
What are the U.S. Government requirements for translated immigration documents?
There is a lot of misunderstanding about what the U.S. Government actually requires of translations of immigration documents. Some people think that the translator has to be "certified" but that is not true. In fact, the translator apparently does not even need to be "fluent" (whatever that means) in English and the foreign language. Here is what the rules on the website of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services say: QUOTE Please submit certified translations for all forei