Italian to English
Certified Police Clearance Translation, Italian to English
A certified Italian 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 Italian-language police clearance certificates
Italy has no single police certificate. The Procura della Repubblica issues three: the Certificato del Casellario Giudiziale (final convictions; a clean record reads Nulla), the Certificato dei Carichi Pendenti (proceedings pending before that court), and the Visura delle Iscrizioni nel Casellario Giudiziale (complete extract including expunged entries, issued without name and birth date on its face). The State Department requires all three for US immigrant visa processing, so an Italian applicant typically needs three certified translations, not one. The Swiss equivalent in Italian is the estratto per privati del casellario giudiziale from the Federal Office of Justice.
In Italy, civil status records (birth, marriage, death) are kept by the Ufficio di Stato Civile of each comune (municipality), and certificates are signed by the ufficiale dello stato civile. There is no single national vital records office; the record lives in the comune where the event was registered.
Italian civil status documents come in tiers: the certificato (a short certificate of the fact), the estratto per riassunto dell'atto (a summary extract that adds details such as parents' names and marginal annotations), and the copia integrale (a full photostatic copy of the register act). The tier matters because US filings often need the annotations that only the estratto or copia integrale carry.
How it works
From upload to certified delivery
Step 1
Upload and get an instant quote
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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 has an apostille attached. Does that get translated too?
- Yes. A certified translation accounts for everything on the document, so the apostille's fields, stamps, and signatures are translated or described in brackets along with the certificate itself. The apostille authenticates the document; it does not replace the translation.
- I am adjusting status inside the US with Form I-485. Do I need a police clearance certificate?
- Foreign police certificates are a consular processing requirement. For adjustment of status inside the United States, USCIS collects your biometrics and runs its own checks, so a foreign police certificate is generally not part of the standard I-485 evidence. If USCIS specifically requests one in your case, that request and its foreign-language certificate would then need a certified English translation.
- 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.
- My police clearance certificate was issued in Italy. What should I know before ordering?
- Italy has no single police certificate. The Procura della Repubblica issues three: the Certificato del Casellario Giudiziale (final convictions; a clean record reads Nulla), the Certificato dei Carichi Pendenti (proceedings pending before that court), and the Visura delle Iscrizioni nel Casellario Giudiziale (complete extract including expunged entries, issued without name and birth date on its face). The State Department requires all three for US immigrant visa processing, so an Italian applicant typically needs three certified translations, not one. The Swiss equivalent in Italian is the estratto per privati del casellario giudiziale from the Federal Office of Justice.
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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