Birth Certificate Translation in Jersey City, NJ
Births in Jersey City are registered with the city's own local registrar of vital statistics, which is where a Jersey City-born resident orders a certified copy. Foreign birth records travel the other way - into English, for filings at the USCIS field office in Newark.
Our office is a short drive north, in Edgewater. You can upload your documents, or bring the originals to 20A Maple St in person.
Filing details for Jersey City
- State vital records office
- NJ Department of Health, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry (Trenton), and the local registrar of the municipality where the event occurred
- Local records office
- Local registrar of vital statistics, Jersey City
- County
- Hudson County
- Apostille authority
- New Jersey Department of the Treasury, Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services
- USCIS field office
- Newark Field Office (970 Broad Street, Newark)
Egyptian and Filipino birth records
Jersey City's Egyptian community - much of it Coptic, centred around Journal Square - brings computerised Egyptian birth certificates issued by the Civil Registry. These carry the 14-digit national identity number, which encodes the date of birth and ties the certificate to the holder's identity card. It is reproduced exactly, because a reviewer will check it against the ID.
Filipino residents are the other large group, and their situation is the reverse: a Philippine Statistics Authority certificate is issued in English and needs no translation at all. What Filipino parents of a Jersey City-born child more often need is the child's New Jersey certificate for the Report of Birth filed with the Philippine consulate.
Turnaround
24 hours standard; 6-8 hours (+50%) or 1-3 hours (+100%) expedited
Price
$49 first page, then $0.12/word. Details
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I get a Jersey City birth certificate?
From the local registrar of vital statistics for Jersey City, or from the NJ Office of Vital Statistics and Registry in Trenton.
Does an Egyptian birth certificate need the ID number translated?
It is carried over exactly as printed, so it can be checked against the holder's identity card.
Does a PSA certificate need translating?
No - it is issued in English.
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