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Certified Puerto Rican Passport Translation
Certified translation of the documents that establish identity and nationality in Puerto Rico, including the registry annotations and endorsements that carry the legal effect and that a reader unfamiliar with the system will otherwise skip.
$24.95/page
Flat rate per page, up to 250 words. No hidden fees.
100% USCIS acceptance
Every certified translation is guaranteed to be accepted by USCIS.
24-hour delivery
Most 1-3 page documents are delivered within 24 hours. Same-day available.
There is no Puerto Rican passport
Puerto Ricans are US citizens and travel on a US passport. There is no separate Puerto Rican passport, there never has been, and nobody can issue you one.
If an office has asked you for a translation of your Puerto Rican passport, they have misunderstood where Puerto Rico is. Tell them that before you pay anyone for anything, and we would rather say so on this page than sell you a translation of a document that does not exist.
What they probably mean
An office asking a Puerto Rican for foreign identity documents usually wants the birth certificate from the Registro Demográfico, which is issued in Spanish and sometimes needs translating for a mainland reader.
They may also mean the licencia de conducir or the voter card. Those are Puerto Rican documents and they can be in Spanish. The passport is not one of them.
The 2010 invalidation catches people constantly
Puerto Rico invalidated every birth certificate issued before 1 July 2010 in response to widespread identity fraud using Puerto Rican records. An older certificate has no legal effect at all — it is not merely stale.
So if your birth certificate predates that, you need a replacement from the Registro Demográfico before anything else, including before a passport application. This is the single most useful fact on this page.
And there is no apostille either
An apostille authenticates a document crossing between countries. Puerto Rico is a US jurisdiction, so a Puerto Rican document going to a mainland office needs none.
Two surnames, paternal then maternal, appear on Puerto Rican documents in the Spanish pattern, and mainland systems index the last word — the mother's name. We keep both. See our Puerto Rican birth certificate page.
Ordering, and what the certification covers
Upload the document, choose certified translation at $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, and it comes back typically within 24 hours as a PDF formatted to mirror the original, with a signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead. Marginal annotations are translated in place, in the margin, and every seal, stamp and registry endorsement is translated with the text. See how we translate and certified versus standard.
Frequently asked questions
Where do I get a Puerto Rican passport?
Nowhere. Puerto Ricans are US citizens and travel on a US passport.
My birth certificate is from 2004.
It was invalidated. Puerto Rico voided every certificate issued before 1 July 2010 and you need a replacement.
Do I need an apostille?
No. Puerto Rico is a US jurisdiction and an apostille is for documents crossing between countries.
Do I need a translation?
Only if your document is in Spanish and the office will not take it. Ask first.
Ready to get started?
Upload the document and receive the certified translation, typically within 24 hours.