Alaska State Medical Board: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

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Alaska Medical Board requirements in detail

A certified copy and a certified translation

Alaska's rule has two parts that are easy to merge into one.

The foreign-language document must be a certified true copy, and it must be accompanied by a certified translation into English by a recognized translator (Alaska State Medical Board: addendum to the Uniform Application, form 08-4675).

Our certified translation covers the second part. The certified true copy of your diploma, license or marriage certificate is a separate step, usually done by the issuing office or another body that certifies copies.

Keep the translation and the certified copy together when you send them, so the Board can match each English page with the original.

What FCVS and ECFMG cover in Alaska

The Board accepts the FSMB credentials verification service, which sends a Physician Information Profile with certified photocopies of your credentials directly to the Board (Alaska State Medical Board: addendum to the Uniform Application, form 08-4675).

The checklist lets medical school verification and the ECFMG report come either from the source or from FCVS.

ECFMG has its own translation rule for documents uploaded to it: word-for-word, by a professional translation service, never your own (ECFMG).

The Board's rule therefore matters most for what you send yourself: name-change records, a foreign license or good-standing letter, and documents the Board asks for during review.

Where the Alaska forms differ

The addendum warns that a form received from a source other than the Division or its website may be outdated and that applications on a superseded version are rejected (Alaska State Medical Board: addendum to the Uniform Application, form 08-4675).

The copy we read is revision 09/20/2024, published with the FSMB Uniform Application; the Division's own site (Alaska State Medical Board) did not allow automated reading when we checked. Confirm the current version with the Division before you file.

Documents applicants usually translate

• Medical school diploma and transcripts
• Marriage certificate, divorce decree or court order for a name change
• Medical licenses and good-standing letters from other countries
• Postgraduate training certificates issued abroad

What an eVerbary translation includes

• A complete English translation of every page, stamps, seals and handwritten notes included, laid out like the original so each line can be matched.
• Grades, hours and credits exactly as recorded, with the grading scale the document prints. We never convert marks to a US GPA or equivalency.
• A signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead, with our contact details, delivered as a PDF you can upload or print.
• $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, certification included; 24 hours for one to three pages as standard. Regular clients who need it can get delivery in as little as 30 minutes, on request.
• Notarization added at checkout ($34.90 per order) when the office asks for a notarized translation.

Submitting the translation to Alaska Medical Board

• Send the certified translation with the certified true copy of the foreign-language document to the Board with your application or when the licensing examiner asks for it; contact details are on the Board's site (Alaska State Medical Board).

• Credentials that FCVS or ECFMG verify go to the Board from them, under their own rules (Alaska State Medical Board: addendum to the Uniform Application, form 08-4675).

How to order

1. Scan or photograph every page of the document, front and back, including any stamps on the reverse.
2. Upload it, choose the language and "certified", and see the price before paying.
3. Receive the PDF, usually within 24 hours for one to three pages, and submit it with the copy of the original wherever the office asks for it.

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