Certified Translation Questions...

[NateM 0]

My fiancee obtained a certified translation of her birth certificate in Thailand, and had no problems with it during the K-1 application process. However, I just saw the following link in your AOS guide which gives some specifics regarding translations:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...ge=translations

My fiancee's translation looks more like the following (what is below is a stamp on the actual document):

(.................... Certified True and Correct Translation

.....................

....COMPANY.... (Actual Signature)

...LOGO/SEAL... ------------------------------------

..................... (Name of person who signed above)

..................... INTERLANGUAGE TRANSLATION CENTER

....................) (Tel/Fax number..................)

NOTE: The seal is not raised, but in ink. It does not specifically state that "he/she is competent to translate from the foreign language into English." And, there is no date.

To complicate matters, an AOS guide given by my immigration attorney states the following: "Any foreign language documents must be translated into English along with a Notarized Certificate of Translation." So does this thing have to be notarized too (or replaced with a version that is notarized)? I'm assuming they'll want the actual certified translation rather than a photocopy, but as far as the rest goes, I'm now a bit confused. I don't want to have it redone by an American company unless I have to due to time and money constraints (I-94 expires on June 21st). Maybe I'm overthinking this since this version worked when getting the K-1, but after a harrowing experience at the Embassy in Bangkok where my fiancee was initially denied, I now feel a bit paranoid about this whole immigration process. Anyway, sorry for going a little deeper into this than I meant to, but I'm just trying to decide whether to a). send these translations in the way they already are, or.. B). possibly waste several more days getting the exact version they want and risk not getting my AOS paperwork in until after the I-94 expires. Any suggestions or advice as to what choice is best? In the case of the former (option a), what's the worst that can happen?

Sorry for the unusual question, but the immigration law firm I foolishly hired has said their services ended once the K-1 was issued, so I can't ask them. (If replying, try not to forget about the question buried in all that about whether the translation must be notarized).

NateM

[Otto 83]

Worst that can happen is you might (might) get an RFE - from what you've described, your translated document is more 'official' than what most people send in (often people do the translation themselves).

As for the seal - ink-seals are more common so I wouldn't give it a second thought.

[NateM 0]

Sorry - In my above post, I kept calling her my fiancee, but she's actually now my wife. We've only been married about a week, and I still am not used to using that term...lol. Just wanted to clear up any potential confusion.

NateM