Certified Translation Services Washington DC
Law firms, federal agencies and nonprofits in Washington DC handle immigration and human rights casework, and the documents behind each file arrive in Amharic, Spanish, French or Vietnamese.
Ethiopian and Eritrean households along U Street and in Silver Spring file their own papers, while Central American families in Mount Pleasant and Columbia Heights send registry records.
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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 Washington DC clients
Immigration paperwork
Asylum declarations and country evidence for filings prepared in Washington DC.
Birth certificates
Salvadoran, Guatemalan and Ethiopian registry pages for a green card or passport filing.
Marriage certificates
Marriage books for a spouse petition coming out of Silver Spring or Alexandria.
Court documents
Judgments and exhibits for the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
Academic transcripts
Records for George Washington, American University and the evaluators.
Police records
Record extracts and prosecutor letters for immigration and asylum screening.
Medical reports
Clinic reports for asylum medical evaluations and disability claims.
Employment letters
Reference letters for visa petitions, embassies and international organizations.
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 Washington DC 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 Washington DC and across District of Columbia.
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 Washington DC clients
These 6 languages account for most of the document work we receive from District of Columbia, 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 District of Columbia
- George Washington University and American University admissions offices
- WES and NACES member evaluators
National bodies we prepare documents for
Local coverage
We work with clients across District of Columbia, including Arlington, Alexandria, Bethesda, Silver Spring, Rockville. Documents are collected by secure upload, so there is no need to travel or post originals.
Local sources & official guidance
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The same certified service, priced the same way, with the local courts and offices named on each page.
Certified translations in Washington DC
The documents that move through Washington DC come from law firms, nonprofits and federal agencies rather than factories. An asylum declaration, an expert report or a country conditions exhibit often runs to many pages, and the whole set needs English with page numbers that match the original.
Spanish is spoken in Mount Pleasant and Columbia Heights, Amharic along U Street and in Silver Spring, with French from West African embassies and Vietnamese, Chinese and Arabic across the outer suburbs toward Rockville and Fairfax.
A Washington DC order closes with the same signed translator statement every time: a translator name, a date and our company details, printed on the English pages. Firms filing in the District of Columbia federal court and caseworkers filing with USCIS keep that page on record.
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 livret de famille pages were translated for our spouse visa and returned the same day.”
Julien M.
“The zaświadczenie o niekaralności was translated for a work visa and accepted without a query.”
Piotr M.
“My matriculation marks were translated with the subject names intact, and the university could compare them without asking for a syllabus.”
Kyaw S.
Certified translation FAQs for Washington DC
Ten questions clients in District of Columbia ask before ordering a certified translation.
Send clear scans of each page and identify the office that receives the file. A fixed price and a delivery date are emailed back, usually in under 30 minutes.
Yes, provided the translator statement is signed and dated, which is what 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) asks for and what every Washington DC order includes.
Yes. Amharic and Tigrinya papers from households along U Street and in Silver Spring are read by translators who work in both scripts.
Each document is $54 minimum. Beyond the first 400 words the rate is $0.12 a word into English and $0.14 a word into another language.
Yes. Salvadoran and Guatemalan birth certificates and marriage books from Mount Pleasant and Columbia Heights keep dates exactly as the registry records them.
Usually yes. Work confirmed by 4pm Eastern on a weekday goes back the same day as a PDF, and a later start moves to the next business day.
No. The order runs on scans and email, so clients in Bethesda, Rockville and Takoma Park never cross into the District. Pages must be legible.
Yes, where a firm or an agency insists on paper. Postage on the USPS tracked set is quoted before payment, and most filings need only the PDF.
Yes. George Washington University and American University admissions readers see course names, grades and credit hours as the school records them.
A written question inside 90 days brings a free correction, and the terms of use spell out that promise for every order placed here.
The certification, the price and the turnaround are the same for documents sent from Washington DC. Start with the page that matches what you are sending:
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