Idaho Board of Nursing: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

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Idaho BON requirements in detail

Two translations Idaho can ask for

Idaho's International Nurse Licensure Criteria, revised January 2025, ask for evidence of equivalent education and evidence of an unencumbered foreign license (Licensure Policy: International Nurse Licensure Criteria).

The education goes through an approved evaluator, under that evaluator's translation rule.

The license can be shown either through a TruMerit or JS&A report, or through a verification sent directly by the government body that issued it, with a translation by a recognized translator if it is not in English.

If your licensing authority sends the verification itself, ask whether it can include the translation or whether the Board will match one sent separately; the policy does not say who sends it. We translate the seals, signatures and license status lines along with the text.

Which evaluator, and who translates for it

The Board's notice of May 2026 lists eight evaluators (Foreign Educated Nurses, May 2026).

ERES says documents not issued in English generally need a certified English translation and that you may submit one with your originals (ERES).

Josef Silny, The Evaluation Company and ACEI accept outside translations made in the US only from ATA-certified translators (JS&A, TEC, ACEI).

TruMerit has nursing transcripts translated by the school or by TruMerit (TruMerit), and IEE's nursing handbook says it does not accept translations directly from applicants (IEE).

Educational Perspectives is accepted only for its Nursing Licensure Evaluation Report (Foreign Educated Nurses, May 2026); another report type from that agency will not count.

Documents applicants usually translate

• Nursing school transcripts and mark sheets, for the evaluator
• Nursing diploma or degree certificate
• Foreign nursing license and its verification
• Course descriptions with clinical hours, where the evaluator needs them
• Name-change records such as a marriage certificate

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 Idaho BON

• The translation of your education records goes to the evaluator with your documents, under its instructions; ERES takes certified translations together with the originals (ERES: help center).

  Once the Board confirms eligibility, it invites you to submit the internationally educated application and fees and register for the NCLEX (Foreign Educated Nurses, May 2026).

• A foreign license verification sent by the issuing authority must carry its translation by a recognized translator (Licensure Policy: International Nurse Licensure Criteria); questions go to HP-Licensing@dopl.idaho.gov.

If you need a translator certified by ATA

Some offices accept only a translator who is personally certified by the American Translators Association (ATA). eVerbary assigns one on request, for the languages ATA certifies into English:

To order it, ask for a free quote and write in the notes that the translation is for Idaho BON, what it is for, and that you need a translator individually certified by ATA, plus anything else the office asks for (notarization, delivery by email to the office).

We confirm the price and the translator before you pay. ATA does not certify other languages into English, so no translator anywhere holds ATA certification for them.

For those languages we provide a notarized certified translation instead, at $44.95 per page plus notarization ($34.90 per order); ask the office to confirm it accepts that, and write its answer in the quote notes.

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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