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Certified Estonian Death Certificate Translation

eVerbary translates your Estonian death 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.

Registered from the doctor's electronic statement

In Estonia the healthcare provider or doctor prepares the death statement electronically, and once the data reaches the population register the death is registered automatically. Relatives then obtain a death certificate or register extract from a county-town local government, the Tallinn Vital Statistics Office, or as a repeat certificate from an Estonian embassy. Certificates can be issued in Estonian, English, German or French, and they may arrive as digitally sealed files rather than paper.

In the US an Estonian death certificate usually proves that a prior marriage ended, supports a survivor's claim, or opens an estate. If an insurer or court needs the cause of death, check which document states it before ordering, and translate that one. We do not need the original; a clear photo or scan is enough. See the Estonian marriage certificate page and the medical records page.

Older deaths and family files

Deaths registered before 1 July 2010 were first recorded on paper, and those before 1926 by churches, whose records are kept by the National Archives. A family file can therefore mix register printouts, older certificates and archive copies, some from the Soviet period with Russian text. We translate each document as written and keep names in the form each one uses.

Where the certificate shows the deceased's personal identification code, we copy it digit for digit, along with every seal and registration detail. USCIS does not require an apostille; a court or agency might, and Estonian notaries issue apostilles, including electronic ones. Estonian dates are written day first, and we render them so a US reader cannot misread the month. See our Estonian page and our Russian 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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