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Certified Cape Verdean Paternity Acknowledgment Translation
eVerbary translates your Cape Verdean paternity acknowledgment 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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Perfilhação and the birth record
In Cabo Verde a father who is not presumed by marriage acknowledges a child by perfilhação, which the civil registry records and then notes on the child's birth entry. If the child is already an adult or emancipated, or has died leaving descendants, the entry must mention their consent (assentimento). That consent can be given at any time before the registrar, by notarised document, or before a court or the public prosecutor, and until it is noted the acknowledgment is treated as secret.
Certificates of a secret acknowledgment are issued only for a marriage file or a maintenance claim. Where a married woman's or a recognised partner's child is presumed to be her husband's or partner's, that presumption can be set aside through a procedure that starts before the registrar and ends in court; the court's decision is sent to the registry to complete the birth entry. Certificates that would contain discriminatory statements about parentage are issued as narrative extracts without them.
Which document to translate
For USCIS, the father-child relationship is usually proved by the child's birth certificate showing the father, either from the start or through the perfilhação note. Order a current full copy, which carries every marginal note, and we translate each one. If paternity was established by a court, the judgment (certidão de sentença) from the court that heard the case can be translated too.
An acknowledgment can also change the child's surname, which is why it appears among the changes the Code allows without a separate name-change procedure; see the name change page. If the father's name is spelled differently on a later record, such as a sibling's US birth certificate, we keep each record's spelling and can add a note linking them. Names, dates and entry numbers are copied exactly as printed, and the registrar's seal and signature are translated. 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
The father acknowledged my child after the birth was registered.
The acknowledgment is noted on the birth entry. A current birth certificate shows it, and we translate the note.
My son was an adult when his father acknowledged him.
Then his consent is needed and is noted on the entry. We translate both notes.
Paternity was decided by a court.
We translate the court judgment and the updated birth certificate.
Ready to get started?
Upload your documents and receive your certified translation, typically within 24 hours.