Charleston Field Office
Certified Translation for the USCIS Charleston Field Office
Eagle Translate prepares certified translations of foreign language documents for filings handled by the USCIS Charleston Field Office in Charleston, SC. Located at 1821 Sam Rittenberg Blvd, Charleston, SC 29407. The only USCIS field office in South Carolina. Appointment only, no walk-ins. We are an independent translation company and are not affiliated with USCIS or with any government agency. A certified translation costs $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, with no separate certification fee, and is delivered in 2 to 3 business days as a PDF holding the complete translation and a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy.
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
Filing at the USCIS Charleston Field Office
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
- Charleston Field Office, Charleston. Located at 1821 Sam Rittenberg Blvd, Charleston, SC 29407. The only USCIS field office in South Carolina. Appointment only, no walk-ins.
State rules
Apostilles and notarization in South Carolina
The South Carolina Secretary of State's Office issues apostilles and authentication certificates from its Authentication Office at 1205 Pendleton Street, Suite 525, Columbia.
The fee is 5 dollars per document, payable by check, money order, or cash, requested by mail or in person.
Documents must be signed either by an elected or appointed official whose signature is on file with the Secretary of State or by a commissioned South Carolina notary public.
Requesters must state the destination country so the office can determine whether the document needs an apostille or an authentication certificate.
Foreign language documents submitted for an apostille must include an English translation signed by the translator, and the translator's signature must be notarized.
USCIS does not require notarized translations from South Carolina applicants. Federal rules ask for a certified translation with the translator's signed statement of accuracy and competence, which is what a Certificate of Translation Accuracy provides.
The one common South Carolina context where a notarized translation is genuinely required is the apostille process, where the Secretary of State requires the translator's signature on the English translation to be notarized.
A South Carolina notary does not certify the accuracy of a translation. The notary only acknowledges the translator's signature, so the translation certification itself must come from a qualified professional translator.
Documents
Documents commonly translated for the Charleston Field Office
Spanish is the most spoken language other than English in South Carolina homes, with sizable communities across Greenville, Columbia, Charleston, and the Midlands.
BMW operates its largest manufacturing plant in the world in Spartanburg County, anchoring a substantial German corporate community in the Upstate.
Michelin North America is headquartered in Greenville, one of several French companies with major operations in the Upstate.
How it works
Order online from anywhere in South Carolina
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
Questions about translations for the Charleston Field Office
- Will a translation from Eagle Translate be accepted here?
- Every certified translation we deliver carries the translator's signed statement that the translation is complete and accurate and that the translator is competent to translate, which is the certification 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) requires for a foreign language document filed with USCIS. The officer reviewing your file decides on your evidence, and we do not speak for USCIS.
- Do I file the original document as well as the translation?
- Keep the original. A certified translation is filed alongside the foreign language document rather than in place of it, and it is common to be asked for both. The certificate names the source document it belongs to, so the two can be matched to each other.
- What happens to stamps, seals, and signatures?
- They are not dropped. Stamps, seals, signatures, and reference codes are described in bracketed form at the position they hold in the original, and the page structure is preserved, so a reviewer can set the translation beside the source document and follow it line by line.
- How is terminology from another country's legal system handled?
- A term with no exact United States equivalent is rendered to carry the meaning it has in the system that issued it, rather than swapped for an American term that would change what the document says. Where a term needs explaining, the explanation sits in brackets beside it instead of replacing it.
- A document has been asked for at short notice. How quickly can it be done?
- Certified delivery is 2 to 3 business days. Through 31 December 2026 the upgrade to Premium 1 to 2 business days delivery is applied automatically at the Certified price, so the faster option costs the same as the standard one.
- What does the certificate attest to?
- It attests to the accuracy of the translation. It states in those words that it does not attest to the authenticity of the source document or to the truth of its contents. That boundary is what makes it a certification a reviewer can rely on rather than a claim about your evidence.
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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