Detroit Field Office
Certified Translation for the USCIS Detroit Field Office
Eagle Translate prepares certified translations of foreign language documents for filings handled by the USCIS Detroit Field Office in Troy, MI. USCIS lists this as the Detroit Field Office serving Michigan. Recent listings place its physical location at 750 Stephenson Highway in Troy, a Detroit suburb, so applicants should follow the address printed on their appointment notice. Visits are by appointment only. 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 Detroit 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
- Detroit Field Office, Troy. USCIS lists this as the Detroit Field Office serving Michigan. Recent listings place its physical location at 750 Stephenson Highway in Troy, a Detroit suburb, so applicants should follow the address printed on their appointment notice. Visits are by appointment only.
Immigration courts
- Detroit Immigration Court, Detroit. Located at 477 Michigan Avenue, Suite 440, Detroit. It is the immigration court for Michigan and operates under the Executive Office for Immigration Review.
State rules
Apostilles and notarization in Michigan
Apostilles in Michigan are issued by the Office of the Great Seal at the Michigan Department of State in Lansing. Requests can be made by mail to the Office of the Great Seal or in person at select Secretary of State offices.
The document certification fee is 1 dollar per document, payable by check or money order to the State of Michigan. This is one of the lowest apostille fees in the country.
The Office of the Great Seal certifies documents notarized by a Michigan notary public and certified copies of Michigan vital records. A private document, including a translation certification, must be notarized by a Michigan notary before it can receive an apostille, while vital records must be certified copies issued by the state or county.
USCIS does not require notarized translations from Michigan applicants. Federal rules require a complete English translation together with the translator's signed certification of accuracy and competence, which is exactly what a certified translation provides.
When a translated document is headed overseas from Michigan, the notary notarizes the signature on the translator's certification, not the accuracy of the translation itself. The Office of the Great Seal then certifies the notary's authority with the apostille.
A Michigan notarization confirms the identity of the person signing a document. It is not a review of translation quality, which is why receiving offices ask for a translator's certification rather than a notary seal alone.
Documents
Documents commonly translated for the Detroit Field Office
Spanish is the most widely spoken language other than English in Michigan, with long-established communities in Southwest Detroit, where the Mexicantown district has been a center of Mexican American life for roughly a century, and in Grand Rapids and other West Michigan cities.
Holland, Michigan was settled by Dutch immigrants and remains one of the strongest centers of Dutch heritage in the United States. Its Tulip Time Festival has celebrated that heritage every spring since 1929.
German ancestry is among the largest reported ancestry groups in Michigan, and Frankenmuth, known as Michigan's Little Bavaria, was founded by German immigrants in 1845 and still celebrates its Bavarian roots.
Metro Detroit has long-established Italian American communities dating to early twentieth century immigration.
How it works
Order online from anywhere in Michigan
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.
$24.95 per page, certified, delivered in 2 to 3 business days.
Questions
Questions about translations for the Detroit 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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