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Certified Mexican INE Voter ID Card Translation
eVerbary translates your Mexican INE (Instituto Nacional Electoral) voter ID card 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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Mexico has no national ID card
There is no general Mexican national identity card. What everyone carries, and what banks, offices and notaries accept as identification, is the credencial para votar issued by the INE — the electoral institute — formerly the IFE. It is a voter credential that became the country's de facto identity document.
So an office asking for "the Mexican national ID" is asking for the INE card, and the translation names it as what it is: a voter credential, issued by an electoral body. Calling it a national identity card in English would assert a document Mexico does not issue.
What is on it
The card carries the CURP, the unique population registry code, the elector key (clave de elector), the electoral section and district, the address, and on newer cards a biometric element. The CURP encodes the date of birth, sex and state of birth and is reproduced exactly.
Older IFE cards remain in circulation alongside newer INE ones and look quite different; both are genuine and we name the issuing body as printed. See our Mexican birth certificate page.
Every field is translated, including the ones US cards do not have
National identity cards carry fields US documents do not: religion, ethnicity or nationality-within-the-state, blood type, marital status, the father's or mother's name, a registered address, an expiry that governs rights rather than travel. A translator who quietly omits one because it has no US equivalent has edited a government document — and it is frequently the omitted field that a file actually turns on.
So every printed field is translated, labelled as the card labels it, and the identity number is reproduced exactly, never translated. Those numbers commonly encode a date of birth, a sex or a place of registration, so altering the digits alters the record. Both sides are translated, because the reverse is where the address, the issuing office and the machine-readable zone usually sit.
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
Is the INE card a national ID?
It is a voter credential that functions as Mexico's de facto identity document. We translate it as what it is rather than calling it something Mexico does not issue.
My card says IFE, not INE.
Older cards from the predecessor body are still in circulation. We name the issuing body as printed.
Is the CURP translated?
Reproduced exactly. It encodes your date of birth, sex and state of birth.
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Upload your documents and receive your certified translation, typically within 24 hours.