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Certified Malaysian Birth Certificate Translation
eVerbary translates your Malaysian birth 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.
The Sijil Kelahiran from the National Registration Department
A Malaysian birth certificate (Sijil Kelahiran) is issued by the National Registration Department (Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara, JPN), which registers births in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak under separate procedures and forms. The State Department describes the certificate as light green, beige or light brown. A normal registration is made within 60 days of the birth at a JPN counter, on form NRD.LM01 with the hospital's birth confirmation, and costs nothing. A birth registered after that is a late registration, but the result is the same certificate.
Malaysia does not issue certified copies. If the original is lost, JPN issues an extract of the birth register, applied for on form NRD.LM12 for a birth in the Peninsula, Form N1 for Sabah or Form X for Sarawak; the State Department also lists a Certificate of Registration of Birth as an alternative. We translate whichever of these you hold, with every stamp and annotation. See our Malay page.
Names, the father's details and later changes
Malay names usually carry bin (son of) or binti (daughter of) followed by the father's name, and many Indian Malaysian names use a/l or a/p in the same way. These are not surnames, so we keep the whole name in its printed order rather than splitting it into first and last names. The child's identity number matters too: JPN says the number on the children's MyKid card is used from birth for life, and it continues on the MyKad.
For a non-Muslim child born outside marriage, JPN records the father only on a joint application by the mother and the man claiming paternity, who both sign the register; otherwise the father's section is blank, and we translate it as blank. A child's name can be changed on the certificate only before the age of one, so an adult's later name will not appear on it. See the Malaysian name change and paternity pages.
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 only have an extract, not the original certificate.
An extract of the birth register is the official replacement in Malaysia. We translate it in full.
My name has bin and my father's name in it.
We keep it exactly as printed, in the same order, and follow your passport spelling if you ask.
The father's section on my certificate is empty.
We translate it as empty. Only JPN can add a father's details, on a joint application.
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