AOS - Translating documents

[Stephanie8889 3]

Hello!

 

I've seen some conflicting information and am hopeful someone can give me some guidance on their experiences with the following:

 

- I am doing an adjustment of status and I need to have my fiancé's birth certificate translated from Spanish to English.  I am fluent in both languages and feel that I can confidently do the translation myself.  Is that acceptable for the AOS or do I need to have an unbiased party do the translation?   Does anyone have any templates they've used when doing the translation?  Is it just typing out what the certificate says on a word doc (down to the stamps)?

 

Thank you! 

[OldUser 5,855]

It's always best to find a third party without conflict of interest. I don't believe it's an official requirement but it just makes sense. Spanish is a wide spoken language. You can certainly find somebody speaking both languages. Online translation agencies should not cost a fortune (probably under $50)

[YecaCruz 378]

17 hours ago, Stephanie8889 said:

Hello!

 

I've seen some conflicting information and am hopeful someone can give me some guidance on their experiences with the following:

 

- I am doing an adjustment of status and I need to have my fiancé's birth certificate translated from Spanish to English.  I am fluent in both languages and feel that I can confidently do the translation myself.  Is that acceptable for the AOS or do I need to have an unbiased party do the translation?   Does anyone have any templates they've used when doing the translation?  Is it just typing out what the certificate says on a word doc (down to the stamps)?

 

Thank you! 

I translated my then fiancé's birth cert myself from Span to Eng. with the "certification". I utilized word and made it look the same in terms of format and positioning of the text and just wrote everything in English, including the stamps. Not sure if it has to be that detailed but that's just how I do things. Never received an RFE or anything regarding that as what USCIS specifies only is that the translator must be someone who is competent in both languages.

Edited July 8 by YecaCruz

[Stephanie8889 3]

On 7/8/2024 at 10:30 AM, YecaCruz said:

I translated my then fiancé's birth cert myself from Span to Eng. with the "certification". I utilized word and made it look the same in terms of format and positioning of the text and just wrote everything in English, including the stamps. Not sure if it has to be that detailed but that's just how I do things. Never received an RFE or anything regarding that as what USCIS specifies only is that the translator must be someone who is competent in both languages.

Thank you!  That is what I was wanting to do because I feel it's ridiculous to seek out someone to translate something I can easily do - I just wanted to see if someone else more recently did this.  Appreciate it! 

[OldUser 5,855]

On 7/9/2024 at 5:29 PM, Stephanie8889 said:

Thank you!  That is what I was wanting to do because I feel it's ridiculous to seek out someone to translate something I can easily do - I just wanted to see if someone else more recently did this.  Appreciate it! 

It should be possible to do in under $50. Not a big amount to ensure everything is translated by a specialist who does it for living. It's worth the price, considering it can save you time if USCIS doesn't like translation you did or you make mistake translating.

 

Good luck!

[sunflower4 13]

I got my Korean SO's dad to translate his birth certificate from Korean to English. He also signed a statement saying he was fluent in Korean and English and translated accurately.

 

I got an RFE saying we didn't include a translation of the birth certificate. I wasn't sure if it was because they lost it, or because they didn't accept his dad being the translator. So I just found a translating company online, and had them do the translation for $50. They took that and approved my AOS.