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Certified Eritrean Marriage Certificate Translation
eVerbary translates your Eritrean 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.
Three kinds of marriage, registered when needed
Eritrean law recognises civil, religious and customary marriages, and a religious or customary marriage is valid from the ceremony whether or not it is registered. Registration with the civil authorities is due within a month, but many couples only ask for a civil marriage certificate when they need one, for a visa for example, so a certificate issued years after the wedding is normal. In Asmara it comes from the civil status office of Zoba Maekel, which still prints "Municipality of Asmara" on its English documents; elsewhere from the civil status office of the sub-zone (nus-zoba).
Many couples hold a religious certificate instead, or as well. Orthodox and Catholic marriage certificates are filled in by hand and stamped by the parish; Muslim marriages are registered with the Sharia court, which issues a marriage contract ('aqd zawaj) in Arabic. Each is translated as the document it is. See our Tigrinya and Arabic pages.
Numbers, calendars and names
A certificate from Asmara carries two numbers at the top right: the Public Reg. No. of the office's paper archive and the Registration No. of the zone's digital population register. Both are reproduced exactly. State certificates are dated in the Gregorian calendar; an Orthodox church certificate may use the Ethiopian calendar, sometimes without saying so, and a Sharia court document may give Hijri and Gregorian dates. We translate each date as written and give the Gregorian equivalent in brackets when we convert one.
There is no family surname to change on marriage: each spouse keeps a given name, father's name and usually grandfather's name. The translation follows your passport spellings so the names match the Eritrean birth certificate and, if the marriage ended, the Eritrean divorce certificate.
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
Our marriage was religious and never registered.
Religious and customary marriages are valid in Eritrea without registration. We translate the church or Sharia court certificate; ask the receiving office whether it also wants a civil certificate.
We married in an Eritrean church in Khartoum.
The Eritrean Orthodox church there issues its own marriage certificates, often certified by the Sudanese authorities. We translate the certificate and every stamp on it, including the Arabic ones.
Does the certificate need an apostille?
USCIS does not require one. Eritrea is not a party to the Apostille Convention; its Ministry of Foreign Affairs authenticates documents with its own stamps. If an office asks for authentication, ask it which kind it means.
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