Does translated documents need to be notarized ?

[Sameer143 1]

I will be submitting my documents to NVC (AOS and IV package), one of my document is in the official language of the country (Arabic) , I am preferring to get it translated by a professional translator. Do I need to get the translated document notarized? or translator's certification is enough ?

and do I need to get it attested by any other body i,e Ministry of Foreign affairs ?

I will be submitting the photocopy to NVC and original to the embassy at the time of Interview.

[Georgia16 2,858]

I asked my embassy (Sweden) and this was the respons:

You may use any translator who can comply with these requirements:

*Translation Requirements

All documents not in English must be accompanied by certified translations. Please note that the applicant cannot him/herself translate the documents. The translation must include a statement signed by the translator that states that the:

Translation is accurate, and,

Translator is competent to translate.

So as long as it's certified and the translater gave the document on the side it should be good

Edited April 13, 2016 by Georgia16

[Sameer143 1]

Georgia16, Thanks for the quick response. I just called U.S Embassy here in Bahrain and I was told translated document must be notarized

[Georgia16 2,858]

Georgia16, Thanks for the quick response. I just called U.S Embassy here in Bahrain and I was told translated document must be notarized

Good you called! ... It's funny how everything is so different from country to country.

Edited April 13, 2016 by Georgia16

[Sameer143 1]

Yes I'm glad I did that. In my country I will have to get my document attested from two organizations then I will be able to notarized it which is a pain

[amkhan 108]

just do the legal translation no need for any attestion or notary you will take these original translation with original marriage certificate to us embassy for final interveiw

[Georgia16 2,858]

just do the legal translation no need for any attestion or notary you will take these original translation with original marriage certificate to us embassy for final interveiw

If the embassy says he have to, then I would do what they say. Each embassy is different and want different things.

[amkhan 108]

Embassy won't ask since they have native speaking staff who can read and verify the translation US does not care about attestion stuff

[Georgia16 2,858]

Embassy won't ask since they have native speaking staff who can read and verify the translation US does not care about attestion stuff

Not true. I says on the mail from the embassy actually twice that all document not in english MOST be translated. (The one from Sweden)

Edited April 13, 2016 by Georgia16

[amkhan 108]

Please read my all above reply then you will understand......

[Georgia16 2,858]

Please read my all above reply then you will understand......

My bad. But if the embassy wants him to have it notarized and that's how they do it in his country then I guess he needs to get it that way.

[amkhan 108]

My bad. But if the embassy wants him to have it notarized and that's how they do it in his country then I guess he needs to get it that way.

Dear embassy does not ask for notary in normal case only they ask if person does not have original certificates then they accept notory or attested certificate in some country notary is easy like 1 mint job here in Dubai notary means wasting many hours plus good amount to waste i hope it make sense to you...

[Georgia16 2,858]

Dear embassy does not ask for notary in normal case only they ask if person does not have original certificates then they accept notory or attested certificate in some country notary is easy like 1 mint job here in Dubai notary means wasting many hours plus good amount to waste i hope it make sense to you...

I know what you are saying. I didn't mine notarized because they didn't say anything, what I'm trying to say is he called them and they specifically said it needed to be ... I can't explain it better but if they say he should then I would get it no matter what.

[amkhan 108]

I know what you are saying. I didn't mine notarized because they didn't say anything, what I'm trying to say is he called them and they specifically said it needed to be ... I can't explain it better but if they say he should then I would get it no matter what.

can you explain me what does notary means ? notary means in our region is a document true as original or original has seen thats all ....lol but no one will take responsibilty on the content of documents... he can get stamp from ministry of justics because all legal translater have legal license from ministry of justics even ministry will not read english since arabic to english is difficult to translate not all arabs can understand english here

[Sameer143 1]

Well , notarizing a copy of a document certifies that it's been copied from the original, and notarizing the original document means notary public certifies that it's been signed by the person in the presence of notary public (in my case it's going to be the translator) ... Morning I will call embassy again and double check with them and they (embassy) did tell me that it has to be translated from Arabic even though NVC website states that non-English documents can be submitted if they are in official language of the country.