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Certified Hong Kong Legal Separation Translation

eVerbary translates your Hong Kong legal separation 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.

Judicial separation in Hong Kong

Hong Kong law offers judicial separation as a matrimonial cause alongside divorce and nullity under the Matrimonial Causes Ordinance. A decree of judicial separation is granted by the court and leaves the marriage in existence, so a couple separated this way is still married for US purposes. Orders about children, maintenance and property may be made with the decree or later, and they often appear in the same file.

Many couples separate without going to court, by a separation agreement or deed signed by both spouses, often prepared by solicitors. That is a private contract, not a court record. We translate either kind in full, with the case number or the date of the deed, the parties' names and every clause on custody, maintenance and property. An officer will want to know which of the two you hold, so we keep the title exactly as written.

Separation, divorce and US petitions

If the marriage later ended, the document that proves it is the certificate making the decree nisi absolute, covered on the Hong Kong divorce decree page. A separation decree or agreement does not end the marriage and should not be presented as though it did. Court documents and agreements entirely in English need no translation for USCIS; any Chinese text needs a full translation.

Names follow the spelling on each spouse's passport, and amounts are kept in Hong Kong dollars as written. Where an agreement refers to a schedule of assets or arrangements for the children, we translate the schedule too, because an officer reading a US petition will look for what was agreed about the children and the home. A photo or scan is enough. For the marriage itself, see the marriage certificate page. See also 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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