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Certified Spanish Vehicle Title Translation

eVerbary translates your Spanish vehicle title 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.

The permiso de circulación and the ITV card

Spain does not issue a separate certificate of title. The document a US DMV will treat as one is the registration certificate (permiso de circulación), issued by the provincial traffic offices of the DGT, which names the registered holder and gives the plate, the VIN, the make and model, and the first registration date in lettered fields. It is valid while the vehicle's technical inspection is in date. Temporary and tourist registrations show their expiry date in field H.

The technical data sit on the inspection card (tarjeta ITV or ficha técnica), now usually an electronic card issued by the manufacturer or importer. A report from the DGT Vehicle Registry, available online, shows the vehicle's registry data. Paper documents remain valid if they match the registry, and the miDGT app carries digital versions. We translate each one as a separate document.

Reading and using the documents

The VIN and plate are copied character by character, engine capacity is kept in cubic centimetres and mass in kilograms, and each lettered field is translated with its code so a DMV clerk can match it. A change of owner is backed by a sale contract, which we translate as a separate document. The field letters follow a common layout, so we keep the letter beside each translated value.

If you are bringing a car to the US, the DMV and customs will want the registration certificate, proof of ownership and export papers; see vehicle import documents and our DMV translation page. See also the Spanish driver's license page. Vehicle documents from Latin America have their own pages, such as the Mexican vehicle title page. Send scans of both sides.

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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