Slight Spelling Error on Translated Marriage Certificate

[OneMoreRose 0]

Hello. My husband and I recently got married and were told there could be slight spelling errors on the official translation of our marriage certificate. 

Our names are spelt and pronounced correctly in the native language of where we are, but the English spellings may be slightly off.  For example, -ey endings instead of-ii endings.

 

Can this cause an issue for our i130, if our translated names don't exactly match our names in our passports? Or will is there an understanding for names getting spelt wrong in translation? This is an official translation done through a government facility and they said they cannot guarantee our names will match their spelling in our passports.

[Mike E 11,739]

23 minutes ago, OneMoreRose said:

Can this cause an issue for our i130, if our translated names don't exactly match our names in our passports?

When I had my wife’s records translated, for I-485 I specifically told the translation service to transliterate the last Burmese character of her second name to “a” (as it was on her passport) and not “ar”. It took several iterations, but I got the translation I demanded.

 

 

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 This is an official translation done through a government facility and they said they cannot guarantee our names will match their spelling in our passports.

If your translator refuses to transliterate as you demand, find a new translator.  USCIS does not force you to use the translator you have selected.

 

We initially used a translator in Burma for an affidavit, and our lawyer required the English version to say “under penalty of perjury of the laws of the United States”. The Burmese translator refused to translate that, insisting Burmese law would not let him do that.

 

So I went with an American translation service that obeyed me.

Edited June 21, 2023 by Mike E