Translate the documents in an immigration file to English, each in its original layout.
Translating something else? Browse every document type — certificates, records, statements and transcripts.
An immigration petition is a stack: birth and marriage certificates, bank statements, police records, medical histories, earlier court orders. USCIS asks for a complete English translation of every foreign-language document, with the translator's certification. Reglyph translates each document in its original layout, so you can read your own file, see what it says and check the certified translations against the originals.
Any document containing a foreign language must come with a full English translation, and the translator must certify that it is complete and accurate and that they are competent to translate, with their signature, printed name, the date and their contact details. A translator's summary is not accepted; an official extract issued by the record keeper can be, if it contains everything needed. Reglyph's translation is for reading and checking your documents; the signed certification has to come from a translator.
The situations people most often bring immigration documents to us for — each one keeps the original layout, seals and tables.
A family petition can bundle several documents and dozens of pages once statements and records are included. Each upload takes up to 50 pages and 100 MB; one upload per document or per person is easiest to check. Afterwards, compare every name and date across the documents: they should match the passport spelling everywhere.
The instructions for Forms I-130, I-485, N-400 and I-765 all carry the same translation paragraph: a foreign-language document needs a full English translation, and the translator certifies it is complete and accurate and that they're competent to translate, with signature, printed name, date and contact details. None of them names a required credential, and none mentions notarization. Immigration court has its own version of the rule: a foreign-language document offered in a proceeding must come with an English translation and the translator's certificate of competence and accuracy.
| Country | Translation rule |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | The original plus a full translation the Home Office can verify: dated, with the translator's confirmation that it's accurate, full name, signature and contact details. Applications for leave to remain or settlement need a qualified translator's certification. |
| Canada | English or French; otherwise the translation, an affidavit from the translator unless they're certified in Canada, and a certified copy of the original. Stamps and seals must be translated too. Applicants, family members and representatives may not translate. |
| New Zealand | Certified translations of every non-English document for residence, by a translator competent in both languages, with a stamp or signature. Applicants, family members and immigration advisers may not prepare them. Police and medical certificates need certified translations even for visitor visas. |
From each government's published instructions as of October 2026.
| In the document | In the translated PDF |
|---|---|
| Printed text, labels and notes | Translated in place, in the original layout. |
| Registry numbers, dates and amounts | Treated as numbers and codes, not translated. |
| Stamps and seals | Kept as they are; the text inside them is not translated. Canada requires that text in the translation, so the certifying translator handles it. |
| Handwritten entries and signatures | Kept as written. |
No. The USCIS Policy Manual says a translator's summary is unacceptable. An official extract issued by the record keeper can be accepted if it contains all the information needed.
That the translation is complete and accurate and that the translator is competent to translate from the language into English, with their signature, printed name, the date and their contact details.
The form instructions don't ask for it. They ask for the translator's signed certification.
Not without a translator's certification. Use Reglyph to read your documents and check the certified versions; some translators will review and certify an existing translation, so it's worth asking yours.
For USCIS, yes, like any foreign-language document. New Zealand requires certified translations of police certificates even for visitor visas.
Not for Canada or New Zealand, which bar applicants and their family members. The USCIS rule names no credential; it asks for the translator's certification of competence and accuracy.
Anything not in English: civil records, police certificates, bank statements, medical records, school records and earlier court orders. Each has its own page here with specifics.
Each upload takes up to 50 pages and 100 MB. One upload per document or per person keeps each translation easy to check against its original.
Simple, scan-friendly pricing. Pages are pages — no multiplier for scanned files.
Translate a few pages. No commitment.
$0.30 a page, from 10 pages — you pay for exactly 10 pages.
For individuals with scans to translate every month.
For high-volume users with scans to translate every week.
The rule itself is short. The mistakes people make around it — partial translations, missing seals, uncertified machine output — are what generate RFEs.
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