Volunteering with translations to a NGO - Adjusting status

[girl123 3]

Hello!

First, thanks to all people here in VJ, it is a really helpful resource.

I am adjusting status from a K1 visa and I found a volunteer position at a NGO (very big in the city I live in). I go there once a week for a few hours and I translate some documents, but at the end I need to sign a paper as a "translator" stating I am fluent in both languages for each page I translate. A lot of US citizens volunteer in this NGO and with the translation task. I have signed many papers before starting in which I recognize that I am just a volunteer.

I am not a professional translator, never worked with this before and I will never do it for a living.

What do you guys think? Can I get in trouble with USCIS?

Thanks a lot

Edited June 18, 2015 by girl123

[hanniel 41]

Hello!

First, thanks to all people here in VJ, it is a really helpful resource.

I am adjusting status from a K1 visa and I found a volunteer position at a NGO (very big in the city I live in). I go there once a week for a few hours and I translate some documents, but at the end I need to sign a paper as a "translator" stating I am fluent in both languages for each page I translate. A lot of US citizens volunteer in this NGO and with the translation task. I have signed many papers before starting in which I recognize that I am just a volunteer.

I am not a professional translator, never worked with this before and I will never do it for a living.

What do you guys think? Can I get in trouble with USCIS?

Thanks a lot

Are you paid for this? receive any sort of compensation, whether it be direct or indirect?

[girl123 3]

No, I don't receive anything.

[usmsbow 795]

No compensation=no worries/no problems about your work status.

[girl123 3]

Thank you so much