Police Clearance Certificate Translation
The certificate translated as issued, with the search period, the result, the issuing authority and the seal, so a reader can see what was searched as well as what was found. A certificate that records nothing is translated to say exactly that. From $54 per document.
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For USCIS, US courts, WES, ECFMG and CGFNS.
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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.
What a Police Clearance Translation Has to State
The value of the document is in its scope, so the period covered and the authority that ran the search are translated before the result. A reader who cannot see the period cannot tell what the certificate proves.
What the translation covers
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The Search Period: the dates the check covers, since a clearance covering one year is not the same document as one covering a lifetime.
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The Result: translated as written, including the wording a country uses when nothing is recorded, rather than the single word none on its own.
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The Authority: the police service, ministry or registry that issued the certificate, with its stamp and the officer's signature described in place.
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Identifying Details: the name, date of birth, nationality and any reference number, carried across exactly so the certificate can be matched to a passport.
Before you order
What the receiving office needs is usually a recent certificate, so check the date before ordering.
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Validity: certificates are often accepted only within a set period of issue, and translating an old one does not refresh it for a new filing.
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Adoption: a home study asks for clearances from every country an applicant has lived in, and each one is a separate document with its own search period.
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No Record: a certificate stating that nothing was found is translated in full, because the absence is the whole point of the document.
Send the certificate with its seal and every page of the printout, since some authorities issue a cover sheet with it.
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From a Clearance Certificate to a Filed Translation
The period and the result are read together, then translated and signed.
Send the certificate
Photograph every page of the certificate, cover sheet included, and say which office or agency asked for it.
- Every page, seal included
- The agency or board asking
- The date it was issued
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Receive the certificate as issued
The translation keeps the layout of the certificate, so the search period and the result are found where the issuing authority put them.
- The certificate in its own layout
- Signed translator statement
- The result stated as written
Documents Filed With a Police Clearance
Passport and ID Documents
The passport the certificate has to be matched against by name and number.
Immigration Documents
The immigration bundle a clearance is usually filed inside.
Court Documents
Court dispositions, where a record has to be explained rather than cleared.
All Document Services
Everything else we translate, in one list by receiving office.
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].
Most frequently requested languages we translate
These are the languages our clients ask for most often, but they are only a fraction of what we cover. We translate 200+ language pairs, so if yours is not listed, just ask.
What our clients say
Rated 4.9/5 from 314 verified reviews for USCIS submissions, court filings and credential evaluations.
“The 1971 page was a photocopy of a photocopy, and the household was still matched line by line against the names on the certificate.”
Kaushik S.
“The clearance came back with the reference and issue date clear, and the visa application went through without a request for a newer one.”
Nadeesha F.
“The grading and the credit system were explained in the translation, and the admissions office did not come back asking for a comparability statement.”
Sara B.
Frequently asked questions
DHCTranslations translates police clearance and criminal record certificates from a New York base for USCIS filings, adoption home studies and licensing boards, with a signed statement of accuracy attached.
A certificate of up to 400 words is $54 at DHCTranslations, with $0.12 per word into English beyond that. A record that runs to several pages is priced on the whole document and quoted before payment.
USCIS asks for a complete translation and a signed statement under 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3), which accompanies every order here, and DHCTranslations documents have been filed in support of petitions. The decision rests with the officer.
That sentence is translated in full, in the words the issuing authority used. A translation that reduces it to the word none loses the scope of the search, which is what the reader is checking.
Yes. The dates the search covers are translated before the result, because a clearance for the last twelve months means something different from one covering a whole life.
It can, and the issue date is translated as printed so the reader can see how old it is. Whether an old certificate is accepted is the receiving office's rule, not ours.
Every page is translated, including a cover letter and any page recording fingerprints, since an incomplete bundle is what causes a request for the missing pages.
Each certificate is a separate document in a separate language, so each is translated on its own and the set is quoted together with one statement covering the lot.
A one-page certificate approved before 4pm ET is usually sent the same day, and a multi-page record takes about one business day. The date in the quote is an estimate we hold to.
A clearance states whether a record exists, while a disposition states what a court decided in a case. Where both are filed, the court page covers the second document.
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