Certified Background Check translation
Certified translation of background check reports — foreign checks for US employers and agencies, or your FBI and state checks for use abroad — backed by a signed Certificate of Accuracy.
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Trust, verified across a border.
Background checks move in both directions: foreign reports coming into US hiring and licensing, and FBI or state checks going out to foreign employers, residence programs, and adoption authorities. Either way, the reader is verifying trust through a document they otherwise could not read.
Employers and HR
International hires arrive with checks from previous countries. A certified translation lets compliance teams apply the same standard to every candidate instead of waving the foreign file through.
Licensing and certification
Boards for healthcare, education, security, and finance require background documentation from every jurisdiction an applicant has lived in — translated, certified, and consistent with the identity documents beside it.
Foreign filings of US checks
Residence permits, work visas, and foreign adoptions routinely ask for FBI or state checks translated into the destination language. We translate out of English as well as into it.
Tenancy and institutions
Landlords, schools, and volunteer programs increasingly ask newcomers for background documentation. A certified translation converts a foreign report into something they can actually evaluate.
What gets translated
The full report, nothing summarized.
A background check is a structured report: scope, identifiers, findings, and authentication. Each part is translated completely, because a reader who suspects summarizing stops trusting the whole document.
Scope and period searched
Which registers were checked and for what period — the frame that gives any finding its meaning — translated exactly.
Findings and dispositions
Results rendered in precise terms, whether the report is clean or carries history. No softening, no hardening.
Reference and file numbers
Report identifiers reproduced exactly, preserving the chain back to the issuing agency.
Agency marks and codes
Letterheads, stamps, signatures, and verification codes described in place — the parts that make the report checkable.
Identity particulars
Names, dates of birth, and ID numbers rendered consistently with the passport and documents filed alongside.
Negative results included
“Nothing found” is a finding. Clean reports get the same complete certified treatment, because that sentence is what the reviewer needs to read.
Before you order
Getting a check accepted the first time.
Match the check to the request
National police certificate, FBI identity history, state check, commercial screening report — receivers usually name which one they want. Translating the wrong species of check is the most common wasted order; check the request’s wording first.
Watch the validity window
Most receivers only accept checks issued within the last three to six months. Order the translation as soon as the report is issued so the window is spent on your application, not on logistics.
Multi-country histories multiply paperwork
Lived in three countries? Expect three checks in up to three languages. We handle them as one order with one glossary of your identity particulars, so every report reads as the same person.
How it works
Upload to filing-ready — usually overnight.
Photograph or scan it
Take a clear photo or scan of your background check report and upload it. The word count and the exact total show before you pay — no account needed.
A specialist linguist takes it
Your file goes to a native speaker who works with this document type every week and knows its stamps, layouts, and abbreviations on sight.
Reviewed, then certified
A second linguist checks names, dates, numbers, and layout against the original. Only then is the Certificate of Accuracy signed.
Delivered as one PDF
Translation, certificate, and a copy of the source in a single file — ready to attach to your filing or forward to whoever asked for it.
Pricing is by word count. Most background reports are one to three structured pages, so orders stay near the starting price of $24.95 — the exact total shows before you pay.
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Everything we translate, in one place.
Every language and every document type in this family links to its own dedicated page. Priced by word count, both directions, with 24-hour options.
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FAQ
The questions that actually come up.
The ones we hear most often, answered by our dispatch and project-management teams.
Can't find it here?
01Do you translate US background checks into other languages too?
Yes. FBI identity history summaries and state checks are regularly translated out of English for foreign residence permits, work visas, and adoption processes — by native speakers of the target language, with the same signed Certificate of Accuracy. Ask the receiving authority which language and format they require, and we will match it.
02Will a US employer or licensing board accept your translation of my foreign check?
Yes — they receive a complete certified translation with a signed Certificate of Accuracy, which is the format compliance and licensing reviews are built around. Scope lines and dispositions are rendered precisely, because that is the part their decision actually rests on.
03My check is a commercial screening report, not a police certificate. Can you translate it?
Yes — agency screening reports are translated the same way, structure and all. But check what your receiver asked for first: a request for a police certificate is not satisfied by a commercial report in any language, and no translation fixes that mismatch.
04The report includes my ID numbers. Are they translated?
Identity numbers are reproduced exactly as printed — they are identifiers, not language. Names and descriptive fields around them are translated, with renderings kept consistent with your passport so the report attaches to you cleanly.
05How is the price calculated?
By word count. Upload the report, we count the words, and the exact total shows before you pay — starting at $24.95. Structured one-page reports sit at the starting price; longer multi-jurisdiction reports are priced by their actual length.
06How quickly can I get it back?
Most background check orders are delivered within 24 hours, and rush delivery is available when an offer or filing deadline is close. The quote states your delivery time before you pay.
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Your background file, ready for review.
Upload your report and see the exact price and delivery time before you pay — most orders are back within 24 hours, with a signed Certificate of Accuracy on every order.