Dutch to English
Certified Police Clearance Translation, Dutch to English
A certified Dutch to English translation of a police clearance certificate costs $24.95 per page, where one page is up to 250 words of the source document. A typical police clearance certificate runs 1 to 2 pages, so most orders come to $24.95 to $49.90. Certified orders are delivered in 2 to 3 business days as a PDF containing the complete translation and a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy from the qualified professional translator who completed or reviewed the work, prepared for official use including USCIS filings.
Pricing
Exact prices, shown before you pay
Almost always a single certificate page of up to 250 words; occasionally 2 when an apostille or an annex with record details is attached. Certified translation is $24.95 per page, so a typical order of 1 to 2 pages comes to $24.95 to $49.90. The exact total is measured from your real document and shown before payment.
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 reviewers require for a certified police clearance certificate translation
- For consular processing, documents not written in English or in the official language of the country where the applicant is applying must be accompanied by certified translations that include a signed statement from the translator attesting that the translation is accurate and the translator is competent to translate.
- Any foreign-language police certificate filed with USCIS must carry a full English translation certified as complete and accurate by a translator who certifies competence in the language pair (8 CFR 103.2(b)(3)).
- The full certificate is translated word for word, including the issuing authority header, the no-record or record-found wording, reference and file numbers, the validity statement if present, and the date and place of issue.
- All seals, stamps, and official signatures on the certificate, including any apostille attached to it, are translated or described in square brackets so the English version accounts for everything visible on the source.
- The applicant's name, date of birth, and any identity numbers must be reproduced exactly as they appear, with transliteration kept consistent with the passport spelling wherever the source allows, because consular officers match the certificate against the passport.
- Illegible portions, such as a smudged registry stamp, are marked [illegible] in the translation rather than omitted or reconstructed.
- The State Department's country reciprocity schedule specifies for each country which authority issues an acceptable police certificate and how to request it, so the certificate must come from the authority listed there.
Common reasons translations get rejected
- The certificate is expired. Police certificates are considered valid for two years, unless the certificate was issued by a country of previous residence and the applicant has not returned there since it was issued.
- Missing certificates for a country that meets the residence thresholds, such as a country of nationality or current residence with 6 or more months of residence, or another country with 12 or more months, which stalls the case at NVC or the interview.
- Submitting US police records unnecessarily. The State Department instructs present and former US residents not to obtain police certificates covering their residence in the United States.
- The certificate comes from the wrong issuing authority for that country. Consulates check it against the authority named in the reciprocity schedule, and a local station letter where a national-level certificate is required does not qualify.
- The translation omits reference numbers, seals, the apostille, or the exact no-record wording, leaving a completeness gap between the source and the English version.
Good to know
About Dutch-language police clearance certificates
The Dutch police clearance is the Verklaring Omtrent het Gedrag (VOG), issued through Justis, the screening authority of the Ministry of Justice and Security, and it certifies no relevant convictions for a stated purpose rather than listing a full record.
The Belgian equivalent is the uittreksel uit het strafregister (extract from the criminal record), successor to the getuigschrift van goed zedelijk gedrag, issued in three models (articles 595, 596.1, 596.2) by the municipality or, for non-residents, the Central Criminal Register of the Federal Public Service Justice. In Suriname the document is the verklaring van goed gedrag, obtained through the police under the Ministry of Justice and Police (Ministerie van Justitie en Politie).
In the Netherlands, civil status records (akten van de burgerlijke stand) are drawn up and held by the municipality (gemeente) where the event occurred. Copies and extracts of birth, adoption, marriage, divorce, death, and registered partnership certificates are requested from that municipality; adoption certificates are only available via the municipality of The Hague.
Dutch municipalities issue two forms of a civil status record: an afschrift (a full certified copy of the original act, including marginal annotations) and an uittreksel (an extract with the core personal data only). The two are distinct documents and translators name them differently.
How it works
From upload to certified delivery
Step 1
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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
- My certificate is one short paragraph saying no records were found. What does the translation cost?
- A page is up to 250 source words, so a standard police clearance certificate is one page, which is 24.95 USD for certified translation. The count includes the header, seals, stamp descriptions, and reference numbers, since the full certificate must be translated.
- The certificate spells my name differently from my passport. Can the translation fix that?
- No. A certified translation must render the document exactly as issued, so the translator cannot correct the source spelling. If you have a passport-matching transliteration preference for names written in a non-Latin script, tell us before work begins and the translator applies it consistently. If the source itself is wrong, ask the issuing authority for a corrected certificate.
- How fast can I get the certified translation, and what comes with it?
- Certified delivery is 2 to 3 business days. The translation is reviewed and approved by a qualified professional translator and delivered with a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy carrying the translator's name and signature, plus a QR verification page the receiving officer can use to confirm the certificate.
- My police certificate is in Spanish and my interview is in Mexico. Do I need a translation at all?
- For the consular stage, the State Department requires certified translations only for documents not written in English or in the official language of the country where you are applying, so a Spanish certificate used at a consulate in Mexico may not need one. Any filing with USCIS inside the United States always requires a full certified English translation, and many applicants translate the certificate anyway so one set of documents works everywhere.
- My police clearance certificate was issued in Netherlands. What should I know before ordering?
- The Dutch police clearance is the Verklaring Omtrent het Gedrag (VOG), issued through Justis, the screening authority of the Ministry of Justice and Security, and it certifies no relevant convictions for a stated purpose rather than listing a full record.
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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