Certified Translation Services San Diego
San Diego sits on the border, so Mexican registry pages, bilingual birth certificates and asylum declarations arrive in one week, and each needs an English version with book numbers intact.
Iraqi and Afghan families resettled in El Cajon send school and medical records, while navy and defense contractor staff need transcripts and licenses read by a credential office.
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Filing in court? Each US district court and state court sets its own requirements for a certified translation, so check what the court, or your attorney, has asked for before you order.
Prepared For Submissions To US Agencies & Credential Services
*Authority names are referenced as industry benchmarks of compliance. All official translation orders are processed directly through DHCTranslations.
Documents we translate for San Diego clients
Immigration paperwork
Asylum declarations and civil records for USCIS and removal defense.
Birth certificates
Mexican and Central American registry pages, including bilingual certificates.
Marriage certificates
Marriage books for a spouse petition filed in San Diego County.
Academic transcripts
Records for UC San Diego, San Diego State and the evaluators.
Court documents
Judgments and exhibits for the Southern District of California.
Medical reports
Clinic and hospital charts for insurers and injury attorneys.
Police records
Record extracts for immigration screening and defense contractor checks.
Professional licenses
Nursing and engineering licenses for California licensing boards.
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 San Diego clients. See pricing or request a quote.
USCIS and US Court Certified Translations
The same certification standards we apply across the United States, delivered to clients in San Diego and across California.
USCIS & Immigration Certification
Used for green card, visa, citizenship and family applications where a foreign-language document has to be filed in English. Each certified translation carries a statement signed by the translator who produced it, which is what a USCIS officer reads.
- The translator's full name, signature and the date of the translation.
- A statement that the translation is complete and accurate, with our company details.
- Every page, including stamps, seals and any reverse side, with nothing summarized.
Court-Ready Filings
For state and federal filings, depositions, judgments and exhibits where a foreign-language document is part of the record. Every court sets its own rule on the translator's declaration, so tell us the court and we prepare the wording it expects.
- Translator declaration: in the form your court requires, signed and dated as a separate page.
- Clause, paragraph and exhibit references kept to match the bundle index.
- The source pages supplied alongside, so the two versions can be compared in the filing.
Most frequently requested languages for San Diego clients
These 6 languages account for most of the document work we receive from California, 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
- USCIS
- the US District Court for the Southern District of California
- Sharp HealthCare and Scripps Health credentialing offices
- University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University admissions offices
National bodies we prepare documents for
Local coverage
We work with clients across California, including Chula Vista, El Cajon, Escondido, Oceanside, La Mesa. Documents are collected by secure upload, so there is no need to travel or post originals.
Local sources & official guidance
Other locations in West
The same certified service, priced the same way, with the local courts and offices named on each page.
Certified translations in San Diego
Every San Diego translation carries the same risk: a Mexican registry record and its English version will sit side by side in front of an officer who knows both formats. Book numbers, marginal notes and the difference between a certified copy and an original extract all have to survive the transfer.
Asylum work fills part of the docket at the Southern District of California, and the documents behind it come from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Iraq and Afghanistan. A declaration translated loosely is worse than no declaration at all.
Beyond the courts, the county runs on defense employment and tourism. Contractors at naval facilities need transcripts and licenses in English, and hospitality employers along the harbor need employment letters before payroll will move.
Need something specific? Send the document for a fixed quote.
What our clients say
Rated 4.9/5 from 314 verified reviews for USCIS submissions, court filings and credential evaluations.
“The register listed my parents' divorce on a later page, and the translator included it and explained the annotation instead of leaving it out.”
Yuki T.
“Laudatur and eximia were explained rather than translated as grades, and the admissions office could see exactly where I sat in the scale.”
Juha N.
“Needed my Syrian marriage certificate for a spouse visa. The translation included the registrar stamp and was back within 24 hours.”
Layla H.
Certified translation FAQs for San Diego
Ten questions clients in California ask before ordering a certified translation.
Send a scan of all pages and name the office receiving the file, and a fixed price comes back by email, usually inside 30 minutes.
Yes. A registro civil certificate from Chula Vista or National City keeps the book, page and marginal annotations as issued, and a seal that cannot be read is described instead.
Yes. Certified translations we have issued have been accepted by USCIS and the US courts, and no rejection over certification has been reported.
Orders begin at $54 per document, then $0.12 per word into English and $0.14 per word out of English once 400 words are passed.
Yes. Families resettled in El Cajon send Afghan school cards, taskeras and medical files, and Dari and Pashto are placed with translators even though Farsi is what this page lists.
Yes. Declarations, identity documents and country exhibits are translated so a judge and an interpreter can follow the same page order in court.
A file confirmed before 4pm Eastern on a weekday is usually returned the same day, which is early afternoon in San Diego.
Yes. Contractors and navy civilian offices ask for diplomas and licenses in English before a badge is issued, and the certified statement names the translator and the date.
Yes. Tagalog transcripts, birth certificates and employment letters from Chula Vista and National City are common, and names are reproduced exactly as printed on the original.
Send the written objection and the wording is revised at no charge within 90 days, which is what the published terms promise.
The certification, the price and the turnaround are the same for documents sent from San Diego. Start with the page that matches what you are sending:
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