Haitian Asylum Documents Translation
Haitian asylum documents translation for an I-589 file, a credible fear interview or an immigration court hearing. This is the one Haitian file where much of the evidence really is in Kreyòl: the threat left at the gate, the WhatsApp messages from a gang number, the letter from a pastor or a KAZEK member, the applicant's own account. The police and hospital papers beside them are French. We translate both into certified English.
- 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 Haitian Creole asylum documents records
Threats arrive in Kreyòl, and the proof of them in French
An asylum officer compares every translated line with the applicant's testimony, so the translation keeps the words, the spelling and the tone of what was actually written, however rough.
Notes, messages and voice notes from the gang
A handwritten note pushed under a door, a ransom demand, a WhatsApp thread from an unknown 509 number: these are the papers that show the threat, and they are written in the Kreyòl of the street, with no accents and spellings the writer invented. We translate them line by line, keep the insults and the gang name as written, and give the neighbourhood as it appears, so that Matisan, Site Solèy or Kafou Fèy can be matched to Martissant, Cité Soleil or Carrefour-Feuilles in the country-conditions reports. A phrase like n ap vin chèche w is rendered as the threat it is, not softened.
Letters from the people who know
Haitian applicants bring letters from a pastor, a school director, a neighbourhood committee, a KAZEK or ASEK member for their section communale, a hospital social worker or a journalist colleague. Many are handwritten in Kreyòl on plain paper, with a phone number and sometimes a stamp. We translate the writer's title exactly, since the officer weighs who is speaking, and we keep the letterhead, the stamp text and the date. If the writer used the French form of a name and the applicant the Creole one, the translation keeps each and notes that they are the same person.
The French papers in the same folder
The proof that something was reported or happened is official and therefore French: a déclaration or plainte at a commissariat of the Police Nationale d'Haïti, a certificat médical from the Hôpital de l'Université d'État or a private clinic, an acte de décès for a relative who was killed, an avis de recherche, a press clipping from Le Nouvelliste or a Creole radio report someone wrote down. One order takes the whole folder, and the certification lists each piece with the language it was translated from, which is what the I-589 instructions ask for.
Who is asking for your Haitian Creole asylum documents translation?
The translation is the same. What changes is whether the recipient wants anything added to it.
USCIS asylum offices
USCIS asks for a complete English translation of every foreign-language document and a signed certification from the translator. No notarization is needed.
Immigration courts
An immigration judge expects each exhibit translated in full and certified, filed with the original. Courts refuse summaries, so every page you file is translated whole.
IRCC
Refugee claims in Canada accept 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 Haitian Creole asylum documents.
Send every page, including the envelopes
Police reports, threat letters, medical reports and newspaper clippings each count. Postmarks and envelopes show when and where a letter was sent, so scan them too.
Keep handwritten pages readable
Letters and notes are often handwritten. Photograph each page flat in good light, and tell us any names or places that are hard to make out.
Give us the names as your application spells them
Your I-589 fixes the English spelling of your name and of each family member. Tell us that spelling so every document in the file matches.
Details and pricing
What is included in a Haitian Creole asylum documents 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 asylum documents 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.
Haitian Creole Asylum Documents FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- I wrote my statement in Kreyòl the way I speak. Will you correct it?
- No. We translate it as written, keeping the order of events, the tense markers and the names of people and places exactly, because the officer or judge will compare it with what you say at the interview. Where a spelling could be read two ways, the translation keeps your reading and notes the other. Where a word is dialect from the north or the south, it is translated by its meaning, not replaced with a textbook form.
- Some of my papers are Spanish or Portuguese, from Chile, Brazil or the Dominican Republic.
- That is common for Haitians who lived in Chile or Brazil before coming north, or who were deported from the Dominican Republic. A Chilean residencia, a Brazilian protocolo or a Dominican detention record is translated under its own language, and the Kreyòl and French pieces under theirs, in one order with one certification. Send everything together so the dates on the transit papers line up with the dates in your statement.
- Can you translate the court's notices into Kreyòl for me?
- Yes. We translate from English into Haitian Creole as well: the Notice to Appear, a hearing notice, a biometrics appointment, the asylum office decision or the judge's order. These are for you to read, not to file, so they do not need certification, though it is included anyway. The translation is written in the standard orthography and keeps the English form names beside the Creole so you can match them to the originals.
- 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 Haitian Creole documents we translate
Asylum documents translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's asylum documents records.
Sending it with an application? Read the USCIS translation requirements, IRCC translation requirements before you order.