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Certified Russian Passport Translation
Certified translation of the documents that establish identity and nationality in Russia, 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 are two documents called a passport
Russia issues an internal passport (внутренний паспорт), a booklet every citizen over fourteen holds as their domestic identity document, and a separate foreign travel passport (заграничный паспорт) for crossing borders. They are different documents with different numbers.
A US office asking for "your Russian passport" almost always means the travel one, but the internal passport is the document that carries the information — and it is frequently the one the client has. We name which document we are translating on the first line.
The internal passport carries far more
The internal passport records registered residence (прописка, now регистрация) with stamps for every address, marriages and divorces, children under fourteen, military service liability and previously issued passports.
That makes it a small civil status file rather than an identity card, and those stamp pages are frequently the evidence a US office actually needs. A scan of the photo page alone leaves out the substance, and we translate every stamp.
Transliteration has changed more than once
Russia has changed the official transliteration rules for travel passports several times, so the same person's name is spelled differently across passports issued in different years — Yuri, Yury, Iurii, Jurii.
That is a rendering change and not a change of name, and it is the commonest false discrepancy in a Russian file. We reproduce the Cyrillic, the passport's own Latin rendering, and say they are the same name.
Soviet passports, and passports from elsewhere
Soviet-era passports are still encountered and are structurally different, naming the USSR and a republic that may now be another country. They are historical documents and we describe them as issued.
Russian-language passports also come from Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and other states, and we name the issuing country rather than treating every Russian-language document as Russian. See our Russian 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
Which Russian passport do I need?
Ask the office. The travel passport is what they usually mean; the internal passport is what carries the residence, marriage and children entries.
Why does my internal passport have so many stamps?
It records every registered address, marriages and divorces, children under fourteen and military liability. Those pages are frequently the evidence needed.
My name is spelled differently on my old passport.
Russia changed the transliteration rules more than once. A rendering change, not a change of name.
My passport names the USSR.
A historical document naming a republic that may now be another country. We describe it as issued.
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Upload the document and receive the certified translation, typically within 24 hours.