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Certified Saudi Birth Certificate Translation
eVerbary translates your Saudi birth certificate 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.
$24.95/page
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Accepted by USCIS and by US universities, colleges and schools, or your money back.
24-hour delivery
Most 1-3 page documents are delivered within 24 hours. Same-day available.
Issued by Civil Affairs, not by the hospital
A Saudi birth certificate (shahadat milad) is issued by the Ministerial Agency for Civil Affairs (al-Ahwal al-Madaniyah) of the Ministry of Interior, on the strength of the birth notification the hospital sends. It carries the Civil Affairs seal. Current certificates are white; older ones are green, and some families hold paper forms or small booklets issued by the Ministry of Health. For recent newborns the State Department describes a large notecard format. All of these are accepted for US immigration, and we translate whichever you have, seal and signature included.
Children of foreign residents receive the separate "Birth Certificate for Non-Saudis", which requires both parents to be lawful residents holding an iqama. Any ID or iqama number on it has ten digits, starting with 1 for a Saudi citizen and 2 for a resident, and we copy it digit by digit. See our Arabic page and the Saudi national ID card page.
Born before 1968, Hijri dates and recorded birthdays
Civil Affairs birth certificates do not exist for people born before 1968. The State Department says a Saudi citizen in that position uses the nationality card (tabiya), and a foreign national born in Saudi Arabia uses two affidavits of birth attested by a Saudi authority. Birth certificates issued by an embassy in Saudi Arabia are generally not accepted unless authenticated by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the cases the State Department lists.
Dates are usually given in the Hijri (Umm al-Qura) calendar. We keep each date as written and add the Gregorian equivalent, so 1 Rajab 1445 AH becomes 13 January 2024. Where a citizen's real birth date was unknown, a Supreme Order set 1 Rajab as the official one; many older Saudis therefore share that date. We translate it as recorded, never as a guess.
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.
Frequently asked questions
My father's ID gives his birthday as 1 Rajab.
That is often a recorded, not actual, date. We translate it exactly and add the Gregorian date.
I was born in Saudi Arabia but I am not Saudi.
You would have the Birth Certificate for Non-Saudis. We translate it the same way, iqama numbers included.
My birth certificate is a small green booklet.
An older format that the State Department accepts. We translate every page that has entries.
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Upload your documents and receive your certified translation, typically within 24 hours.