NVC certified translation requirements, in plain English
NVC certified translation requirements come down to one line: every civil document not in English needs a certified English translation uploaded with it to CEAC. Ours are $19 a page, delivered within 24 hours, in exactly that format.
What the NVC checks
The National Visa Center reviews every civil document before your interview is scheduled: birth certificates, marriage and divorce records, police certificates. A document in Portuguese must be accompanied by a certified translation, meaning a complete translation with a signed statement of accuracy and competence, the same standard as 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3).
The pitfalls that delay interviews
Three things send CEAC uploads back: a translation without its certification page, a scan too poor to read, and a partial translation missing the verso or the averbações. Each bounce costs weeks, because review queues restart. Upload the original and the translation as one clean, complete document.
Get the set done in one pass
Send every civil document in one order: the certidão de nascimento, the Polícia Federal certificate, the marriage records. They come back consistent, certified, and CEAC-ready at $19 a page.
Your translation is handled and signed personally by Ivy, a native Brazilian Portuguese speaker, and it comes with the signed Certificate of Accuracy USCIS requires under 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3).
Common questions
Can I reuse the translations USCIS already saw?
Yes. The NVC accepts the same certified format, so translations from the petition stage carry forward while the originals stay unchanged.
Does the NVC want the original document too?
Yes, upload both: the Portuguese original and its certified translation together. The reviewer compares them side by side.
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