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Certified Cape Verdean Name Change Document Translation
eVerbary translates your Cape Verdean name change document 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.
24-hour delivery
Most 1-3 page documents are delivered within 24 hours. Same-day available.
Changing a name fixed in the birth record
Under the Civil Registry Code, the name fixed in a birth entry can be changed only by a specific procedure. The applicant files a reasoned petition, with evidence, at any Conservatória or registry delegation. The registry posts a public notice for fifteen days, may order further inquiries within thirty days, and decides within fifteen more. If the change is granted, it goes to the Director-General of Registries, Notaries and Identification, who orders by dispatch the note (averbamento) on the birth entry.
Some changes need no procedure: those that follow recognition of paternity, adoption, marriage or a recognised de facto union, those that result from correcting the record, inserting or removing linking particles such as de, da or dos, adding surnames where the entry had only a given name, and giving up surnames acquired by marriage. The rules on composing a name (at most six words, two given names and four surnames) still apply.
What proves the change
The proof of a Cape Verdean name change is usually the birth certificate carrying the averbamento, and the dispatch itself if you have a copy. We translate the note in full, with its date and authority, so an officer can see both names and when the change took effect. Where the change came from marriage, the marriage certificate shows it.
Identity documents are then reissued in the new name: the CNI takes names from the birth record, and a passport cannot be annotated, so a new one is issued. If your documents still show different names, we translate each as printed and can add a translator's note linking them. Doubts about how a name may be composed are settled by the Director-General through the Conservatória dos Registos Centrais; if you have that decision, it can be translated too. 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
Where is the decision on my name change?
It is recorded as a note on your birth entry. A current birth certificate shows it, and we translate it.
My surname changed when I married.
That needs no separate procedure in Cabo Verde. The marriage and birth records show it.
My old documents show my previous name.
We translate each as printed and can add a note linking the two names.
Ready to get started?
Upload your documents and receive your certified translation, typically within 24 hours.