translation of birth certificates

[quiet hmbre 0]

I am about to submit the adjustment of status form and the authorization for employment forms for my K1 Visa spouse and my two K2 Visa children and I can not believe that it is necessary to translate their birth certificates from spanish to english. I find it difficult to comprehend that as prevalent a language spanish is that our Homeland Security does not have staff that can read documents written in Spanish. Can anyone comment on their experiences with this and how I can go about having the birth certificates translated into english .

Thank you for your replies.

[Audy_Rob 26]

Yes, it is required. Spanis is as much a foreign language to the USCIS as is Sanskrit. Why do you think there is a difference among foreign languages and some should be excluded.

Any person that can declare themselves competent to translate between the Spanish to English language can do the translation. But they must affix their declaration and signature.

[000 0]

I am about to submit the adjustment of status form and the authorization for employment forms for my K1 Visa spouse and my two K2 Visa children and I can not believe that it is necessary to translate their birth certificates from spanish to english. I find it difficult to comprehend that as prevalent a language spanish is that our Homeland Security does not have staff that can read documents written in Spanish. Can anyone comment on their experiences with this and how I can go about having the birth certificates translated into english .

Thank you for your replies.

Hi Quiet,

I had to have birth certificates translated also. If there is a local college near you, you can call and ask to speak to their Foreign Language or Spanish Department. They usually have professors who will do it for a small or minimal fee. You can also check with your local library, Latino Coalition, or check the local yellow pages for translators.

I used a Spanish professor at the university for some things, and a translating business for the rest.

Good luck!

Kathy

[dakay ♥ 10]

I agree with you.. but what can we do. An official translator is not necessary, you or a third party can translate it

[AandB 3]

Any person that can declare themselves competent to translate between the Spanish to English language can do the translation. But they must affix their declaration and signature.

So I can do my own one? Do I need someone else to sign it too? What kind of declaration? Is there any special way to write that declaration?

[lucyrich 20]

When sending things to the USCIS, all documents not in English must be accompanied by an English translation. The reason is that the USCIS people handle paperwork from every country in the world. I suspect somewhere in the USCIS, there are some people who speak Spanish, and probably some people who speak German, and others who speak Chinese, and many other languages, but there's no guarantee that the person who processes YOUR paperwork will speak any particular language except English.

At the consulate, the people who work there will deal only with one country's applications. So each consulate normally has lots of staff people who speak the local language. Usually, consulates will accept paperwork in the local language or English without translations. Consulates might also check the translation work on translations that were submitted to the USCIS. I don't know if they do or not, but I would certainly want to make sure all translations are accurate enough that they won't find any problems if they look.

The USCIS translation rules are simple. Anyone who is fluent can do the translation (even the petitioner or beneficiary). The person doing the translation has to sign a statement saying that the translation is accurate and that he/she is fluent in both languages. The USCIS website's general guidelines page has the suggested language of the certification statement.

I did the required translations for our case. There were no problems.