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Understanding USCIS Document Translation Requirements
Have a grasp of the certified document translation requirements for USCIS
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Lease agreement translation for USCIS: deeds and utility bills
Leases, property deeds, and utility bills often support marriage-based, waiver, and EB-5 filings. The article explains what in each document must be translated and how addresses...
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Court records translation for USCIS: judgments and dispositions
Foreign court records filed with USCIS need a complete certified English translation. Charges, statutes, sentences, expungements, custody orders and judgments are rendered as wr...
Family Immigration
Religious marriage certificate USCIS translation: what to translate
USCIS accepts a religious marriage record only when the issuing country treats it as the official record. The post covers how to check that, when a civil extract is also needed,...
Family Immigration
Stepchild green card documents translation for USCIS
Petitions for stepchildren, adopted children and children born outside marriage depend on a chain of civil records. Each record needs a full certified translation that keeps ann...
Certified Translation
Arabic document translation for USCIS: Hijri dates and name chains
Arabic civil records filed with USCIS need a full certified English translation, Hijri dates converted in brackets, and names spelled to match the passport. Country variation an...
Certified Translation
Korean family relation certificate translation for USCIS
Korea issues separate basic, family relation and marriage relation certificates in place of the old hojeok. Each proves something different to USCIS, and each needs a complete c...
Certified Translation
Vietnamese birth certificate translation for USCIS
Vietnamese birth and marriage records come in several versions, and USCIS expects a complete certified translation of the right one. Covers extracts, the household book, diacrit...
Certified Translation
Ukrainian document translation for USCIS: Russian and modern records
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...
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Shenasnameh translation for USCIS: Farsi and Dari documents
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...
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Mexican and Central American civil records for USCIS translation
Mexican, Guatemalan, Honduran, and Salvadoran civil records have to be translated in full for USCIS. Actas, the CURP, RENAP and RNP certificates, marginal notes, and constancias...
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Haitian birth certificate translation for USCIS: acte de naissance
Haitian civil records are usually written in French. Here is which version of the acte de naissance to translate, how registers, stamps, and names are handled, and what to do wh...
Certified Translation
Cuban, Dominican, Venezuelan and Colombian civil records for USCIS
Cuban, Dominican, Venezuelan, and Colombian registries each issue full and abridged records. The full version is the one to translate, with marginal notes, both surnames, and re...