USCIS Certified Translation for San Francisco
The San Francisco field office serves a metro with one of the oldest and largest Chinese-American populations in the country, and Chinese civil documentation is the single most misunderstood category in US immigration paperwork.
All translations meet 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3): complete, signed and certified.
Filing details for San Francisco
- USCIS field office
- San Francisco Field Office
- Immigration court
- San Francisco Immigration Court
- USCIS field offices in this state include
- Los Angeles, Santa Ana, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, Fresno
We serve San Francisco remotely from our office in Edgewater, New Jersey. We have no office here.
Hukou versus notarial certificate
China does not issue a Western-style birth certificate for most cohorts. Applicants typically hold one of two things.
A hukou is a household register. It records residence and family relationships and is maintained by the local public security bureau. It is not a birth certificate, though it evidences relationships.
A notarial certificate (gongzheng shu) is issued by a notary public office and attests to a specific fact — birth, marriage, kinship, no criminal record — usually drawing on the hukou and other records. It is the document USCIS most often expects, and it comes in specific types for specific facts.
Translating a hukou as a "birth certificate" or a notarial certificate as a "registry extract" misdescribes both.
Which notarial certificate to request
Notarial certificates are issued as distinct types: birth, marriage, kinship, no-criminal-record, and others. Requesting the wrong type produces a document that does not prove what the filing needs.
Ask the notary office for the type matching the fact you must establish. If you already hold one and are not sure it is right, send it to us before ordering a translation — we will say if it looks like the wrong instrument.
Bearbeitungszeit
24 hours standard, 1-3 hours available
Price
$49 first page, then $0.12/word. Details
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Häufig gestellte Fragen
Is a hukou acceptable as a birth certificate?
It evidences family relationships but it is a household register, not a birth certificate. USCIS usually expects a notarial birth certificate.
What is a gongzheng shu?
A notarial certificate issued by a Chinese notary public office attesting to a specific fact such as birth, marriage or kinship.
Which romanisation of my name will you use?
The one on your passport, so the translation matches your other filings.
Do you have a San Francisco office?
No. Our only office is in Edgewater, New Jersey.
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