Arabic ID Card Translation
Arabic ID card translation to English for USCIS, a DMV, a bank or an employer, from the Egyptian بطاقة الرقم القومي, the Iraqi البطاقة الوطنية الموحدة and the older civil status ID, the Syrian البطاقة الشخصية, the Saudi هوية وطنية and the Jordanian and Lebanese cards. Both sides are translated, because the back is where most of the facts are.
- 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 id card records
What the back of an Arabic ID card says
Arab national ID cards carry facts a US card never does: religion, marital status, a spouse's name, a mother's name, a register entry. A US recipient needs them read accurately, not left off.
Egypt: the fourteen digits
The Egyptian number encodes the century, the date of birth and the governorate of birth, and the back of the card gives occupation, sex, religion and marital status, with a married woman's husband's name beside hers. The card expires seven years after issue, so many people abroad hold an expired one; the translation shows the expiry as printed and does not comment on it. Address lines name the governorate, the district and the street in the registry's abbreviations, which we write out.
Iraq: two cards and a nationality certificate
Iraqis may hold the newer unified national card, which is printed in Arabic with some English and carries the family number, or the older هوية الأحوال المدنية, a laminated paper card listing the mother's name and the register and page numbers, together with a separate شهادة الجنسية العراقية proving nationality. USCIS and asylum officers see all three, and the translation of each names the issuing directorate and its register references exactly.
Syria, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Lebanon
The Syrian card gives the رقم وطني, the register number and the place of registration (قيد), which is a village or district and not necessarily where the holder was born. The Saudi card is dated in Hijri and the number's first digit marks a citizen; a resident's إقامة is a different card we also translate. Jordan's card prints the national number and the Lebanese card a سجل number and the sect's registry. Each term is translated and explained in a line.
Who is asking for your Arabic id card 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.
State DMVs and Social Security offices
An ID card offered as proof of identity or date of birth is accepted with a certified translation. A few offices want it notarized as well, so check with your office before you order.
IRCC
IRCC accepts a certified translation with the translator's affidavit. Order the certified translation and add notarization if your application guide asks for it.
Before you upload
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a Arabic id card.
Scan both sides
The issuing office, the expiry date and the address are usually on the back. Upload the front and the back in one order so the translation covers the whole card.
Give us the spelling you use in English
The translation shows the name as the card prints it and notes the spelling on your passport or green card. Say which at checkout so the two documents match.
A phone photo works if every character is readable
Lay the card on a plain surface, avoid glare on the hologram and take one picture per side with the whole card in frame.
Details and pricing
What is included in a Arabic id card 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 id card 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 ID Card FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- Why does USCIS want my ID card when I already sent my passport?
- The card carries facts the passport does not: the mother's name, the register entry, the address, and on the Egyptian card religion and marital status. Officers use it to match a birth certificate to the applicant, and asylum officers use it to confirm where a person lived. Send both sides as clear photographs; the card is one page at $25.
- Can you leave the religion field off the translation?
- No, and you would not want us to. A certified translation must be complete, and an officer who sees a missing field may question the whole document. The field is translated as printed, and nothing more is said about it. If a field is blank or struck through on the card, the translation says so instead of leaving a gap.
- Is the Iraqi nationality certificate the same as the ID card?
- No. The شهادة الجنسية العراقية is a separate booklet or card that proves Iraqi nationality and gives the father's and grandfather's nationality details, while the civil status ID records the person's register entry. The unified national card is meant to replace both, but many people still hold the two older documents, and USCIS often asks for whichever one was listed on a petition. We translate each as its own page.
- 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
ID card translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's id card records.
Sending it with an application? Read the USCIS translation requirements before you order.