Dutch Translation Services
DHCTranslations translates Dutch documents in the US, and the surname is where most Dutch files go wrong: the small word between the given name and the family name is part of the name, and how it is capitalized decides whether a US system finds the person. A document costs $54, statement and PDF included.
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Dutch documents we translate for US files
Birth certificate
The birth entry from the municipality where the birth happened, with its register and reference.
Population register extract
The extract of residence, naming everyone at the address and the municipality holding the record.
Marriage certificate
The marriage entry, with the registrar, the witnesses and any note added to the margin since.
Death certificate
The death entry, with the informant, the recorded cause and the office that issued the extract.
Police clearance
The conduct certificate from the screening authority, with its reference and the date it was issued.
Diploma
A diploma from any of the Dutch tiers, with the institution, the field and the year of award.
Grade list
The grade list or diploma supplement, course by course, with the Dutch scale explained in a note.
School certificate
A school leaving certificate from the Dutch system, with the subjects, the marks and the level stated.
Court and sworn papers
A court order, a declaration or a power of attorney, with the case reference and the parties as printed.
Medical records
Clinic letters, operation notes and vaccination records, with a Dutch diagnosis written out in full.
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What a certified Dutch translation costs
Certified translations start at $54 per document: from $0.12 per word after the first 400 words into English, and from $0.14 per word for English into another language, with some pairs quoted higher.
Certification is the translator's signed statement, and it is included in the price.
A translation for USCIS, a US court or a US university is certified by the translator's signed statement, and nothing further is added to the quote.
$54
From, per document
$0.12+
Per word after 400, into English
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What a certified Dutch translation is checked for
A US reader meets a Dutch certificate as an English page and a seal they cannot read. Two decisions therefore have to be made visible on the certificate rather than left in the translation: which form of the surname was used, and which register the extract came from.
What the certification includes
- Signed statement of accuracy: the translator's name, signature and date, their CIOL or ITI membership number, our company stamp and our contact details.
- The particle is placed, then explained: the surname is written the way the passport writes it, the Dutch form is shown beside it, and the certificate states which part of the name is the family name.
- The register is named: an extract of birth and an extract of residence are different documents, so the certificate names which register the page came from and which municipality holds it.
- Certified PDF: the certified file is emailed at no extra cost, which is what a US filing accepts. A printed set can be arranged if a receiving body insists on paper, and is quoted per order.
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The word in the middle of the surname
Dutch family names carry a particle - van, de, der, ten - that belongs to the surname but is written in lower case in Dutch and often capitalized in English. Alphabetize it one way and the family sorts under V; do it the other and it sorts under D. A US filing that needs to match a passport has to pick one and hold it, and the record itself will not tell a reader which is wanted.
Birth certificate
- On the Dutch document
- geboorteakte
- Issued by
- the municipality where the birth took place
Population register extract
- On the Dutch document
- uittreksel uit de BRP
- Issued by
- the municipality where the person is registered
Marriage certificate
- On the Dutch document
- huwelijksakte
- Issued by
- the municipality that registered the marriage
Police clearance
- On the Dutch document
- verklaring omtrent het gedrag
- Issued by
- the screening authority, not the police station
Diploma
- On the Dutch document
- diploma
- Issued by
- the institution that awarded it
Grade list
- On the Dutch document
- cijferlijst
- Issued by
- the school or the institution
Three things sit behind a Dutch certificate. It is held by the municipality where the event happened, so a family living elsewhere has to ask the place of birth rather than the town hall down the road, and an extract from the register of residence is a different document that proves a different thing. Older extracts still carry the name of the register that was replaced in 2010, and both names are translated as printed. And the multilingual extracts some municipalities issue already carry an English column - useful, but it is a form field rather than a translation, with no translator named and no statement attached.
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.
“A handwritten reference was transcribed and certified within 24 hours.”
Aisha B.
“Degree certificate and transcripts were translated for a professional registration and accepted first time.”
Sanjay P.
The certification, the price and the turnaround are the same for Dutch documents sent from anywhere in the United States. Start with the page that matches what you need:
Frequently asked questions
DHCTranslations handles Dutch documents in the US, including municipal birth entries, register extracts and diplomas from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname, and each translation carries a statement signed by the translator who produced it.
In Dutch it is lower case in the middle of a name and capitalized at the start of one. What matters for a US filing is that one form is used throughout and matches the passport, so the translation follows the passport and notes the Dutch form beside it.
DHCTranslations charges $54 for a document up to 400 words, then $0.12 per word into English or $0.14 from English into Dutch. Statement and PDF are part of that price, not added to it.
The one where the birth took place, not the one where the family lives now. The register belongs to the place of the event, and an extract from the town of residence is a different paper proving a different fact.
No. The multilingual extract is a form with fixed fields, and it names no translator and carries no statement. A US agency asks for a translation with a signed statement, so the column is useful but does not substitute for one.
It is the number the Dutch state uses to identify one person across its records, and it appears on extracts and letters alike. It is reproduced digit for digit, because it is the field a reader uses to tie two papers to the same individual.
The language is shared and the document names differ, so a Belgian record may be titled differently from a Dutch one for the same event. The translation uses the wording printed and states which country issued it.
USCIS wants the complete text and a translator's signed statement, which every order carries. Send the extract as issued rather than a typed copy, since the register reference is what a reader uses to trace the entry.
The diploma and the grade list are translated with every course and mark intact, and DHCTranslations adds a note on the Dutch scale so the evaluator places the qualification rather than a translator.
Yes. DHCTranslations charges $0.14 per word from English into Dutch, written by a native speaker rather than converted from Afrikaans or German.
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