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Certified Bosnian Birth Certificate Translation
eVerbary translates your Bosnian birth 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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An extract from the register of births
A Bosnian birth certificate is an extract from the register of births (izvod iz matične knjige rođenih), issued by the registrar (matičar) for the place where the birth was registered. Bosnia and Herzegovina is made up of two entities and a district, and the Federation, Republika Srpska and Brčko District each keep civil registers under their own law. In the Federation, entries are made in one of its official languages and scripts, and because municipal registers are linked to a central one, a registrar in one municipality can print an extract kept in another.
Every extract issued in the Federation carries the 13-digit personal number (JMB, often still called JMBG). Its first seven digits are the date of birth: day, month and the last three digits of the year, which a registrar must compare with the register before entering the number. We copy it digit by digit and flag any mismatch rather than correct it. See our Bosnian page, and for an extract in Cyrillic, our Serbian page.
Later notes, and how recent the extract must be
Changes in civil status, such as a divorce or a change of name, are entered on the birth record, so an extract tells more than the birth. The State Department notes that Bosnian authorities therefore usually ask for an extract issued within the past six months. Federation law, on the other hand, says extracts are valid without limit and must state this, and whoever uses an extract that lacks later entries is responsible for it. A US office may still prefer a recent extract; every note on it is translated.
Births registered before 6 April 1992 were recorded under Yugoslav rules, and Federation law treats extracts for those entries issued by the authorities or consulates of the former Yugoslav republics as public documents. Registers kept by religious communities until 9 May 1946 also keep their evidential force. Bosnia and Herzegovina is listed as a party to the CIEC convention on multilingual extracts, so you may hold a multilingual form; we translate whichever version you send. See also the Bosnian name change page.
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 extract says it is valid indefinitely, but the office wants a new one.
Federation law makes extracts valid without limit, yet offices often want a recent one because later changes are added to the record. Ask what the receiving office accepts.
The extract is printed in Cyrillic.
Registers can be kept in either official script. We translate Cyrillic and Latin extracts the same way and keep names as printed.
Do I need to order a new extract from Bosnia?
Not for the translation: a photo or scan of the one you have is enough.
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Upload your documents and receive your certified translation, typically within 24 hours.