Albanian Marriage Certificate Translation by Professional Albanian English Translators
Translate your Albanian marriage license from Albanian to English and have it certified professionally to meet requirements of the USCIS
You need "certified" English translation of your Albanian marriage certificate to submit it to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS, formerly, Immigration and Naturalization Service – INS) for your Green Card (permanent resident visa), American citizenship, passport, and other applications.
Albanian to English translation by a third-party independent professional translation agency
Translate your Albanian certificate of marriage: Your Albanian marriage certificate is important document in applying for your Green Card, U.S. citizenship, American passport.
Contents of Albanian marriage licenses
Albanians are allowed to marry in a civil or religious ceremony, or both. However, religious ceremony withour civil ceremony has no legal effect. Non-Albanian individual can marry if he/she obtains a Certificate of Birth and Freedom to Marry document. Two witnesses, not related to marrying individuals by blood or marriage are required in civil marriages in city halls in Tirana and other cities.
All marriages must be registered with the Albanian Bureau of Vital Statistics.
Albanian marriage certificates are handwritten with a postage stamp-like stamp with wet seal, containing your and your spouse’s (husband of wife) first, middle, and last name, maiden name of woman, your and your spouse’s father’s and mother’s name, name of issuing agency and place of registration, name and title of signing officer.
Who issues marriage certificates in Albanian language?
Registrar Office issue marriage certificate in Albanian. The Main Civil Status Office (Zyra e Gjendjes Civile) in Tirana also handles marriages between Albanians and foreign nationals. Such marriage must be legalized by the Albanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs through Albanian Postal Service (Posta Shqiptare).
Registration numbers on marriage certificates change from one community to another. Marriage certificates issued after re-organization of Regjistrit Themeltar in 1974 have more uniform format.
You need “certified translation” of your Albanian marriage certificate in hard copy
USCIS, U.S. Passport Agency, and many other public and private organizations require “certified translation” of your Albanian marriage license by a third-party, independent translation agency in original format. They do not accept photocopies or electronic copies.
Legal basis for "certified" English translations of your marriage license and other immigration documents
We prepare our certification per U.S. government requirements (Federal Regulations 8 CFR 103.2 b 2 relating to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Immigration Regulations/Powers and Duties – Availability of Records).
You will receive “Certification by Translator” document printed on our corporate letterhead with our authorized signature and raised (embossed) corporate seal with a statement as required by the USCIS, U.S. Passport Agency, and other organizations.
