Civil docs for NVC

[Haithem 0]

Hi all. Do you know if birth certificate and police clearance need to be translated to english and legalized? Can you please clarify? I can't find information about this. Where i can find information about this please? Thank

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

Best sourse is USCIS itself

 

https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/AFM/HTML/AFM/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-2061/0-0-0-2253.html

All documents submitted in support of an application or petition must include complete translation into English. In addition, there must be a certification from the translator indicating that the translation is complete and accurate and attesting to his or her competence as a translator. See8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) .

[dxb_Indian 97]

On 4/12/2019 at 11:19 PM, Haithem said:

Hi all. Do you know if birth certificate and police clearance need to be translated to english and legalized? Can you please clarify? I can't find information about this. Where i can find information about this please? Thank

This is the answer from NVC website:

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"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."

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So if a document is in Arabic and your interview is in UAE, there is no translation required, since UAE's official language is Arabic. But if your document has been issued by a country other than UAE and even though it's in Arabic, you might still need translation, since it is not a UAE issued document and you are not doing interview in your home country.

 

I am just using Arabic as an example, it will apply to any language.

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/collect-and-submit-forms-and-documents-to-the-nvc/step-5-collect-supporting-documents.html

 

On 4/13/2019 at 12:36 AM, adil-rafa said:

Best sourse is USCIS itself

 

https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/AFM/HTML/AFM/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-2061/0-0-0-2253.html

All documents submitted in support of an application or petition must include complete translation into English. In addition, there must be a certification from the translator indicating that the translation is complete and accurate and attesting to his or her competence as a translator. See8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) .

Uscis is different from NVC, each agency has its own set of rules to be followed.

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

8 hours ago, dxb_Indian said:

This is the answer from NVC website:

***********

"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."

************

 

So if a document is in Arabic and your interview is in UAE, there is no translation required, since UAE's official language is Arabic. But if your document has been issued by a country other than UAE and even though it's in Arabic, you might still need translation, since it is not a UAE issued document and you are not doing interview in your home country.

 

I am just using Arabic as an example, it will apply to any language.

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/collect-and-submit-forms-and-documents-to-the-nvc/step-5-collect-supporting-documents.html

 

Uscis is different from NVC, each agency has its own set of rules to be followed.

If someone sends documents in to both , they have to show the original and the English translations 

go ahead and try it your way

Arabic is the offical language of our country too but the US embassy is on US property (in any county legally )

You asked for clarification,  i gave you the government site 

 

[payxibka 10,045]

3 minutes ago, adil-rafa said:

If someone sends documents in to both , they have to show the original and the English translations 

go ahead and try it your way

Arabic is the offical language of our country too but the US embassy is on US property (in any county legally )

You asked for clarification,  i gave you the government site 

 

But the wrong government site for where the OP is in the process.  

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

7 minutes ago, payxibka said:

But the wrong government site for where the OP is in the process.  

both USCIS and NVC require English translations 

this is required thruout the entire process

we had to have all our documents translated into English /  it tells you that is all correspondence sent from immigration

 

[payxibka 10,045]

3 minutes ago, adil-rafa said:

both USCIS and NVC require English translations 

this is required thruout the entire process

we had to have all our documents translated into English /  it tells you that is all correspondence sent from immigration

 

The difference between USCIS and DOS is that if the document is in the "mother" tongue of the country where the interview will occur, then a translation isn't required by DOS.  

Edited April 14, 2019 by payxibka

[dxb_Indian 97]

17 minutes ago, adil-rafa said:

both USCIS and NVC require English translations 

this is required thruout the entire process

we had to have all our documents translated into English /  it tells you that is all correspondence sent from immigration

 

Please don't post wrong information. Just because you did something doesn't make it right. Uscis is different from NVC. If you don't know the official NVC position on translation, read the official link that I have posted above. 

If you have any information from NVC contradicting the NVC Link I posted, please post it.

 

Translations cost time and money. If the official site says, no need for translation,  then save the money.

Edited April 14, 2019 by dxb_Indian

[millefleur 5,047]

**Moved from IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports to National Visa Center (Dept of State); question concerns translations needed for NVC**

[StrangeBrew 2]

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