Certified Translation Services Columbus
Columbus holds one of the largest Somali communities in the country, and the immigration filings and school records that come from those households need English before an office acts.
Nepali and Bhutanese families on the east side add their own paperwork, while insurance and logistics employers send contract and employment letters in Arabic, Spanish or Chinese.
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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 Columbus clients
Immigration paperwork
Asylum and adjustment filings for Columbus clients, with every page translated.
Birth certificates
Somali registry pages and refugee travel documents for a green card file.
Marriage certificates
Marriage books for a spouse petition filed from Dublin or Westerville.
Academic transcripts
High school and university records for Ohio State and the evaluators.
Court documents
Judgments and hearing exhibits for the Southern District of Ohio.
Medical reports
Clinic and hospital charts for insurers and disability hearings in Columbus.
Police records
Record extracts and police letters for immigration screening and licensing.
Employment letters
Insurance and logistics reference letters for visa petitions and 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 Columbus 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 Columbus and across Ohio.
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 Columbus clients
These 6 languages account for most of the document work we receive from Ohio, 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 Ohio
- the Ohio State University admissions office
- WES and NACES member evaluators
National bodies we prepare documents for
Local coverage
We work with clients across Ohio, including Dublin, Westerville, Gahanna, Upper Arlington, Hilliard. Documents are collected by secure upload, so there is no need to travel or post originals.
Local sources & official guidance
Other locations in Midwest
The same certified service, priced the same way, with the local courts and offices named on each page.
Certified translations in Columbus
Insurance carriers, logistics operators and a large university payroll give Columbus an unusual mix of paperwork: employment letters for visa petitions, commercial contracts in Chinese or Arabic, and transcripts from schools across three continents, each needing English.
The city carries one of the largest Somali populations in the United States. Nepali and Bhutanese families who resettle on the east side add their own scripts, and Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and French records follow the same blocks.
An order here runs on scans and email rather than a counter visit. Once a file is confirmed before 4pm Eastern, the certified PDF usually returns the same day, and printed sets go out by USPS tracked only when an agency asks for paper.
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 university name and dates were reproduced exactly and the registration went through.”
Samuel O.
“My employer reference letter was translated for a skilled worker visa and accepted first time.”
Grace O.
“The 1-to-6 scale was explained subject by subject rather than converted, so the university could read the grades against its own table.”
Ole L.
Certified translation FAQs for Columbus
Ten questions clients in Ohio ask before ordering a certified translation.
Send scans of all pages plus the name of the office that receives them. A firm price and a delivery date arrive by email, usually within 30 minutes.
Yes. 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) asks for a signed translator statement beside the English version, and every Columbus order ships with that dated page.
Yes. Somali birth records, court letters and school papers from Columbus families keep names and place spellings exactly as the original shows them.
The floor is $54 per document, then $0.12 a word into English and $0.14 a word out of English beyond the first 400 words.
Yes. Families on the east side send Nepali transcripts and Bhutanese school documents, and grades and subject names stay as the school prints them.
Anything confirmed before 4pm Eastern on a weekday normally comes back the same day, and orders that arrive later start the next business day.
No. Everything runs on scans and email, so Gahanna, Hilliard and Grove City clients never make the trip. Every page has to be readable.
Yes, where an agency insists on paper. Printed sets travel by USPS tracked mail and postage is quoted before payment, so nothing is charged unseen.
Yes. Course titles, credit hours and grades for the Ohio State University admissions office, WES and NACES members stay exactly as the registrar lists them.
Send the reason in writing within 90 days and the file is corrected free of charge, 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 Columbus. Start with the page that matches what you are sending:
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