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Certified Angolan Legal Separation Translation
eVerbary translates your Angolan legal separation into English for $24.95 per page with no word cap, by a professional human translator, with a signed certification. Most orders are delivered within a few hours. Accepted by USCIS and by US universities, colleges and schools, or your money back.
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Angola has no separation of persons and property
Angola's 1988 Family Code does not provide for a formal legal separation. The law that approved it revoked the earlier Law 53/76 on divorce and separation of persons and property, and the Code itself has only divorce. A document that says "separation" in an Angolan file is therefore usually one of three things: a provisional divorce, a de facto separation, or a property regime.
In a mutual-consent divorce, the spouses' agreements are first approved provisionally, and the provisional divorce suspends the duty to live together; it becomes a definitive divorce after 90 days unless one spouse withdraws. De facto separation for more than three years is a ground for contested divorce. And separação de bens is not a separation at all: it is the separate-property regime a couple can choose when they marry. See our Portuguese page.
Translating what the document really is
Because these documents can look alike, we translate the title and operative wording literally, keep the Portuguese term in brackets, and do not call a provisional divorce a "legal separation" or a property regime a "separation". A US officer can then see whether the marriage was still in force on a given date. Dates matter most: the provisional decision, the definitive divorce and any registry note each have their own date, and we translate all of them exactly.
For a couple in a recognised união de facto, a court decision on its breakdown has the effects of a divorce. If any of these is in your file, send it with the marriage record; see also the Angolan divorce certificate page. Angola is not a party to the Apostille Convention, so where a US court or agency wants an authenticated original, the document is legalised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MIREX) and then by the consulate of the country where it will be used. USCIS does not ask for that.
What USCIS requires
Under 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3), a foreign-language document must be accompanied by a complete English translation and the translator's certification that it is accurate. Every seal, stamp and marginal note is part of the document, so every one is translated.
State agencies set their own rules — see government agencies — and what our certification states is on this page.
How it works
Upload a photo or a scan of your document, pick the language pair and check out online. You never have to mail originals: a legible copy is all we need.
A professional human translator, never machine translation, translates the document word for word and mirrors the layout of the original. Every certified translation ships with a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy that meets the requirements of USCIS, courts and universities.
Your translation is delivered digitally, usually within 24 hours for documents of one to three pages, and same-day delivery is available. If anything needs adjusting, we revise it.
Certified vs. standard translation
A certified translation is a word-for-word translation accompanied by a signed statement attesting to its accuracy and completeness. It is what official bodies require: USCIS, courts, universities and government agencies. Certified translations are $24.95 per page, where one sheet of your document is one page, with no word cap.
A standard translation is the same professional human translation without the certificate, for when you only need to understand the content or for internal or informal use. It is billed at the same $24.95 per page with no word cap.
Frequently asked questions
My document says the divorce is provisional.
Under the Family Code it becomes definitive after 90 days unless withdrawn. We translate it as provisional.
Our marriage record mentions separação de bens.
That is the separate-property regime, not a separation. We translate it so.
We lived apart for years without papers.
A de facto separation leaves no record. A later divorce decision may mention it.
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