A complete English translation of your overseas police certificate for the Home Affairs character requirement, signed by a named professional translator.
A NAATI police certificate translation lets Home Affairs read your overseas police certificate as part of the character requirement for an Australian visa or citizenship. VisaDocTranslation offers NAATI certified translation for Australia, and every police certificate is translated in full and signed by a named professional translator with their full name, contact details and qualifications, at £41.99 per page, by the next working day.
The translation is for Home Affairs visa and citizenship applications and private use. Your certificate is handled confidentially and translated exactly as issued. For other documents in your application, see the Australia translation hub.
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Yes, if the certificate isn't in English. Home Affairs needs an English translation of every non-English document, and police certificates are assessed against the character requirement.
Many visas, including partner, skilled, employer-sponsored and family visas, ask for police certificates from the countries you've lived in. Some countries issue them in English or bilingually; many don't. If yours contains any text that isn't in English, including the issuing authority's stamp, it needs a full translation.
We translate the certificate exactly as it reads, including the result, reference numbers, the issuing office and the validity details. Nothing is summarised or reworded.
If the name on your certificate is spelled differently from your passport, perhaps because it was transliterated from another script, tell us your passport spelling when you order so the translation matches it, which saves a case officer from wondering whether the certificate belongs to you.
Home Affairs generally asks for a police certificate from each country where you spent 12 months or more in total in the last 10 years since turning 16. Your visa checklist confirms what's needed for your subclass.
That often means more than one certificate, in more than one language. You can upload them all on a single order and we'll translate each one, signed by a named translator.
An Australian police check from the Australian Federal Police is issued in English and doesn't need translating. Requirements can change and some subclasses differ, so check your ImmiAccount checklist or the Home Affairs character guidance before you apply for certificates.
Attach a colour scan of the original police certificate and the English translation PDF together, under the character evidence item for the relevant country.
Scan every page and both sides. If the certificate has a verification code or QR code, make sure it's legible in the scan. Some certificates are issued electronically as PDFs; upload the PDF you received and send us the same file to translate.
Police certificates have a limited shelf life for visa purposes, so check how recent yours needs to be before ordering the translation. We deliver by the next working day, which keeps the translation from eating into that window.
A complete English translation of every part of the certificate, with the named translator's full name, signature, contact details and qualifications.
Police certificates are short but precise, and precision is the whole point. We keep record numbers, dates and official wording exact, and we translate the formal phrasing faithfully rather than smoothing it into plainer English.
£41.99 per page, delivered by the next working day, with 2 free revisions per document. There is no rush option for Australian orders.
Most police certificates are one or two pages. The quote form shows the total before you pay, in pounds sterling, and you receive a signed PDF by email.
You'll often be translating identity evidence at the same time, such as passport and ID documents or a birth certificate. Upload everything together on the quote form so the names match across the set.
Yes. We offer NAATI certified translation for Australian visa and citizenship applications, and every police certificate is signed by a named translator with their full name, contact details and qualifications.
Yes. Citizenship applications are one of the uses this service covers, alongside visas and private use.
Yes. Your documents are handled confidentially and used solely to prepare your translation.
If every piece of information already appears in English, it may not. If any part, including stamps or the result itself, appears only in another language, it should be translated.
Yes. Upload them all together and the quote form prices each page. Each certificate is translated and signed separately.
For online applications Home Affairs generally asks for colour scans of the original rather than certified copies. Attach the scan alongside our translation PDF.
By the next working day (UK working days). There is no rush tier for Australian orders.
Every document includes 2 free revisions. Tell us by WhatsApp or email and we'll send an updated signed PDF.
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