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Certified Moldovan Identity Card Translation

eVerbary translates your Moldovan identity 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.

The buletin and the new identity card

Every Moldovan citizen living in Moldova must hold an identity card (buletin de identitate, now cartea de identitate) from age 14. It is issued by the Public Services Agency (ASP) and proves both identity and Moldovan citizenship. It is valid for 4 years up to age 7, 7 years from 7 to 14, 10 years from 14 to 70, and without limit after 70. The current model has been in circulation since 31 March 2025.

The card's chip holds the printed data, a facial image and fingerprints, and, for holders over 14, a qualified electronic signature certificate. The personal code (IDNP) appears on the back of the card. It has 13 digits: a 2, the last three digits of the year it was assigned, a registry office code, a serial number and a check digit. It does not encode the date of birth or sex, so do not be surprised if it seems unrelated to them.

Translating both sides

We translate both sides of the card, including every label, the issuing authority, dates, the IDNP and the document number, and we describe the photo, signature and chip. Names are transliterated as printed in Latin script, and we follow the passport spelling on request. Machine-readable lines are reproduced as they appear, not translated. If the card carries a Russian-language field or an older Cyrillic spelling of your name, we translate that too and keep both spellings visible.

A US office will usually prefer the passport as identity evidence, but an identity card is useful when it shows an address, a different spelling or an earlier name. Older cards and the paper documents that once accompanied them are translated the same way. See the Moldovan passport page, the Moldovan birth certificate page and our Romanian 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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