official name change

[EricStephan 0]

Hello from Chiang Mai (beautiful day by the way),

Thank you for all of your help with my previous questions. Hopefully, this will be it for awhile as the I-12F is almost ready to go.

So, my fiancee (Thai citizen) did change her name when she was 15. Currently we are in the process of getting the original birth certificate and name change certificate translated by a certified translator. After translation, are we now ready to include these with our petition? My fiancee says that now we must send the originals and translations to Bangkok so that they can then certify that the translation is correct and then put their official government stamp of approval on it. Has anyone heard of this? Do we really need to do this last step for the I-129F or are the certified translations without the government endorsement enough for now?

Your experience and expertise is greatly appreciated,

Eric and On

[LookyWhatIFound 38]

For the I-129F I have never seen or heard of requirement of government certification.

I am re-filing for the same person and my previous I-129F application, with name change document, was approved without any government certifications.

Whether your consulate requires is it, maybe somebody else can tell you.

[Ning 619]

Hello from Chiang Mai (beautiful day by the way),

Thank you for all of your help with my previous questions. Hopefully, this will be it for awhile as the I-12F is almost ready to go.

So, my fiancee (Thai citizen) did change her name when she was 15. Currently we are in the process of getting the original birth certificate and name change certificate translated by a certified translator. After translation, are we now ready to include these with our petition? My fiancee says that now we must send the originals and translations to Bangkok so that they can then certify that the translation is correct and then put their official government stamp of approval on it. Has anyone heard of this? Do we really need to do this last step for the I-129F or are the certified translations without the government endorsement enough for now?

Your experience and expertise is greatly appreciated,

Eric and On

This is totaly wrong. See the example format that has been used & accepted many times. The term certify simply means the person doing the translation must indicate they are fluent in both languages. Anyone that is can do the translation.

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Please submit certified translations for all foreign language documents. The translator must certify that s/he is competent to translate and that the translation is accurate.

The certification format should include the certifier's name, signature, address, and date of certification. A suggested format is:

Certification by Translator

I [typed name], certify that I am fluent (conversant) in the English and ________ languages, and that the above/attached document is an accurate translation of the document attached entitled ______________________________.

Signature_________________________________

Date Typed Name

Address

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

[ThaitoUSA 15]

The service to which your fiancée is referring in the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Consular Division. You can have Thai to English documents verified and stamped with an official seal for about 200 Baht per page. Ning is correct that it is not necessary for documents submitted to USCIS. However, your fiancée may wish to have this verification done on some documents. For example, my wife had it done for her Thai teacher certificate, so she could provide the certified translation to the state's Dept. of Education.