Translation of Supporting Evidence

[rs1971 0]

Hi,

I understand that generally speaking any documentation submitted to UCSIS has to be translated to English. I'm wondering if this rule is hard and fast for supporting documents or if it really only applies to those which are specifically required. On my most recent trip to visit my fiancee in Colombia, which is the one I'm using to meet the 'within two years' requirement, we traveled together from Bogota where she lives to Letecia, to spend a week in the Amazons. One of my strongest pieces of supporting evidence of our having been together is our boarding passes which show us sitting next to each other on the flights to and from Leticia. As these are domestic flights, obviously they are in Spanish. Is it really necessary to translate something like this? I can't imagine that it wouldn't be clear to anyone regardless of whether they spoke Spanish or not.

Thanks in advance.

-rs1971

[Audy_Rob 26]

Hi,

I understand that generally speaking any documentation submitted to UCSIS has to be translated to English. I'm wondering if this rule is hard and fast for supporting documents or if it really only applies to those which are specifically required. On my most recent trip to visit my fiancee in Colombia, which is the one I'm using to meet the 'within two years' requirement, we traveled together from Bogota where she lives to Letecia, to spend a week in the Amazons. One of my strongest pieces of supporting evidence of our having been together is our boarding passes which show us sitting next to each other on the flights to and from Leticia. As these are domestic flights, obviously they are in Spanish. Is it really necessary to translate something like this? I can't imagine that it wouldn't be clear to anyone regardless of whether they spoke Spanish or not.

Thanks in advance.

-rs1971

In general I agree with you. But you might ask yourself;

1) How much trouble is it to translate the boarding passes? AND

2) How much trouble and delay is an RFE?

You can mount the boarding passes to a piece of paper and write on the paper the translation for seat, aisle, date, from, to, etc...

[trailmix 77]

I would translate it, do you really have to? No probably not. You won't have to have a licensed translator do this - just have your fiancee translate it and attach that.