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Certified Personal Declaration Translation

Get your personal declaration translated into English by a professional human translator, with a signed certification accepted by USCIS, courts and universities. Flat $24.95 per page and a 100% USCIS acceptance guarantee.

Why immigration files are full of declarations, not affidavits

Under 28 U.S.C. § 1746, an unsworn written declaration made under penalty of perjury can stand in for a sworn affidavit in federal matters. That single provision is why an immigration file contains declarations signed at a kitchen table rather than affidavits sworn before a notary — the declaration carries the same weight without anyone having to find a notary who speaks the language.

So the document to translate is usually a declaration: the applicant's own account, or a witness's, ending in a statement that it is true under penalty of perjury. It is a different document from an affidavit, and from a support letter, which is neither sworn nor declared.

The declaration is the testimony

In an asylum claim or a hardship waiver, the personal declaration is frequently the single most important document in the file: the applicant's own narrative of what happened, against which every other document is checked for consistency.

That makes the translation unusually consequential. We render it as written — including hesitation, imprecise dates and the parts where someone says they do not remember. Those are not flaws to be cleaned up: an officer or a judge comparing the declaration against testimony is looking for consistency, and a translation that sharpens a vague sentence creates a contradiction that was never there.

The closing language matters

The declaration clause, the date and the place are what make the document what it is, and they are translated exactly rather than paraphrased. Where the original was written in another language and signed in it, that is worth preserving plainly, because the signer attested to what they could read.

Where a document genuinely is a sworn affidavit — taken before a notary, a judge or a consular officer — the oath and the notarial block are translated with it, and that page tells you what else that involves.

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 a page is up to 250 words.

A standard translation is for business or personal use where certification is not needed, such as CVs, client intake forms or marketing material, and is billed at the same $24.95 per page of up to 250 words.

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