Certified Translations for USCIS
USCIS asks for a complete English translation of any document submitted in another language, together with a signed statement from the translator confirming competence and accuracy. We return the translation and that statement as one certified PDF, from $54 per document.
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Certified Translations
For USCIS, US courts, WES, ECFMG and CGFNS.
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Same-day certified PDF delivery available for most documents ordered before 4pm ET.
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*Authority names are referenced as industry benchmarks of compliance. All official translation orders are processed directly through DHCTranslations.
What a USCIS Filing Needs From a Translation
Two things, and they have not changed in years: every word of the document in English, and a statement from the person who translated it. A USCIS officer is checking that the record in front of them says what your application says it says.
What the Translation Covers
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Every Page: Front and reverse, including the page carrying the issuing office's stamp and any handwritten register number.
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Stamps and Seals: Described in square brackets and reproduced in place, because a USCIS officer reads them as part of the record.
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Names as Written: Transliterated consistently across every document in the file, so one applicant is not two people across two certificates.
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No Summarizing: Nothing is condensed or skipped, including the notes and annotations printed in the margins.
Before You Order
Send the document you were issued, not a retyped copy, and say which form the translation is supporting.
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The Original Document: A clear photo or scan of the certificate as issued, rather than a typed-out version someone prepared for you.
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The Receiving Form: Naming the form tells us the wording the officer expects to see, and costs you nothing to include.
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One Order Per File: The certificates for one application are kept as one set, so the translator statement covers the whole filing.
If a document is missing a page, say so before we start rather than after the quote.
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Prices are per document and start at $54 — see what a translation costs.
How a USCIS Translation Is Ordered
One exchange, one price, one PDF. Nothing about the order changes after you have agreed the figure.
Send the Documents
Photograph each certificate in daylight and attach the set to one message, with the form it supports.
- Every page, including the reverse
- The form or application type
- The date you intend to file
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Receive the Certified PDF
The translation and the signed translator statement arrive as one file, laid out like the original document.
- The translation in full
- The signed statement and date
- A copy of the source document
Document Types
Birth Certificate
The full certificate including the register number and the registrar stamp.
Marriage Certificate
Certificates issued by a registrar, a church or a civil authority.
Divorce Decree
The decree and any order attached to it, translated in full.
Death Certificate
Including the cause-of-death page where the issuing office prints one.
Police Clearance
Criminal record certificates and police letters, with the issuing station named.
Court Disposition
Dispositions, orders and judgments filed to explain an arrest or a charge.
Passport or ID
Passports, identity cards and residence permits, with the data page in full.
Household Register
Family register books, including every member listed.
Military Record
Service records and discharge certificates, with ranks as recorded.
School Records
Certificates and transcripts filed with an application or an evaluation.
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 criminal-record extract was translated with the issue date clear, and the licensing body accepted it without asking for a newer one.”
Petr V.
“The marriage certificate and the travel document were translated together and the names matched across both, which is what the entry clearance officer queried on my first attempt.”
Fatima S.
“A Kurmanji good-conduct certificate was certified for a work visa and arrived the same day.”
Rebaz M.
Frequently asked questions
DHCTranslations translates foreign documents for USCIS filings from our New York base, returning the translation and a signed translator statement as one PDF. Send a photo or scan of each document and we confirm the price and the date before you pay anything.
No. A USCIS filing needs the complete translation and a statement signed by the translator confirming competence and accuracy. In our experience nothing further is requested, and if an officer asks for specific wording we match it on request.
From $54 per document at DHCTranslations, with longer records charged at $0.12 per word after the first 400 words. A birth certificate is normally the floor price and a multi-page court record is normally the per-word price. The quote is fixed before you pay.
A single certificate ordered before 4pm ET on a weekday is usually emailed by DHCTranslations the same day. Sets of four or five documents usually take a business day, and a long court record is given a date in the quote that we hold to.
Birth, marriage and divorce certificates, death certificates, police clearance records, household registration books, military records and school certificates. Court orders and disposition letters come up when an application has to explain an arrest or a family court decision.
Yes, provided the handwriting can be read. Where a name or a date is genuinely illegible the translator marks it as such in the translation rather than guessing, which is what an officer expects to see in a marginal note.
No. A clear photograph or scan of every page is enough, and the original stays with you. The one exception is a document so faint that a photograph cannot be read, where we will ask for a better image rather than translate a guess.
Often yes, because the translation stands on its own and the signed statement does not expire. Where an application is filed years after the translation was produced, a fresh statement dated for the new filing is the safer route, and we reissue it.
Tell us at the start and we transliterate consistently across the whole set. Officers compare the certificate to the application, so a name rendered three ways across three documents is the kind of difference that produces a request for evidence.
Send us the wording of the request and we will answer it, including reissuing the statement with the detail an officer has asked for. Objections we receive are almost always about a document that was incomplete at the start rather than the translation itself.
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