German Vaccination Record Translation
German vaccination record translation for the yellow Impfpass, an Austrian e-Impfpass printout or a Swiss Impfausweis. A civil surgeon doing your I-693 exam, a US school nurse or a college health office gets every vaccine, date and dose in English, with a signed certification.
- 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 German vaccination record records
Reading a German Impfpass line by line
The Impfpass is a booklet filled in by hand over decades by different doctors, and most of what a US reader needs is in the stickers and stamps rather than the printed text.
Trade names and batch stickers
Each entry is a peel-off label from the vial with the trade name and Ch.-B., the batch number, then the date, the doctor's stamp and a signature. The label says Priorix or Boostrix Polio, not MMR or Tdap-IPV. We give the vaccine name as printed and add what it protects against in plain English, so a civil surgeon can match it to the CDC schedule without looking up each brand.
German disease names and sections
The booklet has separate pages for Tetanus, Diphtherie, Pertussis and Poliomyelitis, for Masern, Mumps and Röteln, for FSME, the tick-borne encephalitis vaccine common in southern Germany and Austria, and for Tuberkulin tests. Keuchhusten is pertussis, Windpocken is varicella, Gürtelrose is shingles. Booster entries are often marked Auffrischung. We keep each section heading so the reader sees which page an entry came from.
Austria, Switzerland and older booklets
Austria moved to the e-Impfpass, so many Austrians bring a printout from ELGA rather than a booklet. Swiss families still carry a paper Impfausweis. An East German Impfausweis from the DDR used its own layout and vaccine names. Handwritten entries from the 1970s and 1980s are often hard to read; we mark a word illegible rather than guess a vaccine that was never given.
Who is asking for your German vaccination record 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.
Schools, clinics and employers
Most ask for a certified translation they can read next to the original. Digital delivery as a PDF is usually enough; ask for a hard copy if they want one.
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 German vaccination record.
Photograph each page flat and in daylight
Vaccination cards are small and often handwritten. A flat, well-lit photo of every page, including the cover, lets the translator read each date and lot number.
Tell us whose record it is
Children's cards often carry a nickname or no surname. Give us the full name as it appears on the passport so the translation matches the rest of the file.
Leave vaccine names and lot numbers to us
Trade names, lot numbers and stamps are copied exactly as written, and the headings around them are translated, so a clinic or school can read the schedule without guessing.
Details and pricing
What is included in a German vaccination record 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 vaccination record 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.
German Vaccination Record FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- Does a civil surgeon use a translated Impfpass for Form I-693?
- The civil surgeon reviews your vaccination history and decides which vaccines you still need, and a clear English translation of the Impfpass lets them credit doses you already had. Bring the original booklet to the exam too, since they may want to see the stamps. We translate every page with an entry and skip blank ones.
- How many pages is an Impfpass?
- We count pages with entries, not the whole booklet. A child's Impfpass usually has a few filled pages; an adult who has kept the same booklet since birth can have more, with travel vaccines added at the back. Each translated page of up to 250 words is $25. Scan only the pages with entries, plus the cover page with your name and date of birth.
- Do you translate a US vaccination record into German?
- Yes. Since the Masernschutzgesetz took effect in March 2020, a Kita or school in Germany asks for proof of measles vaccination, and a US record or state immunization registry printout is in English. We translate it into German so the Kita, school or Gesundheitsamt can read it. A German doctor can also copy the doses into a new Impfpass from the translation.
- 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 German documents we translate
Vaccination record translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's vaccination record records.
Sending it with an application? Read the USCIS translation requirements before you order.