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Certified Angolan Marriage Certificate Translation
eVerbary translates your Angolan marriage certificate 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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Most 1-3 page documents are delivered within 24 hours. Same-day available.
The assento de casamento
An Angolan marriage is proved by the assento de casamento, the record kept by the Conservatória do Registo Civil and issued as a computer-printed copy with the national emblem and a Ministry of Justice stamp, signed by the registrar (conservador or conservadora). Copies are requested at the conservatória or through the citizens' service centres (SIAC). The Family Code makes registration compulsory, and a marriage abroad under local law, or a Catholic marriage celebrated before the 1985 law, is entered by transcription; we translate the transcription note with the rest.
Since 1988 the Family Code also lets a couple who have lived together for three years ask the civil registry to recognise their união de facto. Recognition has the effects of a marriage, backdated to the start of the union, and is recorded in a separate registry book. If your file holds a recognition rather than a marriage record, we translate it under its own name so an officer sees exactly what it is. See our Portuguese page.
Surnames and earlier marriages
Under article 36 of the Family Code one spouse may take the other's surname, or both may adopt a common surname built from the two; the right ends on divorce, and a widow or widower keeps it until remarrying. Angolan names can run to four surnames, so the married name on the assento may differ from the one on an older document. Names are copied as printed, accents included, and, if you ask, we follow the spelling in each spouse's passport.
For a spousal petition USCIS also looks at how earlier marriages ended, so a divorce certificate or a former spouse's death certificate often goes with this one. Many records were lost during the civil war, so a recent copy may be all that exists. 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
We had a church wedding and a civil one.
The civil assento is the legal record. We can translate both and say which is which.
Our union was recognised, not celebrated.
A recognised união de facto has the effects of marriage in Angola. We translate the recognition exactly as titled.
My wife's surname changed when we married.
The assento shows which surname each spouse uses. We copy it as printed and can follow her passport spelling.
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