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Certified Malaysian Passport Translation

eVerbary translates your Malaysian passport 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.

Issued by the Immigration Department

Malaysian passports are issued by the Immigration Department of Malaysia (Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia). The State Department lists regular, diplomatic and official passports, describes the regular one as red, and notes that applicants appear in person with their MyKad. Because Malaysian documents write Malay in the Latin alphabet, names on the data page need no transliteration, which removes one common source of trouble.

Two other travel documents turn up in US files. The Certificate of Identity is issued by the Immigration Department, and the Emergency Certificate is issued in Malaysia or by a Malaysian mission abroad to a citizen who cannot meet the passport requirements; the State Department describes it as dark brown and 12 pages long, showing the name, date and place of birth and nationality. We translate either one in full.

The passport spelling is the reference

The problem with Malaysian names is consistency, not script. One document may write a name with bin and the father's name, another may leave it out or abbreviate it, and Chinese and Indian names can be ordered differently from one record to the next. When we translate your certificates and diplomas, we follow the passport spelling if you ask, and keep the original visible.

USCIS asks for a complete translation of any foreign-language page you submit. If the pages in your copy carry English text only, no translation is needed; stamps, endorsements and notes in Malay are what usually needs translating. See the general passport translation page and the MyKad page. A Certificate of Identity or Emergency Certificate is treated the same way: every page with foreign text is translated.

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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