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Certified Ethiopian Death Certificate Translation

eVerbary translates your Ethiopian 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 at the kebele, often late or not at all

Ethiopian deaths are registered with the civil registration office of the kebele or woreda where the death occurred, which issues the death certificate. Nationwide registration only began in 2016 and death registration remains far from complete, so many families hold a certificate issued long after the death, or none.

Where no certificate exists, the death may be recorded elsewhere: a hospital record, a church or mosque burial document, or a court decision that rests on the death, such as one on inheritance. We translate whichever document the receiving office accepts and name the issuer exactly as printed. The Ethiopian birth certificate page explains the registration system.

Dates, hours and names

The date of death is in the Ethiopian calendar and is translated as written with the Gregorian date in brackets; a death in Pagume, the five- or six-day thirteenth month, falls in early September. Ethiopians also count the hours from dawn, so a time written as 3 o'clock may mean 9 in the morning. Where the document does not say which clock it uses, we keep the hour as written and add a note.

The deceased is identified by given name, father's name and often grandfather's name, which is how an office links the certificate to a survivor's own documents. See our Amharic page and, for Tigray, our Tigrinya 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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