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Understanding USCIS Document Translation Requirements
Have a grasp of the certified document translation requirements for USCIS
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Immigration
Understanding USCIS Document Translation Requirements
Navigating the U.S. immigration process is complicated enough without getting tripped up by administrative paperwork. If you are submitting evidence in a language other than Eng...
Green Card
I-485 certified translation checklist: which documents USCIS reads in English
A checklist of the documents in an I-485 adjustment packet that need certified English translation, what USCIS compares each one against, and why a partial translation leads to...
Immigration
I-765 work permit: certified translation of supporting documents
Most Form I-765 filings carry few or no foreign-language documents. This article explains which identity records, marriage certificates, and case evidence need a certified trans...
Humanitarian Immigration
I-589 asylum: certified translation of evidence from your home country
Every foreign-language document filed with Form I-589 needs a full English translation and a translator certification. This article covers how letters, notices, cards and record...
Family Immigration
I-134 affidavit of support: translating a sponsor's foreign income records
Form I-134 evidence from abroad needs a complete certified English translation. This post explains how employment letters, bank statements, property records and business registr...
Family Immigration
I-824 follow-to-join: certified translations for a spouse and children abroad
Form I-824 follow-to-join cases rely on marriage and birth records, and later add police and medical documents at the consulate. This article explains which documents are transl...
Family Immigration
I-360 widow petition: certified translation of marriage and death records
A widow or widower filing Form I-360 needs certified English translations of the marriage and death records, plus divorce and birth records where the filing calls for them. Name...
Employment-Based Immigration
I-829 EB-5: certified translation of business records for removal of conditions
An EB-5 investor filing Form I-829 needs a certified English translation of every foreign-language bank, loan, company, and tax record. The translations should match the spellin...
Family Immigration
Marriage green card translation checklist for the I-130 and I-485
A marriage green card packet can include birth, marriage, divorce, name-change, financial, and medical records in other languages. This checklist covers each one, the form it su...
Naturalization
N-400 through marriage: certified translation of three years of records
An applicant filing the N-400 after three years of marriage to a US citizen may need certified translations of the marriage certificate, divorce decrees, children's birth record...
Naturalization
N-426 military naturalization: certified translation of foreign records
Form N-426 is completed by the military in English, but a service member's foreign birth, marriage, and divorce records still need certified translations. Spouses and children u...
Naturalization
N-648 medical certification: certified translation of foreign medical records
Form N-648 is written in English by a US doctor, but the foreign hospital records behind it must be translated in full. This post explains how diagnoses, drug names, dates, and...