translating Argentinian documentation (split topic)

[EstebanB 3]

Sorry to bring this old post back to life but anyone from argentina filing I130 can tell me if the Argentinian documents should be legally translated (with the certifficate from the colegio de traductores) or they just need a simple translation with the certification that whoever translated them is fluent in both languages? The Buenos Aires Embassy Page says that documents in english or spanish shouldnt be translated, but i'm afraid that is no the case with documents sent to USCIS in the first place. Am I right?

[Andresr 47]

Hi ,I paid for a online translation for i130,the company is rushtranslate,everything was ok

Just for info tomorrow I have my visa interview at the embassy 

Edited December 10, 2020 by Andresr

[catandmanu 25]

9 hours ago, EstebanB said:

Sorry to bring this old post back to life but anyone from argentina filing I130 can tell me if the Argentinian documents should be legally translated (with the certifficate from the colegio de traductores) or they just need a simple translation with the certification that whoever translated them is fluent in both languages? The Buenos Aires Embassy Page says that documents in english or spanish shouldnt be translated, but i'm afraid that is no the case with documents sent to USCIS in the first place. Am I right?

They do not need to be legally translated with the certificate from the colegio de traductores, but it doesn't hurt. Just a signed certification that the person who translated is fluent in both languages. We got the translations certified though. 

 

You definitely need to translate all documents to English for UCIS. At the Interview phase it is not necessary because consular officers are fluent in Spanish and English.

[EstebanB 3]

10 hours ago, Andresr said:

Hi ,I paid for a online translation for i130,the company is rushtranslate,everything was ok

Just for info tomorrow I have my visa interview at the embassy 

Thanks and good luck for tomorrow!

1 hour ago, catandmanu said:

They do not need to be legally translated with the certificate from the colegio de traductores, but it doesn't hurt. Just a signed certification that the person who translated is fluent in both languages. We got the translations certified though. 

 

You definitely need to translate all documents to English for UCIS. At the Interview phase it is not necessary because consular officers are fluent in Spanish and English.

Thanks! 

[Ele&Ema 0]

For the USCIS stage, we submitted translations with a signed certification that the person translating is fluent in both languages (didn't do the certification from Colegio de traductores). No issues whatsoever, no RFE. As of today, my husband has his Immigrant Visa on hand.

[Ryan H 3,812]

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[Fe.Ta 874]

On 12/9/2020 at 8:48 PM, EstebanB said:

Sorry to bring this old post back to life but anyone from argentina filing I130 can tell me if the Argentinian documents should be legally translated (with the certifficate from the colegio de traductores) or they just need a simple translation with the certification that whoever translated them is fluent in both languages? The Buenos Aires Embassy Page says that documents in english or spanish shouldnt be translated, but i'm afraid that is no the case with documents sent to USCIS in the first place. Am I right?

 

On 12/10/2020 at 9:29 AM, Ele&Ema said:

For the USCIS stage, we submitted translations with a signed certification that the person translating is fluent in both languages (didn't do the certification from Colegio de traductores). No issues whatsoever, no RFE. As of today, my husband has his Immigrant Visa on hand.

 

 

On 12/9/2020 at 9:06 PM, Andresr said:

Hi ,I paid for a online translation for i130,the company is rushtranslate,everything was ok

Just for info tomorrow I have my visa interview at the embassy 

For all of you, please note that having it legalized and apostille in Argentina will be extremely helpful.  As stated before, the actual translation can be done by anyone as long as they confirm and testify that they are fluent in English/Spanish.  However, per a lot of discussion in other Argentina forums, having the birth certificate legalized and then apostille in Argentina before leaving Argentina will decrease the chances of having issues with it at the next stage (AOS, ROC, or whatever comes next to you) once you are IN THE USA.

We did all of this prior to leaving Argentina, submitted everything, and STILL got a RFE for the birth certificate, which we re-submitted.  But, we are sure it was that the officer questioned its validity.  At the interview, we noticed the officer there was looking at it too.  So, better have it legalized and apostille.
 

@Fer Schvarztman Can you please share your experience with the birth certificate legalization and apostille?  That you have to resolve once you were in the USA.

[EstebanB 3]

@Fe.Ta I'm on the CR-1 track so, no AOS for me once in the US. Anyway I already submited the birth certificate for apostilling (is that a verb?) and maybe in the NVC stage I will send that version instead and of course keep the document for any other thing we might need down the road. Thanks for the advice!

Edited December 11, 2020 by EstebanB

[Fe.Ta 874]

1 minute ago, EstebanB said:

@Fe.Ta I'm on the CR-1 track so, no AOS for me once in the US. Anyway I already submited the birth certificate for apostilling (is that a verb?) and maybe in the NVC stage I will send that version instead and of course keep the document for any other thing we might need down the road. Thanks for the advice!

That’s why I said whatever is applicable to you.  In your case, it will just be the naturalization or whatever.  It is just best to do it if you can rather than not.  Yes, always keep originals and only submit copies.