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Certified Costa Rican Birth Certificate Translation
eVerbary translates your Costa Rican 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.
The registry and the identity number are the same system
Costa Rican civil records are kept by the Registro Civil, which sits under the national electoral authority, and the same institution issues the identity document. A Costa Rican's cédula number derives from the birth registration itself — the province, the book and the entry — so the identity number and the birth record are two views of one thing.
That makes the number worth reproducing with care: it is not an arbitrary identifier, and a transposed digit points at a different registry entry. It is carried across exactly as printed.
Certifications and annotations
What is issued is a certificación drawn from the registry, showing the registered person, the parents and the registration reference. Current ones are printed from the registry system and may carry a verification code; older ones are transcriptions from the books.
Marginal annotations recording later events are translated with the entry. Both surnames are carried across in the order the document gives them.
What USCIS requires
The requirement is the same for every country: 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 on your birth certificate is part of the document, so every one is translated.
State agencies set their own rules and are not bound by that one — see government agencies. What our certification states is set out 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
Is the cédula number translated?
Reproduced exactly. In Costa Rica it derives from the birth registration, so the digits point at a specific registry entry.
My certification has a verification code.
Current certifications are printed from the registry system and carry one. It is translated along with the rest of the document.
Do you translate the annotations?
Yes, every one present. They record later events that can change what the certificate proves.
Ready to get started?
Upload your documents and receive your certified translation, typically within 24 hours.