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Certified Hong Kong Passport Translation
eVerbary translates your Hong Kong passport 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.
$24.95/page
Flat rate per page, no word cap. No hidden fees.
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Accepted by USCIS and by US universities, colleges and schools, or your money back.
24-hour delivery
Most 1-3 page documents are delivered within 24 hours. Same-day available.
HKSAR passport, BN(O) and other travel documents
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport is issued by the Immigration Department only to Chinese citizens who are permanent residents holding a Hong Kong permanent identity card. It shows the holder's permanent identity card number, carries a contactless chip with the photograph and data, and is normally valid for 10 years, or 5 years for children under 16. Its personal particulars must be identical to those on the identity card, so a change of name is made at the Registration of Persons Office first.
Some Hong Kong people also hold a British National Overseas passport, issued by the British authorities, which states the nationality as "British National Overseas"; holding both is allowed. Residents of less than seven years without a national passport may hold the HKSAR Document of Identity for Visa Purposes, valid seven years. The Hong Kong Certificate of Identity stopped being issued after 1 July 1997 and all had expired by 2007, but old ones still appear in immigration histories.
What needs translating
If the pages you submit are entirely in English, USCIS does not need a translation. Any page with Chinese text, such as an endorsement, an observation or a visa issued in Chinese, needs a complete translation, and we translate it with every stamp. Hong Kong no longer stamps passports at entry and exit and hands travellers a printed slip instead, so travel history is often shown by those slips or by the Immigration Department's own movement records rather than by the passport.
Names are copied exactly as printed on the data page, and we use that spelling throughout the other translations in your file so they match. A photo or scan of the data page is enough; we do not need the passport itself. The same applies to an HKSAR Document of Identity for Visa Purposes: we translate every page you submit, visas and endorsements included. See the Hong Kong identity card, birth certificate and name change pages, and 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.
Frequently asked questions
I have both an HKSAR passport and a BN(O).
That is allowed. We translate any Chinese text in either and keep the names as printed on each.
My passport is all in English.
Then USCIS does not need a translation of those pages. Other documents in your file may still need one.
My old travel document is a Certificate of Identity.
Those were issued before 1997 and have expired, but we translate them for an immigration history.
Ready to get started?
Upload your documents and receive your certified translation, typically within 24 hours.