Certified translation for K-1 visa cases
Certified translation for K-1 visa cases is $19 a page, certified and delivered within 24 hours. Each stage of the fiancé process asks for documents at a different moment, so here is the map.
Stage by stage
At the I-129F petition, any Portuguese-language evidence you file needs a certified translation with it. At the consulate in Brazil, the beneficiary's birth certificate and police certificate come into play. After the wedding, the I-485 packet reuses the birth certificate and adds the US marriage certificate, which is already in English.
Learn from real K-1 cases
Both proof stories in our RFE guide are Brazilian K-1 cases: one got an RFE for filing the certidão in Portuguese without the translation and recovered; the other had a translation rejected and the I-485 denied, then refiled and paid the fees twice. The difference was the quality of the fix inside the RFE window.
Keep every name identical
K-1 packets cross two legal systems, and officers compare every document. We translate names letter for letter as the certificate shows them, and translate the averbação when a name changed, so the packet tells one story.
The person doing your translation is Ivy, a native Portuguese speaker from Brazil. She signs the Certificate of Accuracy on every order, which is the certification 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) requires.
Best translation service I have ever used. I sent it in the morning and by the afternoon it was ready! Accepted with no problem at all. I highly recommend it to anyone going through the immigration process.
Common questions
Does my fiancée's birth certificate need the full version?
Use the inteiro teor, the full-content version, and translate all of it. The short breve relato omits registry detail officers may want.
Can we reuse the translations after the wedding for the I-485?
Yes, as long as the underlying documents have not been reissued. A translation stays valid while the original it mirrors stays the same.
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Official sources: USCIS Form I-129F · 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3).