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Certified Yemeni Name Change Document Translation

eVerbary translates your Yemeni name change document 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.

Changes only by court judgment

Under the Civil Status Law No. 23 of 1991, an entry in the civil register, including a name, can be corrected or changed only by a final judgment of the court in whose district the registering office lies. Only details of profession, qualification or job can be changed on official papers without a judgment, and plain clerical errors are corrected by the civil status director with the approval of the governorate's director general. For entries recorded at a Yemeni consulate, the case goes to the court of the applicant's place of registration.

A Yemeni name change therefore usually leaves two documents: the court judgment and the updated registry entry or certificate. We translate each in full, with the case number, the court's seal and the dates. If the judgment also corrected a parent's name or a date of birth, every corrected item is translated, together with the wording of the original entry where the judgment quotes it. See our Arabic page.

Name chains, family names and the national number

The law distinguishes the given name (الاسم), the name a person is known by (الشهرة) and the family name (اللقب), which may be a family name or an ancestor's name standing in for one. Many Yemeni name differences are not changes at all but different lengths of the same chain, or a tribal name added or dropped. We translate each document as printed and can add a translator's note explaining that two forms belong to one person.

Since 2003 every citizen also has a national number that stays the same for life, whatever happens to the name, so it is a useful link between old and new documents; we copy it digit by digit, the same way on every document. Changes to card data must be reported within 60 days. See the Yemeni national ID card and Yemeni birth certificate 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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