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Understanding USCIS Document Translation Requirements
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Pension statement translation for USCIS: foreign retirement records
Foreign pension and retirement statements are translated in full for USCIS filings, with figures, currencies and payment periods kept as printed. Contribution tables, authority...
Employment-Based Immigration
Loan agreement translation for USCIS source-of-funds files
A borrowed investment is documented by a loan agreement, a promissory note, collateral records, and bank records. Each foreign-language record needs its own complete certified t...
Employment-Based Immigration
Gift letter translation for USCIS: EB-5, E-2 and I-864 files
When funds for an EB-5, E-2, or I-864 file were a gift, the gift letter and the donor's own records each need a full certified translation. Each piece is handled as printed, fro...
Employment-Based Immigration
Articles of incorporation translation for USCIS filings
Foreign corporate records in L-1, E-1, E-2, EB-1C and EB-5 files are translated as one set under a single glossary, with figures, stamps and amendments kept as printed.
Education
Course description translation for credential evaluation and USCIS
Credential evaluators sometimes ask for course catalogs, syllabi, or registrar outlines. Here is which documents answer the request and how a certified translation handles cours...
Family Immigration
Boarding pass translation for USCIS: travel records and receipts
Boarding passes, hotel invoices, receipts, and phone bills in a foreign language are translated in full and certified like any other document, with names, dates, and numbers kep...
Certified Translation
Good moral character letter translation for USCIS and court
Letters from religious leaders, employers and community groups are translated in full, with titles, stamps and signatures kept in place. Each part of a character or hardship let...
Certified Translation
Matrícula consular translation: consular ID cards as identity evidence
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...
Family Immigration
Custody order translation for USCIS: child support and I-130 files
Foreign custody orders, parenting agreements, and child support orders need a full certified English translation in a USCIS file. Here is how their terms, amounts, and case iden...
Humanitarian Immigration
Country conditions evidence translation: NGO reports, decrees, laws
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...
Naturalization
N-400 naturalization: which documents need certified translation
Foreign marriage, divorce, death and name-change records brought to an N-400 interview need certified English translations. Officers compare each one with the form, the green ca...
US Visa
K-1 visa document translation for the I-129F and consulate
A K-1 case is read first by USCIS and later by the National Visa Center and a consulate. The documents that need certified translation differ by stage, and one translation can o...