Do I Need a Certificate of Translation for my USCIS Documents?

What is the USCIS?

At Idiomatic, we receive numerous requests every day for translations of documents for submission to the USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services). The USCIS is the US government body that is in charge of the admission of foreign nationals into the United States. An integral step of the immigration procedure for USCIS is providing its officials with a valid and certified translation that complies with the organization's standards.

USCIS Translation

The USCIS website is very clear about what is required in order to submit a valid translation. An extract from their website follows:

Translations. Any document containing foreign language submitted to USCIS shall be accompanied by a full English language translation which the translator has certified as complete and accurate, and by the translator’s certification that he or she is competent to translate from the foreign language into English.

Idiomatic provides this type of document, also called a Certificate of Translation, with all translations that we complete. Additionally, when required by the authorities, we offer the option of notarizing our translations through Remote Online Notary. 

USCIS Certificate of Translation

Idiomatic has years of experience working with clients who need to submit their documents to the USCIS, and has its own standarized template for the same. The Certificate of Translation includes the company's letterhead and contact information, description of our credentials as a professional translation company (ISO 9001:2015 quality standard) and a signature from the directorship of the company stating it to be a true and exact translation of the original.

If you need translations for the USCIS, get in touch with Idiomatic for a free quote here.