Confusion about paperwork translation for NVC

[splatterpaint 0]

NVC says this:

All documents not written in English, or in the official language of the country in which you are applying for a visa, must be accompanied by certified translations.

Does this mean that if the documents are written in the native language of the country in which we are applying for a visa, that we do not need to send translations to the NVC?

Thank you

Edited August 4, 2015 by splatterpaint

[Adil & Jeanne 296]

means send in the original (language of the document ) and attach a certified translation into Englsh

they want to see both

[arken 4,197]

No, u understood it wrong, It means if the document is in your native language (if non English), it must be accompanied with certified English translation.

Edited August 4, 2015 by arken

[splatterpaint 0]

means send in the original (language of the document ) and attach a certified translation into Englsh

they want to see both

Are you sure? Documents written in the native language of the country in which we are applying for the visa seem to not fall under the semantic requirement:

All documents not written in English, or in the official language of the country in which you are applying for a visa

Documents not written in english OR the official language of the country... there are two ways to interperate this poorly worded statement.

[arken 4,197]

Are you sure? Documents written in the native language of the country in which we are applying for the visa seem to not fall under the semantic requirement:

Documents not written in english OR the official language of the country... there are two ways to interperate this poorly worded statement.

How NVC has put the wordings in its statement is a perfect English, how you understood is a different story. Do not ignore the "comma" before "or".

Edited August 4, 2015 by arken

[splatterpaint 0]

How NVC has put the wordings in its statement is a perfect English, how you understood is a different story. Do not ignore the "comma" before "or".

Thank you for the information, but your use of English doesn't exactly convince me you're qualified to interperate it yourself.

All documents not written in English, or in the official language of the country in which you are applying for a visa,

This is similar to: "All fruits that are not oranges, or apples, should be left on the trees." It is semantically ambiguous.

[teeak 224]

After going through this immigration process multiple times, I can tell you that you definitely need a copy of the document in your native language and a certified English translation.

Also, I interpreted it as:

- All documents not in English must be accompanied by certified translations.

- All documents in the official language of the country in which you are applying for a visa, must be accompanied by certified translations.

[splatterpaint 0]

After going through this immigration process multiple times, I can tell you that you definitely need a copy of the document in your native language and a certified English translation.

Also, I interpreted it as:

- All documents not in English must be accompanied by certified translations.

- All documents in the official language of the country in which you are applying for a visa, must be accompanied by certified translations.

I am definitely going to include a translation, thanks. The page mentions that the translation must be certified. Do you know whether it must be notarized?

Thank you

[benthos 0]

Are you sure? Documents written in the native language of the country in which we are applying for the visa seem to not fall under the semantic requirement:

Documents not written in english OR the official language of the country... there are two ways to interperate this poorly worded statement.

It means you don't need to translate papers only if you are filing directly to the US consulate (DCF process) in your country. Otherways any paper must be translated into Englinsh

[splatterpaint 0]

It means you don't need to translate papers only if you are filing directly to the US consulate (DCF process) in your country. Otherways any paper must be translated into Englinsh

Thank you

[teeak 224]

NVC doesn't mentioned anything about it, but I still went ahead and had my translated documents notarized just to be on the safe side.

Edited August 4, 2015 by teeak

[arken 4,197]

Thank you for the information, but your use of English doesn't exactly convince me you're qualified to interperate it yourself.

This is similar to: "All fruits that are not oranges, or apples, should be left on the trees." It is semantically ambiguous.

My English cannot be compared with Americans, that's for sure, but I can at least understand the written English statements very well without any doubt and i don't put the blame on well-written statements.

[Ryan H 3,812]

Document translation requirements are Embassy/Consulate specific. Some countries do not require documents to be translated if the documents are in the official language of the country, others require translations regardless.

OP, the thing to do before going to the trouble of obtaining translations is to see what document translation requirements for the Embassy/Consulate you are going through are.

[lufyz 4]

The staff at NVC have to check all your documents and send a checklist if something is missing. I don't think they can read all the languages that got sent to them? I have seen some users sent in their birth certificate without a translation and got a check list for missing birth certificate.

[Maria4Garrett 5]

NVC says this:

Does this mean that if the documents are written in the native language of the country in which we are applying for a visa, that we do not need to send translations to the NVC?

Thank you

Send in the original documents and it's English translations