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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
Form I-131 supporting documents translation for travel permits
Form I-131 covers advance parole, reentry permits, and humanitarian parole, and each draws on different foreign-language records. Death certificates, medical letters, contracts,...
US Visa
I-539 bank statement translation and other supporting documents
Form I-539 filings often rely on foreign bank statements, employer letters, and civil records. Each one needs a full certified translation, and the page-by-page handling differs...
Immigration
I-290B new evidence translation and corrected packets
A Form I-290B filing often depends on evidence that was missing or poorly translated the first time. This article explains what a corrected translation packet contains and how n...
Humanitarian Immigration
I-730 documents translation: translating family records from abroad
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...
Family Immigration
I-130 for parents and siblings: translating relationship records
A parent or sibling petition rests on records from two generations. Here are the birth and marriage records that need translation, why abridged extracts fail, and how names stay...
Humanitarian Immigration
SIJ petition documents translation for Form I-360
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...
Employment-Based Immigration
E-2 visa document translation: nationality, ownership, funds
An E-2 investor file needs certified translations of nationality, ownership and source-of-funds records. Company names, currency, dates and large sets of bank statements each ca...
Family Immigration
CRBA document translation for a child's birth and marriage records
A Consular Report of Birth Abroad is a Department of State process, and foreign-language records in the file need certified English translations. The birth, marriage, and divorc...
Family Immigration
Bona fide marriage evidence translation for I-130 and I-485
When part of a marriage took place abroad, the evidence filed with the I-130 and I-485 needs certified translation. The set is translated in a fixed order, with names and dates...
US Visa
J-1 waiver documents translation: no-objection and hardship evidence
A J-1 two-year home residency waiver file often holds foreign government letters, scholarship contracts, and hardship records. Each needs a complete certified translation, and t...
Certified Translation
Bank statement translation for USCIS: what the officer needs to see
A bank statement filed with USCIS must be translated in full, line by line, with the translator's certification attached. The translation covers the letterhead, transaction tabl...
Certified Translation
Foreign tax return translation for USCIS: what gets translated
A foreign tax return filed with USCIS is translated in full, with amounts, currency and fiscal years kept as written. Tax terms with no US equivalent are described, with the ori...