Arabic Marriage Certificate Translation
Arabic marriage certificate translation to English for a spouse petition, a K-1 follow-up, a green card interview or a consular visa, from the Egyptian قسيمة زواج, the court-issued عقد زواج and civil register extracts of the Levant and Iraq, and Gulf marriage contracts. Both names follow the passports.
- 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 marriage certificate records
Contract and register: the two Arabic marriage records
In most Arab countries the marriage is written up as a contract first and recorded by the civil registry second. A USCIS officer may want either, and the two do not look alike.
Egypt: the مأذون's قسيمة
An Egyptian Muslim marriage is contracted before a مأذون, who issues the قسيمة زواج: a numbered form with each spouse's full name chain, 14-digit national ID number, occupation, residence and religion, the two witnesses, the مهر with its advance and deferred parts, and any conditions. The Civil Status Department now also prints a computerized قسيمة from the national database, and that is the copy an embassy usually asks for. Christian marriages are recorded at the church and then registered with the civil registry.
Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon
In the Levant and Iraq the contract is drawn up at a sharia or personal status court as the عقد زواج, and the civil registry then issues its own record: in Syria a بيان زواج from الأحوال المدنية, in Jordan a marriage certificate from the Civil Status and Passports Department, in Iraq the court contract itself alongside the civil status ID. Lebanon registers marriages through each sect's religious court before the civil registry records them. The translation names which document it is, so a contract is not mistaken for a registry extract.
The mahr, the wali and the witnesses
Every contract records the مهر or صداق, often in two parts, the معجل paid at the contract and the مؤجل owed later, and names the bride's ولي or وكيل who contracted on her behalf, plus two witnesses. These lines have no US equivalent and are sometimes dropped from a quick translation. We translate them in full with the Arabic term in brackets, because an officer or a court compares the translation against the original line by line.
Who is asking for your Arabic marriage certificate 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.
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.
US passports and the Department of State
The Department of State wants the translation notarized. Add notarization at checkout and we handle the rest.
Before you upload
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a Arabic marriage certificate.
Send every page, including the register entry
Many certificates are an extract of a register entry. If you have both the extract and the register page, upload both so the witnesses, the property regime and the marginal notes are translated too.
Spell both names the way the passports do
The translation keeps each name as the certificate writes it. Tell us the spelling each spouse uses in English so the recipient can match the two documents.
Check whether the recipient wants a recent copy
USCIS and many consulates ask for a certificate issued recently. Get the fresh copy first and then order its translation, so the issue dates match.
Details and pricing
What is included in a Arabic marriage certificate 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 marriage certificate 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 Marriage Certificate FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- The wife's name on the certificate is not the name I use now. Is that a problem?
- No. Arab women keep their own name chain after marriage, so the certificate gives the bride's name as her birth record does, with her father's and grandfather's names. If you use your husband's surname in the US, tell us at checkout and the translator adds a note linking the two, so the certificate, your passport and your US documents read as one person.
- Our marriage was عرفي and never registered. Can you translate the paper?
- We can translate it, and we title it exactly as the Arabic does, a customary marriage contract, not a certificate. Whether it proves a marriage is for the recipient to decide; USCIS normally asks for a civil record. Many couples register the marriage later, or obtain a court ruling confirming it (إثبات زواج), and that is the document to send with the contract.
- Do you translate a US marriage certificate into Arabic?
- Yes, for registering the marriage with an embassy, a spouse's residence permit in the Gulf or a family book. Most Arab consulates want the US certificate apostilled by the issuing state and then legalized, and some accept only translations from their own approved offices, so ask the consulate before ordering. We can notarize the translation if the office wants that.
- 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
Marriage certificate translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's marriage certificate records.
Sending it with an application? Read the USCIS translation requirements before you order.