Full English translations of foreign tax returns, assessment notices and tax certificates, with the translator's certification, for USCIS petitions and other US uses.
A foreign tax return translation for USCIS is needed in fewer cases than you might think, but where it's needed it's usually important. The Affidavit of Support relies on US federal tax returns, which are already in English; foreign returns come in mainly for investor source of funds, certain income questions and evidence of a business abroad. When one is submitted, it needs a full certified English translation, which VisaDocTranslation prepares for $20.39 per page, delivered by the next working day.
Tax records are rarely the only financial document in a file. Investors and sponsors often submit them alongside bank statements and employment letters or payslips, and those translations should use the same names and terminology.
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Yes, if you submit it and it isn't in English. Any foreign-language document filed with USCIS needs a full English translation with the translator's certification that it is complete and accurate and that they are competent to translate the language.
Tax returns are long, form-based documents, and a full translation covers every page you submit: the taxpayer details, each income category, deductions, the tax calculated, payments on account, the refund or balance due, and the tax office's stamps or electronic filing confirmation. Box and line numbers are kept so an officer can match the translation to the original.
Forms are translated as forms, not rewritten as prose. Tax documents are the only paperwork where box 47 can be the most important thing on the page, and we'd like the officer to find it in the same place.
Usually not. The I-864 instructions ask for the sponsor's most recent US federal tax return or IRS transcript and say not to submit foreign tax returns, unless you claim you weren't required to file a US federal return and want to rely on the foreign return solely to show income not subject to US tax.
That exception is narrow, and whether it applies is a question for an immigration attorney. Where it does, the foreign return must be translated in full and certified like any other foreign document. Sponsors who file US returns already have their main tax evidence in English.
Foreign income can still come up indirectly, for example through an intending immigrant's continuing income or foreign assets. In those cases the officer usually looks at payslips, employment letters or bank statements rather than a foreign tax return, though a return can help corroborate them.
Most often in investor cases. EB-5 petitions must document the lawful source of the investment funds, and foreign tax returns help show that the income or business profits behind the money were earned and declared. They can also support L-1 and other cases involving a business abroad.
In a source of funds trail, tax returns show that income was declared over time, and they're often matched against bank records and business documents. Consistency matters: if a return lists business income from a company, the company's name should be translated the same way everywhere it appears in the file.
Outside immigration, US universities sometimes ask international applicants for family financial documents, and mortgage lenders may ask foreign-income borrowers for tax records. Each institution sets its own rules about which documents and how many years, so check with them before ordering.
Annual income tax returns, tax assessment notices, tax payment and compliance certificates, withholding statements and business tax filings, from any of the 120+ languages we work with into English.
Countries document tax very differently. A Spanish return is typically a Modelo 100; Germany issues an income tax assessment notice (Einkommensteuerbescheid) after the return is processed; Brazil's annual individual return is the IRPF declaration; Mexico's annual return is filed with the SAT. Some countries don't issue a personal return at all for employees whose tax is withheld at source, and instead provide a certificate of tax paid.
We translate whichever document your country produces, and where a form name or tax term has no direct US equivalent we keep the original name with a short English explanation. Figures are reproduced exactly, in the original currency and with the original line references.
$20.39 per page with delivery by the next working day, or $40.08 per page for rush delivery within 8 hours. Tax returns are priced per page, and you see the total before you pay.
Returns vary in length from a two-page assessment notice to a long multi-schedule filing, so upload the pages you're actually submitting on the quote form for an exact price. Every document includes 2 free revisions.
USCIS doesn't require notarization. If a lender, university or other US institution asks for it, add notarization at checkout for $26.45 per document (US use only, standard delivery only). The general rules are on our USCIS certified translation page.
Generally no. The I-864 instructions ask for US federal returns or IRS transcripts and say not to submit foreign returns except in a narrow situation where the sponsor wasn't required to file a US return. Check with an immigration attorney if you think that applies.
No. Figures are reproduced exactly as they appear, in the original currency. Any conversion is done separately.
We translate every page you submit, in full. If you're unsure which schedules your case needs, ask your attorney before ordering to avoid paying for pages you won't file.
Many countries issue a tax payment certificate or a statement of tax withheld instead. We translate those in the same way. Your attorney can advise on which document best fits your case.
We translate the term accurately and, where helpful, keep the original name with a short English explanation so the officer understands what it refers to.
No. A certified translation with the translator's signed statement of accuracy and competence is what USCIS requires.
Yes. Printouts of e-filed returns and their filing confirmations are translated in full, including the reference numbers and electronic stamps.
Standard delivery is by the next working day, and rush delivery within 8 hours is available at $40.08 per page.
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