Divorce Decree Translation for U.S. Immigration
When do you need certified translation of your divorce paper?
If you are marrying an American and got divorced before, then U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS, formerly Immigration and Naturalization Service - INS) asks you to submit “certified translation” of your divorce decree.
Certified translation of your divorce paper is requested before you apply for fiancé(e) visa (K-1 or K-2) or marriage visa. Some immigrants bring “certificate of single” to prove that they are not currently married. However, this certificate is primarily for those who have never married before.
You also need certified translation of your divorce decree when you apply to a court in the United States to get married.
Certified divorce decree translation for from following languages:
We translate your divorce and certify it for the USCIS if your native language is one of the following languages: Albanian Amharic Arabic Azerbaijani Belarusian Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese Cambodian Chinese Croatian Czech Danish Dari Dutch Estonian Farsi Finnish Flemish French Georgian German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Kannada Kazakh Korean Kyrgyz Laotian Latvian Lithuanian Macedonian Malay Malayalam Marathi Moldovan Mongolian Norwegian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Pushto-Pashto Romanian Russian Singhalese Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swahili Swedish Tagalog Tajik Tamil Thai Turkish Turkmen Ukrainian Urdu Uzbek Vietnamese
Who issues divorce decrees?
Divorce is documented in divorce decrees, certificates of divorce, certificates of dissolution of marriage (or termination of marriage), divorce papers, and under similar titles. Divorce decrees are issued by civil or family courts or by Sharia (religious) courts in many Islamic countries.
Divorce-related issues
Divorce results in dissolving the bonds of matrimony. Legally, divorce does not make the marriage null or void but simply cancels it. Child custody, alimony (subsistence, injunctive), and compensation are the issues to be arranges by protocol between the parties or by the court.
Some couples agree on prenuptial or postnuptial agreements to avoid costly litigations or mediations. Collaborative and uncontested divorces end the marriage with minimal legal process. You need to have your divorce decree “certified” in hard copy.
