Translating documents

[Leah132 0]

I'm fluent in English and Spanish, but I have no type of certification. Will they accept it if I translate the documents and say that the info is correct? Or should I get a professional to do it?

[YuAndDan 153]

USCIS will but NVC and Consulate may not.

Please submit certified translations for all foreign language documents. The translator must certify that s/he is competent to translate and that the translation is accurate.

The certification format should include the certifier's name, signature, address, and date of certification. A suggested format is:

Certification by Translator

I [typed name], certify that I am fluent (conversant) in the English and ________ languages, and that the above/attached document is an accurate translation of the document attached entitled ______________________________.

Signature_________________________________

Date Typed Name

Address

You certify it by adding the lines in the example above and signing it.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

[salto 0]

we had a lawyer who said her translator could translate our documents (for a huge fee!) or i could translate them and her translator would go over them and sign them saying basically that she reviewed the translations and that they were correct. We did this and they were notarized. We then realized we needed a couple more documents translated for our AOS interview a few months later and didn't have time for someone else to translate them, etc. so I just translated them and had a friend who is also fluent in the language sign them. No officer ever asked to see them but I felt better knowing we'd have them if they asked. I didn't want to sign them since I was the USC and my husband was applying for AOS and I thought they might feel that my translation was 'biased' in a way since i was the petitioner.

[panamania79 2]

I'm fluent in English and Spanish, but I have no type of certification. Will they accept it if I translate the documents and say that the info is correct? Or should I get a professional to do it?

I translated everything myself and had it notorized.The USCIS accepted it.I was NOT about to pay the International Institute or Progreso Latino the 70usd they were charging.

[Leah132 0]

Glad to see your responses, I'm trying to pinch pennies whenever I can here

[LadyJane 1]

I'm fluent in English and Spanish, but I have no type of certification. Will they accept it if I translate the documents and say that the info is correct? Or should I get a professional to do it?

Save yourself the money, if you can do the translation then do it. We did that for translations of French documents we sent to the NVC. It was no problem, no RFE from the NVC or anything from the consulate regarding the translations. My husband is fluent in both French and English and he translated the document, then signed a notarized statement affirming the validity of the translation.