Translation for japanese birth certificate...CR-1visa

[kiyomi 0]

Hi everyone!!!

I need some help for CR-1visa....I just finished translate my birth certificate but on the USCIS website it says " All documents that are in a language other than English must be submitted with a translation. The person translating the document must certify that the translation is complete and accurate and that he/she is competent to translate from the foreign language into English."

How official does a translator need to be to translate my birth certificate ? From my knowlege basically anyone can translate it and it could be by myself.if so does it have to be notarized??

I am in Japan and my husband is in the US,we are trying to apply for CR-1visa and not sure where to start...what do i need to send within I-130 ??what do I need to send as Evidence of a bonafide marriage ???

Please help me!

Thanks

[Uncle Wally 2]

While in many countries a translator must be licensed, that is not the case in the US. A 'certified translation' here is simply a notarized translation accompanied by a notarized statement by the translator that he/she believes the translation to be accurate. The notary need not understand the language, but is notarizing the statement of accuracy.

My kanji-reading skills ain't so hot, and luckily my uncle is Japanese. He translated my wife's birth certificate and our Japanese marriage certificate for us.

If you or anybody other than a professional translator (that you will likely pay a pretty penny for) can do it, that's what I recommend.

My immigration attorney said everything looked fine. Granted we're still waiting for an NOA2, so who knows- USCIS could come to us later and say our translation isn't the way they want it or some ####### like that, but as far as I know, we're cool.

[Goldtrom 0]

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