Nvc civil documents translations

[Eagle76 1]

Nvc is saying they do not need any translations?? Is this accurate? My wifes documents are in Spanish and interview will be in Venezuela...I thought any document not in English would need translations...

[djbenitez 8]

I was told by the NVC that a translation was only needed if the documents were different than English and/or the language of the place of interview. Having said that, if your documents are in Spanish, you will probably need translations of the documents in the US. I would get translations of her birth certificate and marriage certificate.

[Eagle76 1]

Ok, but for the interview in venezuela Would I need translations?

[djbenitez 8]

I was told no by the NVC, but brought them anyway.

[Eagle76 1]

I am still at nvc...will be sending documents and affidavit this week

[mallafri76 1,012]

It says on NVC's website that it's not needed if the documents are in English or the official language of the country in which the interview will take place. With that said, I have read about a couple of people on here getting checklists because their documents were not translated. We decided to do translations anyway, just to be on the safe side, as do a lot of other people.

Officially it's not needed but if it's one thing I've learned through my NVC journey, it's that no matter what the policy says, it's totally up to the person reviewing your case.

[VZLAN-US-Citizen 11]

Yes, previous posters are correct, the NVC website specifically states that:

All documents not written in English, or in the official language of the country in which you are applying for a visa, must be accompanied by certified translations. The translation must include a statement signed by the translator stating that the:

Translation is accurate, and

Translator is competent to translate.

Therefore you could imply that you DON'T need them to be translated. But, like other posters have mentioned, there are a lot of people on here getting checklists and their cases delayed when they are asked to bring in translations of documents that weren't translated.

If I were you I would ask the NVC AGAIN if they need to be translated or not, but do it via E-mail, so then when they answer you can print that out and bring it with you to the interview as proof that you were under the impression that you didn't need to translate the documents, as per the NVC themselves.

But they might STILL make you translate them, regardless of what they themselves told you... like someone else said, it's up to the one guy/lady who takes your case to decide what to do with it. You want to make that guy's/lady's life and job easier so they can process your case easily and quickly.

I would translate them if I were you.

M