Turkish to English
Certified Police Clearance Translation, Turkish to English
A certified Turkish 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 Turkish-language police clearance certificates
Turkey's police clearance is the Adli Sicil Kaydı (criminal record certificate), maintained by the Ministry of Justice's General Directorate of Criminal Records and Statistics (Adli Sicil ve İstatistik Genel Müdürlüğü) and obtainable through e-Devlet with an online verification code. Per the US State Department reciprocity page, certificates with archived records are available, and applicants should specifically request that both current and archive records (adli sicil ve arşiv kaydı) appear on the document, which is the version US immigration filers generally need translated.
Turkey's civil registry is centralized under the General Directorate of Civil Registration and Citizenship Affairs (Nüfus ve Vatandaşlık İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü, NVİ) within the Ministry of Interior (İçişleri Bakanlığı). Records live in the central MERNİS database (Merkezî Nüfus İdare Sistemi) and extracts are issued by district civil registry offices (ilçe nüfus müdürlüğü). The English agency name is confirmed on the US State Department reciprocity page for Turkey.
The standard Turkish vital-record document is the Nüfus Kayıt Örneği (civil registry extract), issued by the General Directorate of Civil Registration and Citizenship Affairs, through the e-Devlet portal (turkiye.gov.tr), and by Turkish embassies and consulates abroad. Registry-office copies bear a red Government of Türkiye seal at the bottom right and two signatures (preparer and approver), and are formatted as a chart printed landscape on A4 paper listing the holder and family members in columns. A more detailed version showing all recorded family events is the Vukuatlı Nüfus Kayıt Örneği.
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
- 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.
- How long is my police certificate valid?
- Police certificates are treated as valid for two years. The exception is a certificate from a country of previous residence, which stays acceptable if you have not returned to that country since it was issued. Check the date before ordering the translation so you do not translate a certificate that will be expired at your interview.
- My police clearance certificate was issued in Turkey. What should I know before ordering?
- Turkey's police clearance is the Adli Sicil Kaydı (criminal record certificate), maintained by the Ministry of Justice's General Directorate of Criminal Records and Statistics (Adli Sicil ve İstatistik Genel Müdürlüğü) and obtainable through e-Devlet with an online verification code. Per the US State Department reciprocity page, certificates with archived records are available, and applicants should specifically request that both current and archive records (adli sicil ve arşiv kaydı) appear on the document, which is the version US immigration filers generally need translated.
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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