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Certified Latvian Name Change Document Translation
eVerbary translates your Latvian 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.
$24.95/page
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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.
A decision of the Ministry of Justice
Under the Law on the Change of a Given Name, Surname and Nationality Record, anyone aged 15 or over can apply, with parental consent until 18. The application is filed at a registry office or with the Ministry of Justice Civil Registry Department, and the department's director decides. The name changes when the decision takes effect, and the person must take the decision to PMLP within 30 days for a new identity document.
The law lists the grounds, among them taking a historic family surname from a direct ancestor, regaining a premarital surname, adding a second given name, or taking a parent's surname. The same law allows a one-time change of the ethnicity record (tautība) to that of a direct ancestor, which appears on Latvian birth certificates.
The bridge between old and new documents
In a US file, the decision links documents in the old name to those in the new one. Many Latvian name issues are about form rather than a new name: a woman whose surname is printed Kalniņa in Latvia and Kalnins abroad, or a foreign name written in Latvianised form. Where the passport shows the original form, that page and the decision explain the difference.
We translate each document exactly as printed, keep every diacritic, and never put a new name on an old document. Where the decision gives both the old and new forms, the translation shows both, so an officer can match each earlier document to the person. Bring the decision with the birth certificate and passport. See our Latvian 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
My surname has a Latvian ending that my US documents lack.
Latvian law adds gender endings. The passport's original-form entry or a change decision explains it; we translate both.
Can you put my new name on the translation of my old diploma?
No. Each document is translated as printed; the decision explains the change.
Who issues the name change document?
The Ministry of Justice Civil Registry Department decides; the application goes through a registry office.
Ready to get started?
Upload your documents and receive your certified translation, typically within 24 hours.