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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...
Cancellation of removal evidence from abroad needs a complete English translation and a certificate of translation under the Immigration Court Practice Manual. This article cove...
A motion to reopen depends on new evidence, and foreign-language exhibits need complete certified translations. This post covers dated certificates, civil and medical records, e...
Asylees and refugees filing Form I-485 need certified English translations of passports, ID cards, later marriage records, and children's birth certificates from abroad, with na...
Special Immigrant Visa files for Afghans and Iraqis rest on contractor letters, threat evidence, and civil records in Dari, Pashto, or Arabic. Each document type has its own tra...
A U visa green card packet depends on foreign birth, marriage, and identity records. Each needs a certified English translation, and the names and parents must match the origina...
Applicants who fled without a passport prove identity with photos of documents, later-issued records, and statements from relatives. Each kind of evidence is translated, marked,...
UNHCR certificates and refugee ID cards need a full English translation with a signed certification when filed with USCIS. Stamps, bilingual text, photograph boxes, and name spe...
A police incident report or complaint filed abroad needs a full certified English translation. This article covers the narrative, charge codes, stamps, and a closing entry such...
A foreign protective order is translated in full, with its legal terms kept in the original language in brackets. Renewal entries, service records, and police notes are translat...
Hospital, clinic and forensic records that document an injury are translated in full and as written. Diagnoses, dates, stamps and physician notes each have a set way of being ha...
A matrícula consular is identity evidence issued by a consulate, not a civil record. The translation covers both sides of the card and keeps each name spelled as printed, so it...
Asylum files often include home-country NGO reports, decrees and laws. Selected sections are translated in full, article numbering and legal terms are kept, and the certificatio...
A VAWA self-petition on Form I-360 may rely on foreign police reports, medical records, messages, and declarations. Each needs a complete certified English translation that keep...
U and T visa packets combine personal statements, foreign police and court records, medical files, and family civil records. Each one needs a complete English translation with a...
A Form I-821 filing needs a certified English translation of every foreign-language nationality or residence document. Passports, birth certificates, secondary evidence, and re-...
Foreign identity papers and school records filed with Form I-821D need a full certified English translation. A Mexican birth certificate, a CURP, transcripts, and documents reus...
An immigration court needs an English translation with a typed, signed certificate of translation. Certificates of interpretation, exhibit indexes, court-set deadlines, and corr...
Chats, texts, emails, and posts used as USCIS evidence need a complete English translation and a certification. Sender, time, emojis, and long threads each have a set way of bei...
Ukrainian family files mix Russian records from before 1991 with later Ukrainian ones. Here is how each is translated for USCIS, how names and place names are handled, and what...
An Iranian shenasnameh or Afghan tazkira goes to USCIS translated in full, including blank pages, stamps, and Solar Hijri dates. Names follow the passport spelling, and any diff...
A Form I-730 petition for a refugee or asylee's spouse and children rests on foreign records. Marriage, birth, identity, and secondary documents need certified translation, with...
A Special Immigrant Juvenile packet rests on translated foreign records, beginning with the child's birth certificate. Each record is translated in full and certified, and one s...
USCIS needs only the filed newspaper article translated, but that article is translated in full, with its publication details, and certified. The rules differ slightly for print...
Psychological evaluations and therapy records written abroad must be fully translated and certified for asylum, VAWA and waiver filings. The article covers how diagnoses, creden...