Amharic Birth Certificate Translation
Amharic certificate of birth: Certified translation for U.S. immigration (Green Card, U.S. citizenship), passport, and other applications
Amharic certificate of birth: Most important document in immigration (Green Card, U.S. citizenship) passport, and other applications
Your birth certificate issued in Amharic language is considered as your identification card. Especially after higher security measures introduced the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, you need your birth certificate when you apply for permanent resident visa (Green Card), fiancé visa (K-1 form), and other immigration visas, American citizenship, U.S. passport, driver’s license from Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV), and many other official certificates.
Contents of Amharic birth certificates
A typical Amharic birth certificate is called Ethiopian Origin Identification (ID) Card, containing first, middle, and last name, maiden name (if married and changed your last name), sex (gender – male or female, or boy or girl), father’s and mother’s name, date of birth, place of birth, name of issuing agency and place of registration, name and title of signing officer.
Who issues birth certificates in Amharic language?
In many cases, there is a civil registration office or local administration authorized to issue birth certificates, marriage certificates, and similar civil registration documents.
If you lost your Etiopian Origin ID Card, you may apply to Embassy of Ethiopia in Washington, D.C. to get a new one.
You need to have your birth certificate “certified” in hard copy
U.S. immigration (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services – USCIS, formerly Immigration and Naturalization Service – INS), U.S. Passport Agency, colleges, universities, and many other agencies and organizations require "Certification by Translator" issued by translation agency.
We provide Certification by Translator document on our corporate letterhead with our authorized signature and raised (embossed) corporate seal with a statement as required by the USCIS and other agencies and organizations.
Notarization, in addition to certification, is not required by USCIS or U.S. Passport Agency. However, you may need notarization if you are not in the United States and applying to consulate office of the American embassy.
