Guides

How to translate your documents for USCIS, country by country

Each guide explains which version of the document the U.S. government accepts, how to get a copy, and how each part translates into English. Everything comes from official sources, cited on each page.

Mexico · Birth certificateWhich acta the U.S. accepts, whether one printed from the internet works, and how each field of the single format translates into English.
Mexico · Marriage certificateWhich Mexican marriage certificate the U.S. accepts, whether a church certificate counts, how to get it online and what gets translated.
Mexico · Divorce certificateWhich Mexican divorce document the U.S. accepts: the Civil Registry acta, the court ruling or an annotated marriage certificate. How to get and translate it.
Guatemala · Birth certificateWhich RENAP certificate the U.S. accepts, how to get it online or at a consulate, and how each part translates into English. Official sources.
El Salvador · Birth certificateWhich partida de nacimiento the U.S. accepts, how to order it from the RNPN while in the U.S., and how it translates into English, margin notes included.
Honduras · Birth certificateWhich RNP birth record the U.S. accepts (the copy of the birth folio), how to get it from the U.S., and what gets translated. Official sources.
Dominican Republic · Birth certificateThe JCE's new single format, what happened to the extracto and inextensa, how to order from the U.S., and how each part translates into English.
Colombia · Birth certificateWhich copy of the registro civil the U.S. accepts (the copia del folio, not a notary summary), whether the digital copy works, and how it translates.

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