Arabic Apostille Translation
Arabic apostille translation covers two things, because only five Arab countries issue apostilles. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Morocco and Tunisia are in the Hague Convention; Egypt, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Syria are not, and their documents carry a chain of legalization stamps instead. We translate the apostille or the stamps together with the document under them.
- Up to 250 words per page
- $25 per page
- Standard turnaround
- From 24 hours
- Certificate of accuracy
- Signed & stamped
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Written for Arabic apostille records
Apostille or تصديق: reading what is stamped on the back
An Arabic apostille is a single bilingual form. A legalization chain is three or four stamps from different ministries, each with its own date, fee stamps and signature, and a translation has to account for all of them.
The five apostille countries
A Saudi apostille comes from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, requested online, and is printed in Arabic and English with the ten Hague fields and a verification code. Morocco splits the job: the public prosecutor at the court of first instance apostilles judicial and notarial documents, and the wilaya or prefecture handles administrative ones, in Arabic and French. Bahrain and Oman issue theirs through their foreign ministries. The translation reproduces the ten fields, the issuing officer's name and the number, and keeps the English or French the form already carries.
Egypt and the Gulf: the legalization chain
An Egyptian certificate going abroad is stamped first by the authority that issued it, then by the تصديقات section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, then by the embassy of the country it is going to, and each stamp carries a date, a signature and a row of fee stamps. The UAE, Qatar and Kuwait use the same pattern through their foreign ministries. None of these is an apostille, and the translation calls each one an authentication or attestation as its own Arabic does, because a US recipient who reads "apostille" on a translation of a document from a non-member country will question the whole file.
What USCIS wants, and what an Arab office wants
USCIS does not ask for an apostille or legalization on a foreign civil document; it asks for a certified translation. An Egyptian birth certificate for a green card needs our translation and nothing from the foreign ministry. The other direction is where the stamps matter: a US birth certificate, power of attorney or diploma going to Saudi Arabia needs an apostille from the Secretary of State or the US Department of State, and one going to Egypt, the UAE or Jordan needs State Department authentication and that country's embassy stamp. We then translate the document and its stamps into Arabic.
Who is asking for your Arabic apostille translation?
The translation is the same. What changes is whether the recipient wants anything added to it.
Registries and courts abroad
A civil registry, a court or a notary in another country reads the apostille as proof the US document is genuine, and wants the whole set translated into its language. Tell us the country in the order notes.
Consulates
Consulates processing a citizenship, marriage or residency application accept a certified translation of the apostilled document. Add notarization at checkout if the checklist asks for it.
Italian comuni and consulates
Italian citizenship applications ask for US vital records with an apostille and an Italian translation of both the record and the apostille page.
Before you upload
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a Arabic apostille.
Send the apostille with the document it certifies
An apostille is a page stapled or glued to another document. Upload both, since the recipient reads the apostille only as proof that the document under it is genuine.
Scan the apostille whole, including the seal
The ten numbered fields, the seal and the signature of the issuing officer are what a foreign registry checks. Keep the full page in frame, including any ribbon or embossed stamp.
Get the apostille before you order
The translation has to cover the apostille page too. Have it issued first and then upload the complete set, so nothing is missing from the translation.
Details and pricing
What is included in a Arabic apostille translation
One price per page covers the translation and its certification. A page is up to 250 words, and the quote tells you the page count before you pay.
Everything on the apostille is translated, including stamps, seals and handwritten notes. Tell us the English spelling you use for each name when you order.
Certified Translation
Word-for-word translation with a certificate of accuracy for official use.
$25
USD / page
up to 250 words per page
Included
- Signed & stamped certification of translation accuracy
- Certified by a professional translator
- Digital delivery via PDF
- Review and approve final translation
- 100% Guaranteed Acceptance
- Standard turnaround starting at 24 hours
Optional services
- Expedited turnaround
- Priority handling when your deadline is shorter than the standard turnaround.
- By deadline
- Notarization
- A notary public signs and stamps the certification statement.
- $20 per order
- Physical copy
- A wet-ink original of your translation, mailed by express courier.
- $35 per order
- Apostille
- Authenticates the notary’s signature and seal for use in Hague Convention countries.
- $180 per document
What the certificate of accuracy states
Your translation arrives with a Certification of Translation Accuracy issued by ImmiTranslate. It is the page the receiving organization checks first.
- The translation is complete and accurate.
- The document title and the language pair.
- The translator is competent in both languages.
- A signature and the ImmiTranslate certification stamp.
- Our American Translators Association corporate membership.
Our translation process
Our goal is to make the translation process as simple as possible for you. Our service is streamlined specifically for documents of this nature.
Arabic Apostille FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- Do you translate the stamps on the back, or only the document?
- Both, under one order. Each stamp is translated as its own block with the issuing ministry, the date, the signature and the fee stamps described, and an apostille counts as its own page at $25. A translation that stops at the document leaves the recipient with a page of seals they cannot read, and some return the file for that alone.
- My Egyptian or Jordanian document needs an apostille for the US. Where do I get one?
- Nowhere, because Egypt and Jordan do not issue them, and for USCIS you do not need one. A US court, licensing board or school that wants the document authenticated will say which chain it accepts, and it usually starts with the issuing office and the Egyptian or Jordanian foreign ministry. We translate the document and every stamp on it. Ask the recipient whether a certified translation alone is enough before paying for the stamps.
- I need a US document apostilled for Saudi Arabia. Do I still need an Arabic translation?
- Usually yes, and in a specific form. Saudi ministries and courts want the apostilled document in Arabic, and many take the Arabic version only from a translation office licensed in the kingdom, while universities and employers often accept the English original with the apostille. We translate the document and the apostille into Arabic for the employer, lawyer or relative preparing the file, and we say so if the office you name will want a local office's stamp instead.
- How much does a certified translation cost?
- Certified translation is $25 per page, with a page counted as up to 250 words. Notarization, a mailed physical copy and an apostille are optional and priced separately.
- How long does a certified translation take?
- Standard turnaround starts at 24 hours and depends on the length and language of your documents. If you have a deadline, include it in your quote request.
Other Arabic documents we translate
Apostille translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's apostille records.
Sending it with an application? Read the Apostille service, Notarized translations before you order.