens and Certified copy of an entry into the Register |
50.00 |
| For each affidavit sworn/affirmed before Consular Officer |
50.00 |
| Attestation of civil document (affidavits, educational degrees, sponsorship certificates, marriage, wills, POAs |
25.00 |
| For issuing a document rqd. By Foreign authority for grant of Residence permit |
50.00 |
| Attestation of affidavits/documents pertaining to sale, purchase, POA, mortgage, transfer, gift, etc., of real Estate or moveable Properties or issue of document by Consular Officer pertaining To such matters |
50.00 |
| Any other consular services not covered (10 to 12) above |
50.00 |
| Attestation of commercial document (pertaining to exports from India to a foreign country) |
50.00 |
| Attestation of commercial document (pertaining to exports from foreign country into India) |
125.00 |
| Marriage Fee (all inclusive) |
125.00 |
| Attestation of pension papers, life certificate, declaration of Pay or Pension |
GRATIS |
Passport application forms can be collected free of charge form the Embassy or downloaded from the link given above.
Fee once accepted is not refundable.
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