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Certified Bosnian Power of Attorney Translation

eVerbary translates your Bosnian power of attorney 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.

When a proxy acts in Bosnia

Many Bosnian documents can be obtained through a proxy. The State Department notes that birth, marriage and death extracts, divorce judgments and police and court certificates can be requested in person or on presentation of a power of attorney (punomoć). For a name change in the Federation, a proxy may file the application but must attach the applicant's statement of the new name, certified by the competent authority.

Some steps cannot be delegated. In divorce mediation, proxies may neither represent the spouses nor attend, and an identity card must be collected by the holder in person. Before you sign a power of attorney for use in Bosnia, ask the office there exactly what form it needs, whether it must be certified by a notary or a consulate, and whether it needs an apostille and a translation into Bosnian. See our Bosnian page.

Notaries and apostilles

The Federation adopted its Law on Notaries in 2002, and Republika Srpska and Brčko District passed matching laws. A power of attorney made in Bosnia for use in the US typically shows the notary's certification clause, seal and file number, all of which we translate, along with the principal's identification details as written. We keep names in their original spelling.

Both countries apply the Apostille Convention. A Bosnian document is apostilled by a first-instance court; a document signed in the US for use in Bosnia is apostilled by the US authority. Ask the Bosnian office whether it also wants a translation into Bosnian. We do not issue apostilles; we translate the document and the apostille that comes with it, if any. See also the Bosnian property deed page and the Serbian power of attorney 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.

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