Birth Certificate Translation in Chicago, IL
Chicago birth certificates are issued by the Cook County Clerk, which runs vital records for the whole county. For use abroad, the Clerk's certified copy goes to the Index Department of the Secretary of State, which has an office in Chicago as well as Springfield.
Filing details for Chicago
- State vital records office
- County clerk of the county of the event; IDPH Division of Vital Records keeps the state index
- Local records office
- Cook County Clerk, Vital Records
- County
- Cook County
- Apostille authority
- Illinois Secretary of State, Index Department
- USCIS field office
- Chicago Field Office
We serve Chicago remotely from our office in Edgewater, New Jersey. We have no office here.
Mexican and Polish records
Pilsen and Little Village are the heart of one of the largest Mexican communities in the country. Mexican actas reach us as certified paper copies and, increasingly, as printouts from Mexico's online registry, which carry an electronic signature and a verification code that the translation keeps.
Chicago's Polish community is one of the largest outside Poland. Polish registry offices issue a birth record either as a full copy (odpis zupełny), which reproduces the whole entry with every later annotation, or as an abridged copy (odpis skrócony) with the core details only. When a filing turns on something recorded after the birth - a recognition of paternity, a change of name - order the full copy.
Turnaround
24 hours standard; 6-8 hours (+50%) or 1-3 hours (+100%) expedited
Price
$49 first page, then $0.12/word. Details
Languages
100+ languages. See all
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I get a Chicago birth certificate?
From the Cook County Clerk.
Can you translate a Mexican acta printed online?
Yes, including its electronic signature and verification code.
Do you have a Chicago office?
No. We serve Chicago remotely from New Jersey.
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