Translations in India

[yeye 0]

Hello All,

What is the procedure to get your birth certificate or Certificates translated in English in India?

Thanks.

[ELW 5]

I'm not sure how official it has to be. I know that for other documents USCIS gave a sample:

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

I, ______, certify that I am competent to translate from (language) To English and that the translations of the following document _________is a correct and true translation to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Signed,

______Date:______

I think anyone can translate and sign a statement like that, but not sure. Hopefully someone with experience will reply!

My husband's certificates, though issued in small villages, were surprisingly both in English and Telugu, so we didn't have to translate anything.

[yeye 0]

Thanks ELW for your response. Hope somebody can confirm this. Does this document have to be notarized?

I'm not sure how official it has to be. I know that for other documents USCIS gave a sample:

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

I, ______, certify that I am competent to translate from (language) To English and that the translations of the following document _________is a correct and true translation to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Signed,

______Date:______

I think anyone can translate and sign a statement like that, but not sure. Hopefully someone with experience will reply!

My husband's certificates, though issued in small villages, were surprisingly both in English and Telugu, so we didn't have to translate anything.

[ELW 5]

I used the above example when sending in old snail mail correspondence between us in Telugu; it was not notarized (I believe USCIS did not specify it as necessary). However if you did the birth certificate like this, I would probably put it on stamp paper and notarize with gazetted officer just in case.

I know several VJ members in other countries had their birth certificates translated, you can post something in the Foreign Embassy forum to ask how they did that (or do a search).