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Certified Cape Verdean Marriage Certificate Translation
eVerbary translates your Cape Verdean 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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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.
Civil, religious, or a recognised union
A Cape Verdean marriage certificate (certidão de casamento) comes from the Conservatória or registry delegation of the island where the marriage was registered and, like other civil certificates, is computer-printed with an ink or raised seal. Religious marriages celebrated in Cabo Verde are transcribed into the civil register, and once registered their civil effects run from the date of the ceremony. A prenuptial agreement (convenção antenupcial) is mentioned in the entry, and one made later, or a change of property regime, is added as a marginal note.
Cape Verdean law also lets a couple have their de facto union (união de facto) recognised by any Conservatória. The decision is registered as its own entry and noted on both partners' birth records and on those of their common children. That is a different status from marriage, and its certificate is a different document. We translate it as a recognised de facto union, never as a marriage, and leave it to the receiving office to decide what it proves.
Proxy weddings and later notes
The Civil Registry Code allows one spouse, and only one, to be represented by a proxy at the ceremony, and the power of attorney must name the other spouse and the form of marriage. If one of you married by proxy, the entry says so and the translation keeps that detail. Up to four witnesses may sign a marriage entry; their names are translated as printed. Every seal, signature line and marginal note is part of the certificate and is translated.
Divorces and separations are noted on the marriage entry and on both spouses' birth entries, so a recently issued certificate of an earlier marriage may already show how it ended. See the divorce certificate, legal separation and birth certificate pages. USCIS does not require an apostille; Cabo Verde has been party to the Apostille Convention since 2010, and its Directorate-General of Registries and Notaries issues them. See 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
We had a church wedding in Cabo Verde.
Religious marriages are transcribed into the civil register. The civil certificate is the usual proof; we can translate the church record as well.
We have a recognised união de facto, not a marriage.
It is registered in Cabo Verde, but it is a different status. We translate it as a de facto union, not as a marriage.
One of us married by proxy.
Cape Verdean law allows it for one spouse. The certificate mentions the proxy, and we translate that too.
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Upload your documents and receive your certified translation, typically within 24 hours.