Bosnian Birth Certificate Translation by Professional Bosnian English Translators
Translate your birth certificate from Bosnian to English language for U.S. Immigration (USCIS)
Bosnian certificate of birth: Certified English translation for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS, formerly, Immigration and Naturalization Service – INS) for your Green Card (permanent resident visa), U.S. citizenship, American passport, and other applications.
Bosnian to English translation by a third-party independent professional translation agency
Translate your Bosnian certificate of birth (Izvod iz matične knjige rođenih): Your Bosnian birth certificate (Extrait de l'acte de Naissance) along with your marriage license (Extrait de l'acte de Mariage), is the most important document in applying for your Green Card, U.S. citizenship, American passport, and marriage.
Your birth certificate issued in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is considered as your identification card.
Especially after higher security measures introduced by 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), marriage visa, H1B visa and other immigration visas, American citizenship, U.S. Passport Agency, driver’s license from Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV), and others.
Contents of Bosnian birth certificates
Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina are obliged to document their personal identification number in a single database (CIPS) starting in 2003.
A typical Bosnian birth certificate contains your first, middle, and last name, maiden name (if you married and changed your last name), sex (gender – male or female, or boy or girl), your 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 Bosnian language?
In many cases, civil registrar (matičar) or Department of Public Activity of Public Government of each municipality authorized to issue birth certificates, marriage certificates, and similar civil registration documents in Sarajevo (capital), Banja Luka, or in other cities.
If you lost your Bosnian birth certificate or need a new certificate of birth for a newborn, you may contact Consular Services of Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Washington, D.C.
You need “certified" English translation of your Bosnian birth certificate in hard copy
USCIS, U.S. Passport Agency, and many other public and private organizations require “certified translation” of your Bosnian birth certificate by a third-party, independent translation agency in original format. They do not accept photocopies or electronic copies.
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.
Legal basis for "certified" English translations of your 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).
