Birth Certificate Translation for US Embassy in Tokyo

[honbako 1]

Hi everyone,

While we're waiting on getting the NOA2, my fiancee and I are going ahead and trying to gather any pertinent documentation to help speed things up once we receive the NOA2. I've been translating her "個人事項証明" (Individual Record) that she sent me and I'm curious about the experience of others (especially those who've already had experience with the US Embassy in Tokyo) in regards to:

1. Whether this document ("個人事項証明") meets the requirements listed here (Japanese link/English link) ... it seems that it's all right ... but I want to be sure this is the case because of my slight confusion of the usage of the terms "birth certificate" and "family register" (which happens to contain the record of birth as well) that the embassy uses.
   
2. Whether the translation needs to be done by a third party or if it is all right to do the translation by oneself (as I am doing now).
   

Thanks as always for all the kind responses and help.

[Yurika & Jim 77]

I found this translation sample on someone's blog Here

I'm sure mine was pretty close to this one and I translated and signed

[Yokota 0]

Here is a sample from my fiancee's birth certicate translation..

I had my fiancee sign it.. no problems, as we were approved for K1 this week

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( If you cannot see any watermark, then this document is invalid )

Page 1 of 2 : All information certified

Location of legal family address in accordance with the Japanese registry

Kanagawa prefecture, Chigasaki city

Hagisono 1300

Full Name x x

Family registration information

Change of Family name

Date of change of family name March 24, 1982

Reason The Family Registration Law Article #77-2 Report

Amendment date October 14, 2006

Reason of amendment 1994 - Amended by first clause of Article #2 of Ordinance #51 of the Ministry of Justice

Person recorded in the family registry

Birth information

First name XXX

Birthday November 8, 1944

Father Junichi YYY

Mother Tomoe YYY

Family position First daughter

Birthday November 8, 1944

Place of birth Fukushima prefecture

Minamiaizu

Asahimura

Date of report November 16, 1944

Reported by Father

Person recorded in the family registry

Birth information

First name ZZZ

Birthday August 27, 1973

Father Takashi KKK

Mother XXX KKK

Family position First daughter

Birthday August 27, 1973

Place of birth Tokyo Oota

Date of report September 10, 1973

Reported by Mother

Person recorded in the family registry

Birth information

First name CCC

Birthday June 2, 1977

Father TTT KKK

Mother XXX KKK

Family position Second daughter

Birthday June 2, 1977

Place of birth Kanagawa prefecture

Yokohama city

Totsuka

Date of report June 9, 1977

Mother XXX KKK

Family position Second daughter

Reported by Mother

Date received June 13, 1977

Accepted by Mayor of Totsuka Ward

Yokohama City

Kanagawa Prefecture

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Publication Number: 00XXXXXX – 20100323 – 00000015 – Kanagawa prefecture, Chigasaki City

This is a written document to certify all of information recorded on the family register.

March 23, 2010

Chigasaki City Mayor - Kanagawa Prefecture Nobuaki Hattori

( If you cannot see any watermark, then this document is invalid )

[honbako 1]

I found this translation sample on someone's blog Here

I'm sure mine was pretty close to this one and I translated and signed

Oh wonderful! Thank you for that link! It'll be a great guide. I'm relieved about being able to do the self-translation; I can't even begin to imagine how much it would cost had I had to pay someone. Thank you so much!

[honbako 1]

Here is a sample from my fiancee's birth certicate translation..

I had my fiancee sign it.. no problems, as we were approved for K1 this week

First of all, congratulations on your approval! I'll also use yours as a guideline for mine. I only have a sentence or two left to translate, then it's back to waiting mode. Good luck on the rest of your k-1 journey. Congratulations again! Wonderful news!

[Otto 83]

** Moving topic from K-1 Proc. to US Embassy/Consulate Discussion.