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Certified Palestinian Name Change Document Translation

eVerbary translates your Palestinian name change document 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.

Civil status entries and the name equivalency letter

A name change in the West Bank and Gaza is handled by the Ministry of Interior. The applicant completes a form, has it stamped at a service office authorised by the Ministry of Justice, pays the fee and then goes to the Administration of Civil Status office in the city of residence; issuance takes one to three days. Where the change follows a court decision, the court order is submitted to the Ministry, and the order itself is a document worth translating.

The Ministry also issues a name equivalency document, a "To Whom It May Concern" letter confirming the different names a person has used where these do not come from a legal name change. It is common where an Arabic name was transliterated in several ways, or where a family name, grandfather's name or tribal name appears on some documents and not on others.

Translating names consistently

Palestinian names often include the father's and grandfather's names before the family name, and documents differ in how many of these they print. We translate each document exactly as written, every name in the order shown, and do not drop or add a name to make documents match: that is what the equivalency letter is for. Where the Ministry's letter lists each variant, we reproduce the variants as written, letter for letter.

Arabic names can be written in Latin letters in many ways, so we follow the spelling in your passport when you ask, and keep it the same across all your translations. A US court or USCIS may need the equivalency letter together with the Palestinian birth certificate and passport. See our Arabic page. A scan or photo of each document is enough.

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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