Certified Passport and ID Card Translation for USCIS

International passport standards mean the photo page almost always has English field labels and Latin-script names. The pages further in are a different story. An observations page might record that the holder is also known by another name, that a previous passport was canceled, or that the holder's surname changed after marriage. Those notes can be exactly what an officer needs to see, and they're often only in the national language.

If you're submitting a copy of a passport page with foreign-language content, translate that page in full. If you're unsure whether a page needs translating, upload it on the quote form and we'll tell you honestly. Nobody needs to pay for the word "Passport" to be translated into "Passport".

ID cards are small, but they're dense: name, parents' names on some cards, date and place of birth, identity number, address, issue and expiry dates, the issuing office and a signature. The back often carries as much as the front. We translate both sides and reproduce the layout, so an officer can match each field to the original at a glance.

Common examples include a Spanish or Latin American DNI or cédula, a Mexican INE voter credential, a Brazilian RG and similar cards issued across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Where an identity number has a specific name, such as a CURP or CPF, we keep the original abbreviation with a short explanation rather than inventing an English acronym.

An internal passport is less a card and more a short biography. Alongside the identity page, it may carry residence registration stamps, a marriage or divorce stamp with the registry office details, entries for children and notes about previously issued passports. Because those stamps can corroborate other evidence in an immigration file, they're translated in full, including the ones that are faint, overlapping or stamped at an angle that suggests a long day at the office.

If you're only submitting some pages, tell us which ones; we'll translate exactly what you file. For marriages and divorces, the officer will usually still want the civil registry certificates themselves, so check whether your case needs a divorce decree translation as well.

For USCIS, a passport is the usual primary identity document, with a national ID card or other government-issued photo ID as supporting evidence where forms ask for it. Outside immigration, a translated national ID card can help with opening accounts, school enrollment or employment verification, depending on the institution's rules.

The same certified translation works for any of these as long as the document hasn't changed. Some non-USCIS institutions ask for notarization; that's available as an add-on, while USCIS itself is content with the translator's certification.

Upload the pages you need on the quote form and you'll see the total before paying. Every document includes 2 free revisions, which helps if you want the transliteration of a name adjusted to match another record.

USCIS doesn't require notarization. If a DMV, university or other US institution asks for it, add notarization at checkout for $26.45 per document; it's for US use only and uses standard delivery. For a driver's license, see our driver's license translation page, since state DMV rules differ.