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Certified Palestinian Legal Separation Translation

eVerbary translates your Palestinian legal separation 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.

Separation in the church courts

Legal separation as a status of its own belongs mainly to the Christian communities. The State Department explains that Roman Catholic and Anglican authorities in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza do not issue divorce certificates; they may issue a certificate of judicial separation (تفريق قضائي) or of annulment (ابطال زواج or فسخ زواج). A separation can last many years but does not dissolve the marriage or free the spouses to remarry; an annulment does.

We translate the document's title literally, so a separation is never read as a divorce. That matters in US filings: a petitioner who is only separated is still married, and a later marriage would need an annulment or a civil divorce. The Greek Orthodox ecclesiastical court, by contrast, can issue a divorce certificate. The church's stamp and the signature of the issuing priest or judge are translated in full.

Sharia court separations

In Sharia courts the Arabic word tafriq is also used for a separation ordered by the judge, which can end the marriage, so the same root appears in documents with different effects. A revocable Muslim divorce is not final either until the waiting period ends or a deed confirms it. We translate exactly what the court wrote and keep the Arabic term, so the reader can tell which is which.

The documents carry the court's seal and the judge's signature, translated in full. For the final Muslim divorce deed see our Palestinian divorce decree page; for the marriage itself, the marriage contract page. See our Arabic page. For US filings, an officer will want to know whether the marriage has ended, so the translation makes no assumption: it says what the document says, in the document's own words.

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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