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Certified Cape Verdean Birth Certificate Translation
eVerbary translates your Cape Verdean 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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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.
A certidão from the island registry
A Cape Verdean birth certificate (certidão de nascimento) is issued in Portuguese by the civil registry that holds the entry: a Conservatória do Registo Civil on the larger islands, or a Delegação dos Serviços de Registo, Notariado e Identificação on islands such as Boa Vista, Maio and Brava. The US State Department describes current certificates as computer-printed, with a black or blue ink seal on the back or a raised seal. Under the 2014 Civil Registry Code a certificate is either a narrative extract (certidão de narrativa) or a full copy of the entry (certidão de cópia integral).
The entry records the child's name, sex, the exact hour and place of birth by parish (freguesia) and municipality (concelho), the parents' full names, ages, marital status, birthplaces and residence, and the full names of all four grandparents. Later events are added in the margin as averbamentos: marriage, divorce, recognition of paternity, adoption, a change of name. A full copy carries every note, and each one is translated. Certificates can also be ordered online through the Porton di Nos Ilha portal; the Social Security Administration does not accept a bare printout without the registry's signature, stamp or seal.
Handwritten entries and Kriolu names
Older certificates, including copies of entries made before independence on 5 July 1975, may be handwritten; the State Department notes they too should carry the ink or raised seal on the back. We translate handwritten entries line by line and mark a word as illegible rather than guess at it. Parish and municipality names are kept as written, and abbreviations are expanded only where the meaning is certain. Dates and entry numbers are copied exactly so an officer can match them to the registry.
The Code allows a full name of at most six words, two given names and four surnames, and the given names may be in the Cape Verdean language (Kriolu) or in Portuguese. A Kriolu given name is reproduced exactly as registered, never adjusted to a Portuguese spelling. If your passport spells a name differently, we can follow the passport at your request. See the Cape Verdean passport and name change pages, and our Portuguese 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 certificate was printed from Porton di Nos Ilha.
We translate it as it is. Some US agencies, the SSA among them, want the registry's signature, stamp or seal on an online printout, so check with the office first.
Should I order the narrativa or the cópia integral?
The full copy reproduces the whole entry with every marginal note. If an office asks for a long-form certificate, that is the one.
My name is in Kriolu and the passport spells it differently.
We copy the name exactly as registered and can follow the passport spelling if you ask.
Ready to get started?
Upload your documents and receive your certified translation, typically within 24 hours.