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Certified Iraqi Name Change Document Translation

eVerbary translates your Iraqi name change document 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.

A change on the civil status record

In Iraq a name is held in the civil status record, which the Ministry of Interior's civil status directorates keep under the National Card Law No. 3 of 2016. A requested change is made public before it is made: notices published in Iraqi newspapers in 2025 cite Article 22 of that law, state the name requested and invite anyone who objects to go to the directorate. The new name then follows into the register and the Unified National Card.

What you hold may be a directorate decision, a newspaper notice, a court judgment, or simply an old and a new identity document side by side. We translate each as the document it is, with its number and date, so the link between the old and new name is clear on paper. See the Iraqi national ID card page and the Iraqi birth certificate page.

When the change is only a spelling

Many Iraqis in the US never changed their name in Iraq: what changed is how it is written in Latin letters. Arabic names have no single English spelling, so Mohammed, Muhammad and Mohamad can be the same person, and US forms cut the name chain (given name, father, grandfather, family name) in different places. A translation cannot change your legal name; it follows your passport spelling and keeps the chain in order.

If you changed your name in the US, for example at naturalisation, that document is in English and needs no translation; it is the Iraqi documents that may need a translator's note linking them to your current name. We can add one, stating only what the documents show, and keep the original Arabic spelling visible beside the English. See our Arabic page and the Iraqi passport 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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