Certified Translation Services Derry
Derry clients use our certified translation service for Home Office applications, court filings and university admissions, with every document handled by a qualified human translator and returned as a signed, stamped PDF.
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Filing in court? Northern Ireland's courts are administered by the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service, and each court office sets its own requirements for certified translations. Check what the office, or your solicitor, has asked for before you order.
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Documents we translate for Derry clients
Birth certificates
Birth certificates registered abroad, for Derry visa, citizenship, school and passport applications.
Marriage certificates
Marriage certificates for spouse visas, name changes and register office corrections in Derry.
Death certificates
Death certificates for probate, insurance claims and estate files handled in Derry.
Divorce certificates
Divorce certificates and orders for remarriage, visa and immigration files in Derry.
Passports and ID documents
Passport bio pages and identity cards sent from Derry postcodes, for identity and right-to-work checks.
Degrees and diplomas
Degree and diploma certificates for Derry applicants, for UK ENIC statements of comparability.
Academic transcripts
Mark sheets and transcripts for Derry applicants, for university admissions and UK ENIC.
Police clearance certificates
Police clearance and criminal record certificates for Derry visa and employment files.
Court documents
Court orders, judgments and bundles for Derry proceedings, certified for filing.
Bank statements
Bank and salary statements for Derry visa, mortgage and tenancy checks.
Medical reports
Medical reports, discharge summaries and test results for Derry insurance, treatment and employment files.
All document types
Every document type we handle for Derry clients, from certificates to commercial contracts.
Can't find your specific document type?
We translate document types that are not listed here. Send us the document and we will confirm the price before you order: [email protected].
Beyond these, we translate tenancy agreements, employment contracts, company records, medical reports and name-change deeds every week for Derry clients. See pricing or request a quote.
Home Office and High Court Certified Translations
The same certification standards we apply UK-wide, delivered to clients in Derry and across County Londonderry.
Home Office & Visa Certification
Mandatory for UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) spouse visas, work permits, citizenship applications, and university registrations. Each certified dossier includes official company credentials, translator accreditation codes, and a formal signed declaration of accuracy.
- Official company stamp, translation date, and verified seal of accuracy.
- Professional translator credentials and CIOL / ITI membership details.
- Signed formal statement confirming complete fidelity to the original source text.
Court-Ready & Statement of Truth
Essential for UK County Courts, High Courts, family tribunals, and probate registries where document exhibits form binding legal evidence. The Statement of Truth is an additional certification layerAdditional Layer - Please Tell Us: A Statement of Truth sits on top of standard certification and is not issued automatically. If the translation is for HM Courts & Tribunals Service, say so at quote stage so we prepare and sign the correct declaration. on top of standard certification, prepared when you tell us the translation will be filed with HM Courts & Tribunals Service in England or Wales, or when another court asks for an equivalent signed declaration.
- Statement of Truth: Formally drawn up and signed by our accredited court translators as a separate declaration.
- Fully compliant with Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) for evidentiary courtroom submissions.
- Optional solicitor notarisation and FCDO Apostille legalisation for international proceedings.
Using this document outside the UK?
We arrange FCDO apostilles with our Express Service or Urgent Service , including notarisation where the receiving authority requires it.
Most frequently requested languages for Derry clients
These 6 languages account for most of the document work we receive from County Londonderry, but they are only a fraction of what we cover. We translate 200+ language pairs, so if yours is not listed, just ask.
Institutions we prepare documents for
- Derry City and Strabane District Council
- Ulster University's Magee campus
- the General Register Office for Northern Ireland
- the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service office serving Derry
National bodies we prepare documents for
Local coverage
We work with clients across County Londonderry, including Strabane, Limavady, Coleraine, Omagh, Magherafelt. Documents are collected by secure upload, so there is no need to travel or post originals.
Local sources & official guidance
Other locations in Northern Ireland
The same certified service, priced the same way, with the local courts and offices named on each page.
Certified translations in Derry
Derry is Northern Ireland's second city and sits on the Foyle, which means a lot of its paperwork crosses a border. Documents for Donegal employers, cross-border health arrangements and family records held on both sides of the line all arrive here, and everything is certified in the format the receiving authority has asked for rather than a generic one.
The language mix is visible in the city's own services: Derry City and Strabane District Council publishes its website in Irish, Polish, Arabic, Ukrainian, Russian, Somali, Hindi, German, Greek, Farsi and Tigrinya. That is a fair guide to what arrives at its offices, and the languages listed on this page follow the national census picture for Northern Ireland rather than a council-level figure, which the census does not publish.
Court business is different from England and Wales. Northern Ireland's courts are administered by the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service, and High Court and appeal work is heard at the Court of Judicature in Belfast, while county court and magistrates' court matters are handled through local court offices. A translation going before any of them carries the complete text, the translator's details and the date, plus a Statement of Truth where the office asks for one.
Registration work goes through the council's registration service and the General Register Office for Northern Ireland, so birth, death, marriage and civil partnership certificates are translated with the entry number and district intact. Degrees and transcripts from Ulster University's Magee campus are certified for UK ENIC, and where a document needs legalising it goes to the FCDO Legalisation Office after any required notarisation.
Need something specific? Send the document for a fixed quote.
What our clients say
Rated 4.9/5 from 314 verified reviews for Home Office applications, court-ready Statements of Truth and UK ENIC submissions.
“The Interior Ministry extract and my parents' Hebrew names were set out exactly, and the note about which name was a patronymic settled the caseworker's question.”
Yael B.
“The certified copy arrived within 24 hours and the council accepted it without a query.”
Ravi K.
“The extract came from a Republika Srpska office in Cyrillic while the rest of my file was Latin, and the translation said so instead of treating them as unrelated papers.”
Amra H.
Certified translation FAQs for Derry
Ten questions clients in County Londonderry ask before ordering a certified translation.
DHCTranslations handles certified translations for Derry and Londonderry clients remotely, and every document is prepared to the requirements of Derry City and Strabane District Council, the courts administered by the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service, and UK ENIC. Upload through the secure portal and the certified PDF comes back by email, with same-day completion available when order and payment are confirmed before 4pm on a working day.
A single certificate for a Derry client is from £40 per document. Longer files, such as a transcript from the Magee campus or a set of court statements, are costed from £0.09 per word after 400 words. You get the figure in writing before any translation begins.
Certificates can be finished the same working day when payment lands before 4pm. Notarisation adds 1–2 working days on top, and a tracked printed copy can be posted to any Derry or Strabane address if the receiving office wants paper rather than a PDF.
The certificate reproduces the place name exactly as it appears in the document being translated, so a certificate issued in Londonderry stays Londonderry. In our own correspondence we use whichever form you prefer, and both spellings lead to this page.
Court and tribunal business for Derry addresses is administered by the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service, not HMCTS, and it is dealt with through the NICTS office that holds the file. Tell us which office or solicitor is acting and the translation is prepared to that office's own requirement.
Yes, where the court or tribunal asks for one. It is an add-on rather than part of the standard certification. Say at the point of order that the document is going before a court, and the statement is prepared and charged according to what that case requires.
Yes. Birth, death, marriage and civil partnership certificates registered through Derry City and Strabane District Council, and certificates issued by the General Register Office for Northern Ireland, are translated with the entry number, district and date reproduced exactly as printed.
Yes. Strabane, Limavady, Coleraine, Omagh, Magherafelt and the rest of the north west are served remotely, with no office visit at any stage. Documents are uploaded from wherever the client is and returned by email, with tracked post available for anyone who needs a wet-signed copy.
Northern Ireland's census reports language nationally rather than by council area. Polish is the most common non-English main language at 1.1%, Lithuanian at 0.5%, and Romanian and Irish at 0.3% each. Those, together with Portuguese and Arabic, are the languages that most often reach us from Derry addresses.
Yes. Degrees, transcripts and diploma supplements from Ulster University's Magee campus are certified for UK ENIC statements of comparability, and for registration with the GMC, NMC and HCPC where a qualification was earned outside the UK. The award, classification and module credits are copied exactly.
The certification, the price and the turnaround are the same for documents sent from Derry. Start with the page that matches what you are sending:
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