K-1 chart log, tickets translation

[EllyLilia 9]

Hello everyone!

Please, advise - do such evidence documents as chart logs, train tickets, etc. need to be translated by a certified translator or it would be enough if I ( the beneficiary ) or my fiance translate it yourself and put such a certification to certify a translation:

https://www.visajourney.com/content/translations/

?

Actually, I have done already the translation of our chart log (we selected some parts from each month) and now we are thinking how better to certify it. The document is pretty long, about 40 pages (I have 2 columns table: 1-st column translation and 2-d column original text).

We both are fluent in English, but our native language is Ukrainian. That is why we communicated in Ukrainian.  

 

I have read different topics on this subject on VJ and also the USCIS official page, but still don't have a clear answer in my mind. Someone told it was OK to do it yourself, someone that it may cause problems. What is your experience with that?

 

Also, if we would decide for hiring a translator to have it reviewed and certified by them - is it OK for USCIS if a translation agency would be not american, but foreign (ukrainian)? It is much cheaper here. Or they prefer to have translations certified by american translation agencies?

 

Much thanks for sharing your experience on this subject!

[payxibka 10,045]

If you are fluent in both languages you can translate and attest to its accuracy yourself 

[USS_Voyager 1,972]

Anybody including yourself can translate, just need to sign that statement. 

[Greenbaum 12,259]

A statement on the translation works fine:

 

Just put this statement on it and sign:

 

CERTIFICATE OF TRANSLATION I, ___________________________, am competent to translate from ________________ into English, and certify that the translation of __________________________________ is true and accurate to the best of my abilities. ______________________________ Signature of Translator

Name of Translator _____________________________ Address of Translator ____________________________ Telephone Number of Translator ____________________________.

 

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.

[EllyLilia 9]

payxibka, USS_Voyager, Greenbaum,

Thanks!

Does such translation work only for non-official documents (like charts)? Official documents (like a birth certificate) require a translation by certified translators/translation agencies, right?

I have read here on the forum that someone received RFE because they translated their correspondence and birth/or divorce certificate themselves, but didn't have that translation notarized.

That is I see it like that:

- non-official documents can be translated by ourselves and need to be certified like it is described here https://www.visajourney.com/content/translations/

- official documents must be translated by:

     * certified translator/translation agency

     * or  by ourselves, but than this translation with personal certification need notarization

Right?

 

[payxibka 10,045]

2 hours ago, EllyLilia said:

payxibka, USS_Voyager, Greenbaum,

Thanks!

Does such translation work only for non-official documents (like charts)? Official documents (like a birth certificate) require a translation by certified translators/translation agencies, right?

I have read here on the forum that someone received RFE because they translated their correspondence and birth/or divorce certificate themselves, but didn't have that translation notarized.

That is I see it like that:

- non-official documents can be translated by ourselves and need to be certified like it is described here https://www.visajourney.com/content/translations/

- official documents must be translated by:

     * certified translator/translation agency

     * or  by ourselves, but than this translation with personal certification need notarization

Right?

 

USCIS had a translation policy.  Period.  They don't distinguish by the type of evidence 

[EllyLilia 9]

Well, than it's not clear for me why that guys got an RFE requesting them to notarize their translation?

[payxibka 10,045]

2 minutes ago, EllyLilia said:

Well, than it's not clear for me why that guys got an RFE requesting them to notarize their translation?

All translations need attestation,  many people confuse this as notarization 

[EllyLilia 9]

Well, they got an RFE requesting them to notarize their translation with certification/attestationn. That is they had their translation certified by themselves as described in this topic. But USCIS  required them to notarize that translation.

Edited July 21, 2019 by EllyLilia
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