Arabic Divorce Decree Translation
Arabic divorce decree translation to English for USCIS, a family court, a remarriage license or a custody case. An Arabic divorce may be a certificate drawn up by a مأذون, a ruling from a personal status court or a registry extract, and we translate each one with its legal terms explained rather than flattened into the single word divorce.
- 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 divorce decree records
Talaq, khul' and tatliq: three divorces, three documents
A US officer expects one decree signed by a judge. Arab countries produce different papers depending on who ended the marriage and how, and the translation has to say which one it is.
Egypt: إشهاد طلاق and the family court
When the husband pronounces the divorce it is recorded before a مأذون, who issues an إشهاد طلاق, and الأحوال المدنية then prints a وثيقة طلاق from the national database. A divorce the wife obtains comes instead as a حكم from the محكمة الأسرة: a خلع ruling, where she gives up her financial rights, or a تطليق for harm. Christian divorces in Egypt also run through the family court. Each has a different title and we carry it over as it stands.
Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq and Syria
A Saudi divorce is a صك طلاق from the personal status court, dated in Hijri. Jordan's sharia court issues a حجة طلاق and the civil registry its own certificate. In Iraq the personal status court either ratifies a talaq (تصديق طلاق) or orders a تفريق, a judicial separation, and the ruling runs several pages with the reasons. Syrian divorces are ratified by the sharia court and entered in the civil register, and most applicants hold the register extract rather than the ruling.
The words that carry the law
The document states whether the divorce is رجعي, revocable during the waiting period, or بائن, final, and whether it was the first, second or third طلقة. It names the عدة, the deferred مؤخر الصداق still owed, نفقة for the children and who holds حضانة. None of these has a one-word English equivalent. We translate each with the Arabic term in brackets and a short gloss, because a USCIS officer checking that a marriage is over, or a judge deciding custody, reads exactly those lines.
Who is asking for your Arabic divorce decree translation?
The translation is the same. What changes is whether the recipient wants anything added to it.
USCIS
USCIS asks for a complete English translation and a signed certification from the translator. No notarization is needed.
Marriage license offices and courts
A county clerk issuing a marriage license, or a family court, needs to see the prior marriage ended. A certified translation of the decree is accepted, notarized where the office asks.
Registries abroad
To remarry or register a divorce in another country, the US decree usually needs an apostille and a translation into that country's language.
Before you upload
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a Arabic divorce decree.
Send every page of the judgment
A decree is complete only with its reasoning, its resolutive points and the finality note or certificate. Pages missing from the middle leave the translation unable to show the divorce is final.
Add the registry act or the margin note
Where the divorce was recorded at a civil registry, the act or the note on the marriage record is often the page a clerk wants. Upload it with the judgment.
Tell us if only part was requested
If the recipient asked for the ruling alone, say so at checkout. Otherwise we translate the full document, which is what USCIS requires.
Details and pricing
What is included in a Arabic divorce decree 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 divorce decree 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 Divorce Decree FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- Which document proves to USCIS that my Arabic divorce is final?
- The one that records the divorce as completed: the وثيقة طلاق or the court ruling, not a letter from a lawyer. If the divorce was revocable, the certificate or a later registry extract should show that the waiting period passed without reconciliation; a ruling should carry the court's note that it became final (نهائي) or its صيغة تنفيذية. Send whichever you have and we translate it in full, stamps included.
- My divorce was pronounced abroad and registered at an Egyptian or Jordanian consulate. What do I send?
- The consular record. Egyptian consulates record a talaq pronounced abroad and send it to الأحوال المدنية, which issues the certificate; Jordanian and other consulates issue their own form. Send the consular paper and the home registry certificate if you later obtained one. The translation shows the date of pronouncement and the registration date separately, as the original does.
- I need my US divorce in Arabic to remarry in Jordan or Egypt. Do I send the whole decree?
- Send the pages the consulate or court names. A US decree with a settlement agreement can run to dozens of pages, and a page of up to 250 words is $25, so many people send only the judgment and the signature page. The same Arabic version also updates a family book or ends a residence permit tied to a former spouse. Get the decree legalized before it is translated.
- 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
Divorce decree translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's divorce decree records.
Sending it with an application? Read the USCIS translation requirements before you order.