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Certified Korean Translation Services한국어

We translate South Korean family-register documents (기본증명서, 혼인관계증명서), academic credentials from Korean universities for USCIS and ECFMG, and corporate documents for Samsung / LG / Hyundai / SK suppliers.

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1.1M+

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Korean subject-matter linguists

Korean in the United States

Who speaks Korean, and where they turn up.

“Honorifics are legally and commercially meaningful — a register shift can reshape a deposition record.”

Korean is the official language of South Korea and North Korea and is spoken by about 80 million people worldwide. Its honorific system encodes strict social hierarchy and meaningfully affects interpretation.

Los Angeles (Koreatown), New York / New Jersey (Bergen County, Flushing), Atlanta (Duluth / Gwinnett), Chicago, Houston, DC (Fairfax / Annandale) and Seattle have the largest U.S. Korean communities.

Top U.S. metros

Los AngelesNew YorkAtlanta

Industries we help

Immigration & naturalization
Healthcare
Technology (Samsung, LG, SK)
K-beauty & retail

Fast facts

  • 1.1M+ U.S. speakers, concentrated in LA and the Tri-state
  • Hangul is a featural alphabet invented in 1443
  • Formal and informal registers have distinct verb endings
  • 한국 (Korea) maintains separate documents for each legal event vs. a single family register

At a glance

Speakers worldwide
81M+
U.S. speakers
1.1M+
Language family
Koreanic
Writing system
Hangul
Linguist supply
Tier 1 · staffed daily
Standard turnaround
24–48 hr

What you get

Every delivery, handled end to end.

Each Korean project ships as a complete, file-ready deliverable — content, certification and formatting — packaged for the exact recipient who will open it.

Certificate of accuracy

Signed, on-letterhead statement citing 8 CFR § 103.2(b)(3) — accepted by USCIS, courts and state agencies.

Format-preserved PDF

Stamps, seals, signatures and tables re-created in position to read alongside the original document.

USCIS-accepted, on our letterhead

Each Korean translation ships with a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy citing 8 CFR § 103.2(b)(3).

Confidential handling

NDAs on file, TLS + AES-256 in transit and at rest, retention rules aligned with HIPAA / GDPR.

Same-linguist continuity

Follow-ups, re-filings and companion documents route to the translator who already knows your case.

Bates-style numbering

Consecutive page numbering so attorneys, adjudicators and reviewers can cite any line quickly.

The process

Four steps. No friction.

From the moment you drop your Korean files to the moment the certified packet lands in your inbox — you see every step with a timestamp.

01

Upload in seconds

Drag and drop from your browser. Auto language detection runs on every Korean file before you ever create an account.

02

Specialist matched

A native Korean linguist fluent in your subject matter is assigned within the hour — their name and credentials are visible to you.

03

Certified + QA reviewed

A second linguist reviews for accuracy and formatting. Only then is the Certificate of Accuracy signed and attached.

04

Secure digital delivery

Signed packet delivered as a single, filing-ready PDF to your inbox and dashboard.

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What's included

Every Korean delivery, done right.

No hidden fees, no add-ons — every standard below comes with each certified Korean translation.

Signed Certificate of Accuracy

Every Korean translation ships with a signed certificate meeting 8 CFR § 103.2(b)(3) — USCIS and court accepted.

Native subject-matter linguist

A native Korean translator fluent in your document's field — legal, medical, academic or financial.

Independent QA review

A second linguist verifies accuracy, names, dates and numbers before anything is certified.

Format preserved

Stamps, seals, tables and signatures rebuilt to mirror your original — filing-ready PDF.

Secure & confidential

Files handled under NDA with TLS + AES-256 encryption end to end.

Revisions until accepted

We refine the delivery at no charge until the receiving office accepts it.

Documents we translate

Korean documents we routinely translate.

Every Korean document type below is translated with a signed certificate of accuracy and delivered ready to file.

Vital records

  • Basic certificate (기본증명서), family relation (가족관계증명서), marriage (혼인관계증명서)

Identity & passports

  • Resident registration (주민등록등본) and certificate of personal seal
  • Korean passports and driver licenses

Academic credentials

  • Diplomas and transcripts from Korean universities

Criminal / police

  • Criminal-record certificates (범죄경력증명서)

Medical & clinical

  • Medical records from Korean hospitals

Corporate & business

  • Corporate registration (법인등기부등본)

Linguistic considerations

Getting Korean right.

Small choices — script, register and filing context — change whether a Korean document is accepted on filing. Here is what we watch for.

Cultural register

Korean honorifics (존댓말) versus plain speech (반말) carry strong social meaning. Our interpreters match register to the speaker and flag when witness register unexpectedly shifts during testimony.

Recipient alignment

Every Korean translation is formatted to the exact recipient — USCIS, a specific court or a state agency — so it clears review the first time instead of bouncing for layout.

Who we help

Typical Korean filings we handle — every week.

A snapshot of the Korean filings our certified translation team ships most often — by client profile, not by document type.

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Corporate M&A counsel

Samsung, LG, SK and Hyundai supplier and IP-related depositions with simultaneous interpretation.

02

EB-5 / EB-2 NIW petitioners

Korean investors and professionals with basic-certificate, family-relations-certificate and Korean university credentials.

03

Hospital oncology patients

Korean-dominant patients in LA and NY needing cancer diagnosis counseling with family members present.

04

Korean-American real-estate buyers

First-time homebuyers closing with parent co-signers who are Korean-only.

Where these go

Korean translations, actually filed.

Destination shapes certification, formatting and recipient requirements. We ship Korean deliveries pre-aligned to where they actually end up — no generic “USCIS-accepted” hand-wave.

USCIS & naturalization offices

N-400 interviews, EB-5 petitions and family-based filings for Korean-American households

Corporate M&A & IP courts

Samsung, LG, SK and Hyundai-linked deposition and arbitration matters

Hospital systems (Oncology, OB)

Oncology, behavioral health and maternity appointments in LA, NY, ATL

Korean consulates (LA, NY, ATL)

Basic-certificate and family-relations-certificate translations for Korean use

Real-estate closings

Mortgage applications and closings for Korean-American first-time buyers

Accuracy safeguards

The Korean details we catch before you do.

Subtle things that quietly derail a Korean filing — flagged at intake by linguists who work in the language every day, so they never reach a reviewer.

존댓말 (honorific) register shifts

A witness who shifts from 존댓말 to 반말 during testimony can be misread — our court-certified interpreters flag register changes on the record.

Basic certificate vs family-relations cert

USCIS sometimes asks for both 기본증명서 and 가족관계증명서 — we list which documents are typically required for each petition type.

Romanization of Korean names

Revised Romanization (Lee) vs McCune-Reischauer (Yi) split names across documents — we align to the current Korean passport spelling.

Corporate register in M&A testimony

Korean business register uses chaebol-specific titles (이사, 상무, 부사장) that translate inexactly — we add bracketed notes on the first occurrence.

50-state coverage

Korean translators in every state.

Pick a state for local Korean certified translation turnaround and pricing. High-demand states shown — all 50 one click away.

Also need Korean interpretation?

On-site, video (VRI) and phone (OPI) Korean interpretation for courts, hospitals, USCIS interviews and business settings.

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Korean FAQ

Answers to common Korean questions.

The ones we hear most often, answered by our dispatch and project-management teams.

Can't find it here?

01Will USCIS accept your Korean translation?

Yes. Every Korean translation we deliver ships with a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy that meets 8 CFR § 103.2(b)(3). It is accepted by USCIS, the State Department, U.S. embassies abroad, U.S. district and state courts, and state DMVs and vital-records offices.

02How long does a certified Korean translation take?

A typical Korean personal document — birth, marriage, diploma, police clearance — is delivered in 24–48 hours. Longer legal, medical or technical Korean sets are scoped up-front with a firm deadline, and same-day rush is available on request.

03Do you preserve stamps, seals and layout?

Yes. We preserve the visual layout of the source: tables, stamps, seals, signatures and hand-written annotations are described or re-created so the translated Korean document reads alongside the original, page for page.

04Do you handle specialist Korean content (legal, medical, technical)?

We translate South Korean family-register documents (기본증명서, 혼인관계증명서), academic credentials from Korean universities for USCIS and ECFMG, and corporate documents for Samsung / LG / Hyundai / SK suppliers.

05Does each Korean translation include a certificate?

Yes. Each Korean translation ships on our letterhead with a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy citing 8 CFR § 103.2(b)(3), the USCIS regulation for foreign-language documents.

06Is my Korean content confidential?

Every Korean file is handled under NDA, encrypted in transit and at rest (TLS · AES-256) and retained per your instructions. HIPAA and GDPR workflows are available on request with a Business Associate Agreement.

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