Hawaii
Certified Translation Services in Hawaii
Certified translation for Hawaii costs $24.95 per page, where one page is up to 250 words of the source document, delivered in 2 to 3 business days as a PDF with a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy from the qualified professional translator who completed or reviewed the work. The entire service is online. Upload your document, see the exact price before paying, and order from anywhere in Hawaii with no appointment and nothing to mail. Translations are prepared for official use, including USCIS filings, courts, universities, and licensing boards.
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.
Filing locally
Where Hawaii filings are handled
Your certified translation is delivered as a PDF you file yourself, so it works with every office below. Nothing needs to be picked up and there is no local counter to visit, because the whole service is online.
USCIS field offices
- Honolulu Field Office, Honolulu. Located at 500 Ala Moana Blvd, Building 2, in the Waterfront Plaza complex, appointment only.
Immigration courts
- Honolulu Immigration Court, Honolulu. PJKK Federal Building, 300 Ala Moana Blvd., Rm. 8-112, open Monday to Friday except federal holidays.
State rules
Apostilles and notarization in Hawaii
Apostilles and certifications for Hawaii documents are issued by the Office of the Lieutenant Governor at the State Capitol in Honolulu.
The fee is 3 dollars per document, raised from 1 dollar in July 2025, and the office launched an online portal in late 2025 that allows applications, payment, and tracking to be completed electronically.
Hawaii has a distinctive extra step for private documents. A document notarized by a Hawaii notary public must first have the notary's signature certified at the circuit court where the notary is registered, for a 3 dollar authentication fee payable to the court, before the Lieutenant Governor's office will attach an apostille.
For USCIS filings from Hawaii, translations must be certified, not notarized. USCIS requires the translator's signed certification of accuracy and competence, and notarization is not a USCIS requirement.
Hawaii notaries public are commissioned and regulated by the Department of the Attorney General, which publishes the state Notary Public Manual.
A notarized translation destined for an apostille in Hawaii must pass through the circuit court certification of the notary's signature before the Lieutenant Governor's office will process it.
Documents
What Hawaii customers translate most
Between 1878 and the early 1910s, roughly twenty thousand Portuguese immigrants, mostly from Madeira and the Azores, came to work on Hawaii's sugar plantations, and Portuguese ancestry remains widespread in the islands today, driving demand for Portuguese translation of genealogical and civil records.
Puerto Rican families began arriving in Hawaii in 1900 and 1901 to work the plantations, and today roughly one in ten Hawaii residents identifies as Hispanic or Latino, supporting steady Spanish to English translation demand.
Education and licensing
Universities and licensing boards
Universities receiving international documents
- University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu. The Manoa Office of the Registrar maintains its own apostille and certification guidance for outbound academic records.
- University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo
- Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu
- Chaminade University of Honolulu, Honolulu
- Brigham Young University Hawaii, Laie
Professional licensing
The Hawaii Board of Nursing, under the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Professional and Vocational Licensing division, requires nurses educated outside the United States to obtain a CGFNS education evaluation report as part of the exam licensure application.
How it works
Order online from anywhere in Hawaii
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.
$24.95 per page, certified, delivered in 2 to 3 business days.
Questions
Hawaii questions
- Who issues apostilles in Hawaii?
- The Office of the Lieutenant Governor issues apostilles for Hawaii documents. The fee is 3 dollars per document and requests can be submitted through the state's online apostille portal. Notarized documents need an extra step first, the notary's signature must be certified by the circuit court where the notary is registered before the apostille can be attached.
- Does USCIS in Honolulu require notarized translations?
- No. USCIS requires a certified translation, a signed statement from the translator attesting that the translation is accurate and that the translator is competent to translate. Notarization is not a USCIS requirement. Eagle Translate includes a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy with every order.
- Which USCIS office serves Hawaii?
- The USCIS Honolulu Field Office at 500 Ala Moana Blvd in the Waterfront Plaza complex serves Hawaii. Visits are by appointment only, and any foreign language document in a USCIS filing generally needs a certified English translation.
- Is there an immigration court in Hawaii?
- Yes. The Honolulu Immigration Court sits in the PJKK Federal Building at 300 Ala Moana Blvd and is open Monday to Friday except federal holidays. Foreign language evidence generally must be filed with a certified English translation. Confirm filing requirements with the court or your attorney.
- Can you translate Portuguese records for Hawaii families researching their plantation era roots?
- Yes. Many Hawaii families descend from Portuguese immigrants who arrived from Madeira and the Azores during the plantation era, and we translate Portuguese language birth, marriage, and church records into certified English. For documents going to authorities in Portugal, confirm their certification and apostille requirements with the receiving office before ordering.
- Do I need to visit an office to order a certified translation in Hawaii?
- No. Eagle Translate is 100 percent online with no physical offices anywhere, so customers on every island upload documents from home and receive certified translations electronically in 2 to 3 business days at 24.95 dollars per page.
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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