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Certified Hong Kong Disability Certificate Translation

eVerbary translates your Hong Kong disability 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.

The Registration Card for People with Disabilities

Hong Kong's disability card is the Registration Card for People with Disabilities, issued by the Central Registry for Rehabilitation of the Labour and Welfare Bureau. It shows the holder's name, sex, photograph and type or types of disability, from ten categories that include hearing, visual and speech impairment, physical disability, autism, mental illness, intellectual disability, visceral disability or chronic illness, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and specific learning difficulties. Cards issued since July 2005 carry a photograph.

Cards for temporary disabilities, normally valid two years, and for holders under 18 carry an expiry date. Since 24 June 2024 the card is also issued as an electronic card in the same format as the physical one. The Bureau describes the card as proof of disability status, not a privilege card. We translate the card, front and back, with its number and any expiry date.

The medical evidence behind it

The card is issued on the strength of a disability certificate from a doctor or allied health professional registered in Hong Kong, or a CRR4 certification form from certain special schools and rehabilitation organisations. For a US school, employer, benefits office or court, that underlying certificate often says more than the card, so we translate both. Medical terms already in English are kept, and Chinese text is translated term for term.

A card or certificate entirely in English needs no translation; any Chinese text is translated in full. If the card has expired, the translation shows the expiry date as printed, and a renewed card can be translated later. Hospital notes and reports are covered on the Hong Kong medical records page, and the name follows the spelling on the identity card or passport. See our Chinese 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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