Your UK birth certificate translated into Spanish and signed by a traductor jurado appointed by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for visa, Registro Civil and nationality applications.
A sworn birth certificate translation into Spanish is a traducción jurada of your certificate, completed and signed by a traductor-intérprete jurado appointed by Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation. Spanish consulates and offices ask for one when a birth certificate supports a child's residence visa, a marriage file, a nationality application or a registration with the Registro Civil.
VisaDocTranslation translates the whole certificate, including any apostille attached to it, at £48.00 per page within 2 working days. Most Spanish files also include a sworn marriage certificate translation or a translated police certificate, and our sworn Spanish translation page explains how the system works.
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Usually, yes. Spanish consulates and authorities generally ask for foreign birth certificates to be apostilled and accompanied by a sworn translation into Spanish, for example for children on a non-lucrative visa or for a nationality application. A few offices waive it for English documents, so check first.
The Consulate General of Spain in London, for instance, asks for the birth certificate of any child joining a parent on a non-lucrative residence visa, apostilled and with a sworn translation into Spanish. Its own consular Civil Registry, on the other hand, currently says documents in English, French, Italian or Portuguese don't need translating for its procedures. Same consulate, two answers, which is a very Spanish administrative experience (said fondly).
The rule of thumb: if the certificate is going to an office in Spain, a consulate's visa section, a notary or a court, expect to need a traducción jurada. If it's going to the consular Registro Civil in London, ask before you order. Tell us where it's going when you upload, and we'll flag anything that looks off.
Most often for family members on residence visas, for marrying in Spain, for Spanish nationality applications and for registering the birth of a child with a Spanish parent. Each office sets its own checklist.
Nationality is the long game: most British nationals need ten years of legal residence in Spain before applying by residence. Some offices also want a recently issued certificate rather than the one that has lived in a drawer since primary school, so check the issue-date requirement before you translate, not after.
Translate the full (long-form) certificate, which shows both parents' details. Spanish offices generally need parentage for family, marriage and nationality procedures, and the short form doesn't show it.
A UK short birth certificate lists the child's name, sex, date and place of birth, and nothing about the parents. That's tidy, and almost useless to a Spanish official trying to establish who is related to whom. If you only have the short version, order a full certified copy from the General Register Office or the local register office first.
Names get particular care. Spain gives everyone two surnames; a British certificate gives the child one and records the mother's maiden surname in a separate box. We translate every field exactly as it appears and never invent a second apellido, leaving the Registro Civil to decide how the names are recorded. Older handwritten entries are translated in full too, column headings and all.
Generally yes. Spanish authorities usually require UK birth certificates to carry a Hague apostille from the FCDO Legalisation Office. Get the apostille first, then order the translation so the apostille is translated too.
We don't issue apostilles. Once the FCDO has attached one, send us the certificate with the apostille so both are covered by the same sworn translation. The London consulate notes that an apostille which already includes Spanish doesn't need translating; an apostille without Spanish is translated along with the certificate. Our apostille translation page explains how the two fit together.
£48.00 per page, charged in pounds sterling, with delivery within 2 working days. A UK birth certificate is usually a single page, and an attached apostille is priced as a page of its own.
The price includes the translation, the traductor jurado's signature, a quality check and 2 free revisions if a name or date needs correcting. There's no rush tier: a sworn translator completes and signs every page, and that step doesn't speed up for anyone. Upload a clear scan on the online quote form to see your total before paying. If you also need a divorce certificate translated for a marriage file, add it to the same order.
It's the Spanish term for a birth certificate (also called a partida de nacimiento). When a Spanish office asks for it with a traducción jurada, it means your UK birth certificate, apostilled where required, plus a sworn translation into Spanish.
A traductor-intérprete jurado appointed by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation. Their signature and declaration are what make it a sworn translation.
Its published guidance currently says documents in English, French, Italian or Portuguese don't need translating for its Civil Registry procedures. Visa applications and offices in Spain may still ask for a sworn translation, so check with the office handling your file.
Yes, but Spanish offices usually need the parents' details, which only the full certificate shows. Check which version is required before ordering.
Up to 2 working days. There is no rush option for sworn Spanish translations.
No. Apostilles for UK documents are issued by the FCDO Legalisation Office. Get the apostille first, then send us the certificate with it attached.
No. Names are reproduced exactly as they appear on the certificate. How a Spanish registry records surnames is decided by that registry, not the translator.
Every document includes 2 free revisions. Tell us what needs changing and the traductor jurado will amend it.
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