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Certified Portuguese High School Diploma Translation

eVerbary translates your Portuguese high school diploma 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.

Ensino secundário, graded out of 20

Portuguese secondary education (ensino secundário) ends with the 12th year. In the general Cursos Científico-Humanísticos every subject is graded from 0 to 20, and a student must reach 10 in every subject to finish. The final mark (classificação final) is the simple average of the subjects' final grades, rounded to a whole number. Under Decreto-Lei 62/2023 students sit three national exams, one of them Portuguese.

Vocational routes (cursos profissionais) lead to the same level with a different structure, and the certificate names the course. A US school or evaluator should see the grades exactly as printed, out of 20, not converted: conversion is the evaluator's job. The year-by-year record is on our Portuguese transcript page.

Electronic diplomas and certificates

Since Portaria 194/2021, secondary diplomas and certificates are issued in electronic form from standard models. They carry a qualified electronic signature, a unique certificate number, an alphanumeric document code and a QR code that let a receiving institution check them. We translate the whole document, including the number, the code and the signature block, so the original can still be verified.

Older paper certificates, signed and stamped by the school, are still valid and translated the same way, every stamp included. Where a certificate lists subjects with exam marks and internal marks separately, we keep both columns as printed. If you continued to university, see the Portuguese university diploma page. For Brazil see the Brazilian diploma page, and see our Portuguese 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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