Certified document translation
Arabic to English Translation Services
Certified Arabic to English translation costs $24.95 per page, where one page is up to 250 words of the source document, delivered in 2 to 3 business days with a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy from the qualified professional translator responsible for the work. We translate official Arabic-language documents from Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and more, prepared for official use including USCIS filings.
Pricing
Exact prices, shown before you pay
Standard
$19.95 per page
3 to 5 business days
A professional translation with digital delivery.
Certified
$24.95 per page
2 to 3 business days
A certified translation accepted for official use.
Premium
$39.95 per page
1 to 2 business days
A certified translation, translated first.
One page is up to 250 words.
Requirements
What a certified translation must include
- A complete, word for word English translation of the entire document, including seals, stamps, signatures, and marginal notes.
- A signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy stating that the translation is complete and accurate and that the translator is competent to translate.
- The certificate carries the printed name and signature of the qualified professional translator, the language pair, the date, and the order reference.
- A QR code on the certificate opens a public verification record for the order.
Good to know
How Arabic-language documents work
Official Arabic-language civil records come from each country's civil status (civil registry) authority, usually part of the interior ministry. In Egypt this is the Civil Status Organization (مصلحة الأحوال المدنية, Maslahat al-Ahwal al-Madaniyya) of the Ministry of Interior, which issues the national ID card, birth, death, marriage and divorce records, and family and individual registry extracts (قيد عائلي, qaid a'ili, and قيد فردي, qaid fardi). Comparable bodies are Jordan's Civil Status and Passports Department (دائرة الأحوال المدنية والجوازات), the civil status and national card directorates of Iraq's Ministry of Interior, Lebanon's Directorate General of Personal Status (المديرية العامة للأحوال الشخصية), Saudi Arabia's Civil Affairs (الأحوال المدنية), and in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia the civil status office (الحالة المدنية, état civil) of the commune or town hall. Marriages and divorces are usually concluded before a religious official or court (a ma'zoun in Egypt, sharia or church courts in Jordan and the Levant, adouls in Morocco) and then registered with the civil authority.
Egypt issues birth certificates in two forms, a handwritten certificate from the Health Office (مكتب الصحة) of the district where the birth was registered, and a computerized certificate (شهادة ميلاد مميكنة, shahadat milad mumayakana) printed by the Civil Status Organization of the Ministry of Interior from the national civil registry database. Computerized birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates are printed at civil status offices and self service kiosks from the same database, and they show the 14 digit national number (الرقم القومي, al-raqam al-qawmi). An older handwritten certificate and a newer computerized printout of the same birth can differ in layout and spelling, so a translator translates the document actually supplied and does not merge the two.
Among Arabic-speaking states, the contracting parties to the Hague Apostille Convention are Oman (in force 30 January 2012), Bahrain (31 December 2013), Morocco (14 August 2016), Tunisia (30 March 2018), Saudi Arabia (7 December 2022) and Algeria (in force 9 July 2026). Public documents from these states can carry an apostille issued by their competent authority. Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Jordan, Lebanon, Sudan, Palestine, Libya, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar and Mauritania are not contracting parties.
For Arabic-speaking states that are not Apostille parties, a document is authenticated by legalization instead, usually a stamp of the issuing country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (تصديق وزارة الخارجية, tasdiq wizarat al-kharijiyya) followed by any consular step the receiving authority asks for. USCIS itself does not require an apostille or legalization on foreign civil documents; it requires a complete certified English translation. Authentication matters for other US uses such as state courts, licensing boards and some state agencies, and a translator translates any authentication stamps that appear on the copy supplied.
How it works
From upload to certified delivery
Step 1
Upload and get an instant quote
Send us your document, choose your languages, and see your price right away.
Step 2
A professional translator translates it
A qualified professional translator translates your document.
Step 3
Reviewed for accuracy and certified
Your translation is reviewed for accuracy and certified with a signed certificate of accuracy.
Step 4
Receive your certified translation
You receive your certified translation, ready for official use.
Questions
Common questions
- Which countries' documents do you translate from Arabic?
- We translate Arabic-language documents from Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Palestine, Libya, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Mauritania. The certified translation is prepared for use in the United States.
- Who issues official Arabic-language documents?
- Official Arabic-language civil records come from each country's civil status (civil registry) authority, usually part of the interior ministry. In Egypt this is the Civil Status Organization (مصلحة الأحوال المدنية, Maslahat al-Ahwal al-Madaniyya) of the Ministry of Interior, which issues the national ID card, birth, death, marriage and divorce records, and family and individual registry extracts (قيد عائلي, qaid a'ili, and قيد فردي, qaid fardi). Comparable bodies are Jordan's Civil Status and Passports Department (دائرة الأحوال المدنية والجوازات), the civil status and national card directorates of Iraq's Ministry of Interior, Lebanon's Directorate General of Personal Status (المديرية العامة للأحوال الشخصية), Saudi Arabia's Civil Affairs (الأحوال المدنية), and in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia the civil status office (الحالة المدنية, état civil) of the commune or town hall. Marriages and divorces are usually concluded before a religious official or court (a ma'zoun in Egypt, sharia or church courts in Jordan and the Levant, adouls in Morocco) and then registered with the civil authority.
- What document formats should I expect from Egypt?
- Egypt issues birth certificates in two forms, a handwritten certificate from the Health Office (مكتب الصحة) of the district where the birth was registered, and a computerized certificate (شهادة ميلاد مميكنة, shahadat milad mumayakana) printed by the Civil Status Organization of the Ministry of Interior from the national civil registry database. Computerized birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates are printed at civil status offices and self service kiosks from the same database, and they show the 14 digit national number (الرقم القومي, al-raqam al-qawmi). An older handwritten certificate and a newer computerized printout of the same birth can differ in layout and spelling, so a translator translates the document actually supplied and does not merge the two.
- Is an apostille the same as a certified translation?
- No. An apostille authenticates the original document for international use, while a certified translation renders its content into English with a signed accuracy certificate. Among Arabic-speaking states, the contracting parties to the Hague Apostille Convention are Oman (in force 30 January 2012), Bahrain (31 December 2013), Morocco (14 August 2016), Tunisia (30 March 2018), Saudi Arabia (7 December 2022) and Algeria (in force 9 July 2026). Public documents from these states can carry an apostille issued by their competent authority. Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Jordan, Lebanon, Sudan, Palestine, Libya, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar and Mauritania are not contracting parties.
A translation error is ours to fix
If your certified translation is rejected because of a translation error we made, we correct it at no charge, and if the corrected translation is rejected again for that same error we refund what you paid for it. Our Refund Policy sets out the conditions and what it does not cover. Your documents are encrypted and kept confidential from start to finish.
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