Certified Immigration
Document Translation

USCIS requires a complete English translation of the entire document plus a signed certification from the translator stating that the translation is complete and accurate and that the translator is competent to translate. Notarization is not generally required by USCIS itself, though some consulates ask for it. The two things that most often go wrong are an incomplete translation, where seals and marginal notes were skipped, and a certification that omits the competence statement.

In our experience the recurring causes are incomplete translation and defective certification. Reverse-side content, official seals, stamps, and handwritten marginal notations are part of the document and must appear in the translation, described where they cannot be rendered. A certificate that omits the translator's competence statement, or that is unsigned, will also draw an RFE even when the translation itself is fine.

Yes. We translate declarations, country-condition reports, news material, and medical and psychological evaluations for asylum, withholding, and humanitarian filings. This material is assigned to linguists briefed on the posture of the case and handled under strict confidentiality, because the content is frequently traumatic and the source documents are often poor-quality scans of originals obtained under difficult circumstances.

Yes. Practices with recurring filings are set up with a standing intake process and a consistent linguist team, which makes turnaround predictable rather than negotiated each time. For a specific deadline, tell us the date when you send the documents and we confirm a realistic timeline before starting, including same-week availability for many language pairs.

We translate what is legible and mark illegible passages explicitly rather than guessing. A translation that quietly invents content in an unreadable field is far more dangerous to a filing than one that flags the gap, because the discrepancy will surface later. Where the illegible portion is material, we will tell you so you can obtain a better copy before filing.

Yes, when the destination requires it. USCIS generally does not require notarization, but consulates and foreign ministries often do, and requirements vary by post. Tell us which body will receive the document and we prepare the certification, notarization, or apostille-ready package to that body's requirements rather than a generic format.

No. A machine rendering cannot carry a certificate of accuracy, which is the entire point of a certified immigration translation. Beyond the formal problem, names, places, and dates transliterated inconsistently across a document set create discrepancies that an adjudicator reads as credibility issues. This work is done by human translators and reviewed.

Yes, and that is a separate service. Translation covers documents; interpreting covers the interview or hearing. See immigration interpreter services for USCIS interviews, asylum interviews, and immigration court, and USCIS interpreting for the interview requirements specifically.

Send the documents, the target language, and the receiving body through our online form or by phone at (833) 547-7770. We confirm scope, certification format for that body, and turnaround, and provide a fixed quote before work begins. Immigration practices with ongoing volume can ask about a standing intake process.