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Certified Jordanian Divorce Certificate Translation

eVerbary translates your Jordanian divorce 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 court decides, the Civil Status registers

Divorce in Jordan belongs to the religious courts: Sharia courts for Muslims and ecclesiastical courts for Christians. The court's document records the divorce and its terms. The Civil Status and Passports Department then registers it and issues the Certificate of Divorce, the government document the State Department expects as proof that a marriage ended. It is the same 21 by 15 cm cream form with the department's stamp in the lower right corner and an ink signature.

The certificate is issued only once the divorce is final and irrevocable. A revocable divorce cannot be registered with the Civil Status until it becomes final, so if your court paper is dated recently and there is no certificate yet, that may be the reason. Translate the certificate for USCIS, and the court document too when an office asks how custody, support or property were settled. See our Arabic page.

Terms that have no English twin

A Sharia court document names the kind of divorce, and Islamic family law distinguishes several, including a husband's repudiation and a divorce the wife obtains by giving up financial rights. We translate each term into plain English and keep the Arabic term in brackets, so an officer can see exactly what the court wrote rather than a loose equivalent. Dates are reproduced as printed, in both calendars where both appear.

Christian divorces come from church tribunals, whose decisions differ by denomination; we translate the tribunal's decision and the Civil Status certificate alike. Each Christian community's tribunal uses its own format and terms, so we translate its title and its wording exactly rather than fitting it to a Sharia court model. Names follow the four-part Jordanian order. For the marriage itself see the Jordanian marriage certificate page, and for a spouse who remarried after a death, the death certificate 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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