Certified Translation Services in Jersey City, NJ
Jersey City generates more certified translation work per resident than almost anywhere else we serve, and the reason is visible from any platform at Journal Square: this is a city where a large share of adults were born somewhere else, and sooner or later every one of those people needs a foreign document accepted by an American institution.
We are about nine miles up the Hudson in Edgewater. Most Jersey City clients upload their documents and never come in — the certified translation comes back as a signed PDF, usually within 24 hours — but the option to hand something over in person is real here in a way it is not for most of the country.
Filing details for Jersey City
- County
- Hudson County
- State court system
- Superior Court of New Jersey
- Apostille authority
- New Jersey Department of the Treasury, Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services
- Our office
- About 9 miles from our Edgewater office; documents can be dropped off in person.
What Jersey City documents usually need
Hudson County Superior Court sits on Newark Avenue and handles the family, probate and civil matters where a foreign-language record has to be filed in English: divorce decrees from abroad, foreign birth records in guardianship petitions, overseas police certificates in expungement work. The Hudson County Clerk, in the same complex, is where most people first discover that a document they were given in another country is not going to be accepted as-is.
The other steady source is education. New Jersey City University, Saint Peter's University and Hudson County Community College all admit students with foreign secondary and university records, and the credential evaluation agencies they use will not process a transcript without a certified English translation attached to the original.
Jersey City's document mix is unusually broad — Indian, Filipino, Egyptian, Dominican and Polish records all turn up regularly — which is why we work from a panel of translators by language rather than routing everything through one desk.
Courts and clerks in this area
- Hudson County Superior Court
- Hudson County Clerk
Institutions that commonly request certified translations
- New Jersey City University
- Saint Peter's University
- Hudson County Community College
Immigration filings from Hudson County
Green card and naturalisation interviews for Jersey City residents are scheduled at the USCIS Newark Field Office at 970 Broad Street. Removal proceedings go to the Newark Immigration Court in the same building.
USCIS is specific about what it wants: a complete English translation of the entire document, plus a signed statement from the translator certifying competence and accuracy. It does not want a notary stamp — 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) does not ask for one. The most common cause of a Request for Evidence we see is a partial translation: someone translates the front of a birth certificate and leaves the registrar's annotations on the reverse untranslated.
Délai
24 hours standard, 1-3 hours available
Price
$49 first page, then $0.12/word. Details
Langues
100+ languages. See all
Questions fréquemment posées
Can I drop documents off in person from Jersey City?
Yes. Our office is at 20A Maple St in Edgewater, about nine miles north. Most Jersey City clients still upload instead, because the turnaround is the same and there is no trip involved.
Will Hudson County Superior Court accept your translation?
Our translations are signed by a State Court Certified Translator and include a certificate of accuracy, which is the standard form New Jersey courts expect for foreign-language exhibits. If a specific judge or clerk has asked for something additional, send us the instruction and we will match it.
How much does a birth certificate translation cost?
A standard one-page birth certificate is $49, which covers up to 250 words and includes the certificate of accuracy. Longer or multi-page documents are $0.12 per word after the first page.
Do I need the translation notarized for USCIS?
No. USCIS accepts a certified translation without notarization. Notarization is $19 per document if a consulate, university or court has specifically asked for it.
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