Translation certificate(s) - notary public or not?

[dragi 2]

Hello,

I've been married to my American wife for a few months now (since May this year). We're just about ready to send out our initial I-130 package. My birth certificate and a few other documents are not in english so I included a translation for each. I went through the guides on this site and it says here I have to attach a "translation certificate" for each translated document. However I found elsewhere (I'm new so I can't include external links) that you're supposed to attach one single certificate in a form of an affidavit that lists all the translated documents in the package, and that you need to have it signed before a notary public.

So which of those do you think would be better? Do I need one certificate for each document or one altogether, and do any/all of them need to be signed before a notary?

Thanks in advance.

Edited November 1, 2014 by dragi

[Ning 619]

Hello,

I've been married to my American wife for a few months now (since May this year). We're just about ready to send out our initial I-130 package. My birth certificate and some other documents are not in english so I attached a translation for each. I went through the guides on this site and it says here I have to attach a "translation certificate" for each translated document. However I found elsewhere (I'm new so I can't include external links) that you're supposed to attach one single certificate in a form of an affidavit that lists all the translated documents in the package, and that you need to have it signed before a notary public.

So which of those do you think would be better? Do I need one certificate for each document or one altogether, and do any/all of them need to be signed before a notary?

Thanks in advance.

None need to be notarized. The " certification " is simply a statement made by the person that translated the docs indicating they are fluent in both languages.

Use the search block here on V J to find more info on translations.

[Ryan H 3,812]

Translations only need an attestation statement that the translation is accurate and the person doing the translating is fluent in the foreign language as well as English.

[dragi 2]

Thank you all. I will skip going to the notary public then. Cheers!