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Certified Iraqi Death Certificate Translation
eVerbary translates your Iraqi 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.
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Accepted by USCIS and by US universities, colleges and schools, or your money back.
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Most 1-3 page documents are delivered within 24 hours. Same-day available.
Issued by the health system, registered by the Ministry
An Iraqi death certificate (شهادة الوفاة) is not issued by a civil registry. Under the Births and Deaths Registration Law No. 21 of 2024, which replaced the law of 1971, a hospital, health centre or forensic medicine department issues it on the Ministry of Health's form, and a copy goes to the civil status directorate. The State Department describes the same route: the clinic or hospital issues the certificate, and the Ministry of Health's births and deaths office stamps and registers it.
Older certificates were issued under the 1971 law and remain the record of those deaths. Every stamp is translated, since the Ministry's stamp is what shows the death was registered. Iraqi documents write months as كانون الثاني (January), آب (August) and so on, and the translation gives the English month. Names are a chain of given name, father's name and grandfather's name, and we keep the chain whole. See our Arabic page.
Court documents about a death
Where the family needs a court finding, the Personal Status Court can issue a court proof of death (حجة وفاة) or a ruling on the death, and the 2024 law requires that court document to state the cause of death. The same courts set the heirs' shares in a document called القسام الشرعي, which lists the heirs and their shares and is often needed for an estate or insurance claim in the US. We translate each of these as a separate document.
In the US an Iraqi death certificate usually proves that an earlier marriage ended, supports a survivor's claim or opens an estate. If you are remarrying, you may need it together with the Iraqi marriage certificate. Under the 2024 law a death certificate can be corrected or cancelled only by a final court decision, so if a detail on it is wrong we translate it as printed and add a note rather than fix it.
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
The certificate was issued by a hospital, not a registry.
That is how Iraqi death certificates work. We translate it with the Ministry of Health stamps.
I have a hujjat wafat from the court.
It is a court proof of death. We translate it in full, including the stated cause of death.
The estate also needs the list of heirs.
We translate the qassam shar'i as a separate document, every heir and share included.
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Upload your documents and receive your certified translation, typically within 24 hours.