Certified Translation Services San Jose
San Jose sits at the center of Silicon Valley, where employers sponsor H-1B and green card petitions year round and every degree and transcript has to read in English.
Vietnamese families in east San Jose and Mexican households around Alum Rock file registry papers of their own, while Indian engineers send transcripts and birth certificates from abroad.
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Documents we translate for San Jose clients
Immigration paperwork
H-1B and green card petition paperwork for employers filing through USCIS.
Birth certificates
Vietnamese, Mexican and Indian civil records for a passport or green card file.
Marriage certificates
Marriage books for a spouse petition begun in Santa Clara or Milpitas.
Academic transcripts
Transcripts for San Jose State, Stanford and the credential evaluators.
Court documents
Orders and exhibits for the Northern District of California, page numbers intact.
Medical reports
Hospital and clinic charts for injury attorneys and disability claim files.
Police records
Record extracts and court letters for California licensing boards.
Employment letters
Experience letters for H-1B petitions and Silicon Valley job offers.
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 Jose 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 Jose 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 Jose 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 San Jose division of the US District Court for the Northern District of California
- San Jose State University and Stanford University admissions offices
- WES and NACES member evaluators
National bodies we prepare documents for
Local coverage
We work with clients across California, including Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Milpitas, Campbell. 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 Jose
Silicon Valley employers file petitions for engineers from India, China and Vietnam all year, and each file needs a degree, a transcript and often an experience letter in English. One page a USCIS officer cannot match to the original slows the whole petition, which is why the layout is kept.
East San Jose holds the Vietnamese business district, Alum Rock holds Mexican families who file registry pages for a green card, and Indian engineers with growing families fill the blocks around Santa Clara and Sunnyvale.
Transcripts are the busiest document here. San Jose State University and Stanford University both read translated records beside an application, and the signed translator statement that travels with them gives a name, a date and our company details, which is what an admissions office and a credential evaluator check.
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 Dutch police clearance was translated for a work visa and accepted without a query.”
Bram D.
“The course codes and credits were left as the transcript gives them and the grading was set out beside each subject, which is what the university asked for.”
Sanna R.
“The karistusregistri teatis was short, but the reference and the date it was valid to both mattered, and both were exact.”
Liis M.
Certified translation FAQs for San Jose
Ten questions clients in California ask before ordering a certified translation.
Send scans of every page and name the receiving office. A price and a deadline land by email, generally within 30 minutes.
Yes. USCIS reads a degree beside a translator statement carrying a signature and a date, which is what 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) requires of the petition.
Yes. Degree certificates, mark sheets and diplomas from India, China and Taiwan keep the institution name and the award wording as printed, which WES and NACES evaluators check.
The minimum is $54 per document, and after the first 400 words the rate is $0.12 a word into English or $0.14 a word into another language.
Yes. San Jose State University and Stanford University admissions readers, plus WES and NACES evaluators, see grades and credit hours as the registrar lists them.
Petition pages confirmed by 4pm Eastern on a weekday normally return that same day, while a file that arrives later starts the next business day.
No. Scans and email cover the whole order, so clients in Cupertino, Campbell and Sunnyvale never travel. Every page must be readable.
Yes, where an employer or a court insists on paper. The USPS tracked set ships only after postage is quoted and paid, and most petitions need only the PDF.
Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Tagalog, Hindi and Farsi cover most of what arrives in San Jose, and Farsi files often come through attorneys handling family petitions.
Send the objection in writing within 90 days and the translation is corrected free, as the terms of use state for every order placed here.
The certification, the price and the turnaround are the same for documents sent from San Jose. Start with the page that matches what you are sending:
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