Haitian vaccination record translation for a school in Florida or Massachusetts, a pediatrician rebuilding a child's schedule, or the civil surgeon who completes Form I-693. The card comes from the Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population, printed in French and usually filled in by hand at a dispensaire or a mobile vaccination post.
Written for Haitian Creole vaccination record records
Reading the carnet de vaccination
Haiti's immunization card is issued through the MSPP's Programme Élargi de Vaccination, and it is read line by line.
The card and the campaign slips
The routine card lists the vaccines of the national schedule by their French names, BCG, VPO for the oral polio drops, Pentavalent, Rotavirus, Pneumo and RR for rougeole-rubéole, with a box for each dose and its date. Doses given during a mass campaign, a polio round or a measles-rubella drive, are sometimes recorded on a separate slip or a stamped stub rather than on the card. Send every slip. We translate each as its own record so the pediatrician can see which doses were routine and which came from a campaign.
What the US schedule calls them
RR is measles and rubella with no mumps component, so the MMR line of Form I-693 is a question for the civil surgeon, not for the card. Pentavalent is DTP, Hib and hepatitis B in one syringe, and the translation says so beside the entry so a nurse can credit all three. VPO is oral polio. The translation gives the US name next to the Haitian one and leaves the decision on which doses count to the clinic.
Kat vaksinasyon and the COVID card
The headings are French, but kat vaksinasyon is what the family calls the card, and a health worker sometimes writes the child's nickname or the mother's name in Creole on the cover. The MSPP COVID-19 vaccination card, issued from 2021, records the product, the lot and the date for each dose, and employers and schools accept it once translated. Either card fits on one page at $25.
Who is asking for your Haitian Creole 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.
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.
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a Haitian Creole vaccination record.
01
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.
02
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.
03
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 Haitian Creole 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.
Our child was vaccinated at a mobile post and the card shows no clinic name. Is that a problem?
Not for the translation. Many Haitian doses are given at a poste de rassemblement or during a door-to-door campaign, and the card then shows a date and initials, sometimes a stamp naming the département sanitaire. We translate what is there and label the stamp. The pediatrician decides whether to accept the dose or repeat it; the translation only has to be faithful to the card.
Will a Florida school accept the translated carnet?
The school needs a Florida Certification of Immunization, Form DH 680, which a Florida doctor or county health department issues after reviewing the child's history. Our translation is what that doctor reads to fill in the DH 680. Bring the original card and the certified translation to the appointment, and ask the clinic whether it wants the translation emailed ahead.
What if the card is lost or only half filled in?
A translation can only show what the card shows. If a dose was given but never written down, the US clinic will usually run titers or repeat the dose, and no translation changes that. If a relative in Haiti can get an attestation from the health centre that vaccinated the child, we translate that like the card. Send whatever you have and say which pages are missing.
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.