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Certified Spanish Lease Agreement Translation

eVerbary translates your Spanish lease agreement 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.

Leases under the Urban Leases Act

Residential leases in Spain are governed by the Urban Leases Act (Ley de Arrendamientos Urbanos). The parties agree the term, but if it is shorter than five years, or seven where the landlord is a company, it is extended year by year up to that minimum unless the tenant gives notice. A deposit (fianza) of one month's rent is compulsory for a home, two months for other premises. Either party can require the lease to be put in writing, stating the parties, the property, the term and the initial rent.

We translate the whole contract, including annexes such as an inventory, and keep the identity numbers, the address with floor and door, and the property's cadastral reference if it appears. Rent, deposit and dates are translated exactly as written. Signatures, initials on each page and any official stamps are noted where they appear, and a lease written in a co-official language is translated the same way.

Leases as proof of residence

In a US case a lease usually shows where you lived and when, or that spouses lived together. In Spain the stronger proof is often the municipal register: the certificate of registration (certificado de empadronamiento) issued by the town hall is a public document that proves residence and usual address. If you have both, we translate both. Both can be sent as scans.

Leases also refer to the owner's title, covered on the Spanish property deed page; a business lease names a company, covered on the company registration page. Leases from Latin America have their own pages, such as the Mexican lease agreement page. See also our Spanish page. Leases of premises other than homes follow different rules, such as a two-month deposit, which the contract usually states.

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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