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Certified Palestinian Driver's License Translation

eVerbary translates your Palestinian driver's license 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 Ministry of Transport

Palestinian driver's licenses are issued by the licensing directorates of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, which also register vehicles. Like most licenses, it shows the holder's name and ID number, the categories of vehicle the holder may drive, and dates of issue and expiry. We translate each category exactly as printed and keep the codes the license uses rather than replacing them with US classes, because each US state decides itself how it reads a foreign category.

Licenses have been issued in more than one format over the years, and older paper licenses have been replaced by card licenses. Whatever version you hold, the whole document is translated, front and back, including any stamps, endorsements and restrictions. Names are transliterated from Arabic and follow your passport spelling when you ask. A scan or photo of both sides is enough; we do not need the license itself.

Using it in the US

Whether a Palestinian license can be exchanged, or only supports a road test, is decided by each state's motor vehicle agency, and most also ask for proof of identity and legal presence. A certified translation lets the agency read the categories and dates, and it is often requested together with the passport and the visa. Every date is translated as printed, so the agency can see how long you have held the license.

Residents of East Jerusalem usually hold an Israeli license instead; see our Israeli driver's license page. If your license was issued under an earlier administration, we translate it as it is, in its original language. See also our Palestinian vehicle registration page and our Arabic page. Stamps added at renewal are translated as well, in the order they appear.

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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