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Certified Angolan Criminal Record Certificate Translation
eVerbary translates your Angolan criminal record 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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Accepted by USCIS and by US universities, colleges and schools, or your money back.
24-hour delivery
Most 1-3 page documents are delivered within 24 hours. Same-day available.
Issued from the criminal records archive
Angola's criminal record certificate (certificado do registo criminal) is issued by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights through DNAICC, the national directorate that keeps both the civil identification and criminal records archives, and is signed by its national director. The State Department describes it as a computer-printed certificate on security paper, with a large national emblem as a watermark surrounded by a pattern of scales, a barcode at the upper left and a small coloured emblem at the top centre.
The applicant presents the Bilhete de Identidade and applies in person; foreigners who lived in Angola show their passport. Someone outside Angola can apply through a representative holding a power of attorney, which is how most people in the US obtain one; see our Angolan power of attorney page. The State Department also notes that some records were lost in the civil war. See our Portuguese page.
Prison records and military records
The criminal record certificate is not the only record an immigration officer may ask about. Prison records come from a different body, the prison services of the Ministry of the Interior, and military records from the Armed Forces general staff, which issues a certificate of discharge to the reserve. If your case needs any of these, send them all; we translate each one in full with its stamps and signatures.
We translate the certificate exactly, including its number, any reference printed by the barcode, the date of issue, the issuing official and the statement of whether convictions are recorded, so an officer can compare it line by line with the original. 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
I live in the US. How do I get one?
Usually through a representative in Angola with your power of attorney. We translate the certificate when it arrives.
The certificate says nothing is recorded.
That is the usual wording for a clean record. We translate it exactly.
The visa office also wants my military record.
That comes from the Armed Forces, not the Ministry of Justice. We translate it too.
Ready to get started?
Upload your documents and receive your certified translation, typically within 24 hours.