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Certified Cape Verdean Medical Records Translation

eVerbary translates your Cape Verdean medical records 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.

Records from Cape Verdean hospitals

Cabo Verde has two central hospitals, both public institutions under the Ministry of Health: Hospital Dr. Agostinho Neto in Praia, on Santiago, now also called the Hospital Universitário Agostinho Neto, and Hospital Dr. Baptista de Sousa in Mindelo, on São Vicente, a name sometimes spelled Batista. Other islands have smaller hospitals and health centres. Records are written in Portuguese, sometimes by hand, and use Portuguese medical abbreviations.

Patients who need treatment not available in Cabo Verde are often evacuated to Portugal for care, so one person's file can mix Cape Verdean and Portuguese hospital records. We translate both and keep each hospital's name and letterhead identified, so a US doctor or insurer can tell which institution wrote which report. Dates on both are written day, month and year; we keep that order and spell out the month wherever a date could be misread. See the Portuguese medical records page.

What we translate and how

Discharge summaries, test results, imaging reports, prescriptions and vaccination cards are translated in full, including stamps, handwritten notes and the doctor's name and licence number. Drug names are kept as printed, because brand names differ between countries, and units and reference ranges are copied exactly. Where an abbreviation could mean two things, we keep it and add a translator's note instead of guessing. See our discharge summary and vaccination record pages.

For an immigration medical exam, the civil surgeon decides what records are needed. If only part of a long file is relevant, ask the receiving office which reports it needs before ordering; we translate exactly the pages you send, in their original order. For a death, the doctor's certificate that states the cause is a separate document from the registry's death certificate. 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.

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