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Certified marriage certificate translation
A complete, certified English translation of your marriage certificate, formatted like the original and backed by a signed Certificate of Accuracy.
USCIS-accepted
Certified translation
ATA member
American Translators Association
Starting at $24.95
Priced by word count
Certificate of accuracy
Signed, on our letterhead
Price
See the word count and the price
Priced by word count, so a short document costs less than a dense one. Rush options available.
Starting at $24.95 · Certificate included
Certified PDF
Order, and the certified translation arrives
Layout, stamps and seals rebuilt to match the original. Certificate, translation and source copy as one PDF, in your inbox and dashboard.
USCIS-accepted
The price shows before you pay. Every file is covered by an NDA; medical records are handled in line with HIPAA.
Order nowWhere it gets filed
One certificate, four different readers.
A marriage certificate is usually filed to prove one fact: that two specific people are married to each other. Immigration officers read it for the spouses and the date, courts read it for names and registry references, and foreign offices read it against their own family records. The translation has to survive all of them, which is why it covers every mark on the record.
USCIS and immigration
The backbone of every spouse-based petition. Officers match the names and marriage date on the certificate against the rest of the file, so exact spellings and a complete translation matter more than anything else.
Courts and name changes
Divorce filings, name changes, and probate all reach back to the marriage record. Clerks compare the translation line by line against the original, which is why the layout is mirrored rather than reflowed.
Benefits and insurance
Social Security, pensions, health coverage, and survivor benefits routinely ask for proof of marriage. A certified translation with a signed statement of accuracy is the format their reviewers process without questions.
Consulates and foreign registries
Registering a marriage abroad, dual citizenship, and visa applications follow the destination country’s own rules, and they differ office to office. Confirm what the receiving registry expects before you order.
What gets translated
The whole record — not just two names.
Most rejected certificates are not mistranslated. They are incomplete: a stamp left out, a marginal note skipped, a reverse side nobody scanned. A certified translation has to account for every mark on the record.
Seals, stamps, and signatures
Described in place, including the issuing registry office and any later authentication stamps.
Registry and act numbers
Book, page, entry, and certificate numbers carried across exactly — these are how a registry finds the marriage again.
Marginal annotations
Many countries record divorces, annulments, and property regimes in the margin of the marriage entry. Those notes get translated, not dropped.
Both spouses, as issued
Names rendered exactly as the registry wrote them, with a translator’s note when a passport spells them differently.
Reverse-side entries
Registrations and stamps on the back of the certificate count as content. If yours has them, they get translated too.
Illegible marks, flagged
Anything unreadable is noted as illegible in position. We do not guess at a word in a legal record.
What you receive
- A signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy meeting USCIS requirements.
- Formatting that mirrors the original: stamps, seals, tables and signatures.
- One PDF, ready to file, kept in your dashboard for re-download.
- The exact total shows before you pay. We count words instead of rounding up to pages, so a short document costs less than a dense one.
Every file and session is covered by an NDA and sent over an encrypted connection. Clinical matters are handled in line with HIPAA.
Before you order
Certificate or license — check which one you hold.
These are two different documents, and mixing them up is one of the most common reasons a marriage filing stalls. It costs nothing to check now and weeks to fix later.
Marriage certificate — the record of the marriage
Filing-safeConfirms the marriage actually took place
Both spouses, named in full
Date, place, and officiant of the ceremony
Registry seal and registrar’s signature
Issued after the ceremony by the civil registry. This is the document spouse-based petitions and benefit claims are built on.
Marriage license — permission to marry
Wrong documentAuthorizes a future ceremony
Proof the marriage happened
Often expires if the ceremony never occurs
May carry no registry entry at all
A license only shows you were allowed to marry. Translating it flawlessly does not make it proof of marriage — request the certificate from the registry instead.
We translate whichever document you hold, exactly as issued. If you are unsure which one your file needs, ask the office requesting it before you order.
How it works
How your marriage certificate translation order works
Upload and order
Take a clear photo or scan of your marriage certificate and upload it. The word count and the exact price show before you pay.
A translator is assigned
A translator who works with this document type translates it and keeps the layout, stamps and seals in place.
Proofreading and certification
A second translator checks names, dates and numbers against the original, and the Certificate of Accuracy is signed.
Delivered as one PDF
Translation, certificate and a copy of the source in one file, in your inbox and your dashboard.
Starting at$24.95
Pricing is by word count, and a marriage certificate is a short document, so most orders stay at or near the starting price. Upload your certificate and the exact total — marginal notes and reverse side included — shows before you pay.
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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.
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01Will USCIS accept your marriage certificate translation?
Yes. Every order is delivered as a complete English translation of the full document with a signed Certificate of Accuracy from the assigned linguist — exactly the package immigration reviewers expect with foreign-language evidence. If a reviewer ever asks for a correction, revisions are free.
02Our marriage certificate has a divorce annotation in the margin. Does that get translated?
Yes, always. In many countries a divorce is recorded as a marginal note on the original marriage entry rather than as a separate document, and that note is often the exact fact a reviewer is looking for. Leaving it out is one of the fastest ways to get a filing questioned.
03My spouse’s name is spelled differently on the certificate than on their passport.
That happens constantly with transliterated names. We translate the document as issued and never silently change a spelling, but tell us the passport spelling when you order and we will add a translator’s note recording both forms so the reviewer can see they belong to one person.
04We married abroad and only have a religious marriage document. Will that work?
We translate religious marriage documents the same way, and for some countries and time periods they are the only record that exists. Whether the receiving office accepts a religious record in place of a civil one is their rule, not a translation question — check with them, and if they ask for civil registration too, we can translate that alongside it.
05How is the price calculated?
By word count. Upload your certificate, we count the words, and the exact total shows before you pay — certified translation starts at $24.95. Marriage certificates are short documents, so most orders stay at or near the starting price.
06Can I send a phone photo instead of a scan?
Yes, as long as every edge, seal, and margin is inside the frame and the text is sharp. Blurred stamps and cropped corners are the main reason a file has to come back to you, which costs more time than a careful photo does.
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Your marriage certificate, certified and filing-ready.
Upload your certificate and see the exact price and delivery time before you pay. A civil-records linguist, a second-pair review, and a signed Certificate of Accuracy on every order.