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Certified Yemeni Divorce Certificate Translation

eVerbary translates your Yemeni divorce 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.

Talaq, khul' and court dissolution

Under the Personal Status Law No. 20 of 1992 a Yemeni marriage ends by talaq, by court dissolution (فسخ) or by death. Talaq is pronounced by the husband (Article 58); the State Department notes that the wife need not be present or consent. Khul' (خلع) is a separation the spouses agree in return for compensation and counts as an irrevocable divorce (Articles 72 to 74). Faskh is ordered only by a court, on grounds such as non-maintenance, long absence or aversion, and is not counted as a talaq.

The document names which of these ended the marriage, and we keep that term rather than writing divorce for all three. Article 348 requires a husband to notify the competent authority within a week of a divorce, and the amin who writes the divorce certificate files a copy with the court and the civil registry. The registry then issues the card the State Department calls the Divorce Registration Document, an 8 by 8 inch card. See our Arabic page.

Revocable or final

A talaq after consummation without compensation is revocable (رجعي): during the waiting period (العدة) the husband may take his wife back by word or act, without her consent and without a new contract. It becomes irrevocable (بائن) when the waiting period ends or with the third divorce (Article 67). A return is also recorded by the amin, on a raj'a certificate. Which word your document uses matters for a later marriage in the US, so we translate it precisely.

Many divorces are registered long after they happen, and courts can confirm a late divorce, so your certificate may carry a divorce date, a court date and an issue date, sometimes in both the Hijri and Gregorian calendars. Each is translated as printed and labelled as on the document. If a return was later recorded, send that certificate too, so the sequence is clear. See the Yemeni marriage certificate and Yemeni legal separation pages.

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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