Polish Divorce Decree Translation
Polish divorce decree translation to English for USCIS, a county clerk issuing a marriage license, a family court or a pension office, and from English into Polish for a Polish USC or sąd okręgowy. We translate the wyrok rozwodowy with its klauzula prawomocności, page for page, including the findings on fault, custody and alimony.
- 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 Polish divorce decree records
Every Polish divorce is a court judgment, and the stamp on it matters
Poland has no divorce by notary or registry office. The sąd okręgowy decides every one, and the judgment is only a decree once a stamp says it is final.
Wyrok and klauzula prawomocności
The wyrok comes from the wydział cywilny rodzinny of a sąd okręgowy. On its own it is not enough: USCIS and a county clerk want the odpis wyroku with the klauzula prawomocności, the court's stamp stating the date the judgment became final. The stamp is often on the last page or the back, half overlapping the seal. We translate it as a separate block with its date, because that date, not the hearing date, is when the marriage ended.
Z winy or bez orzekania o winie
A Polish judgment must say whether a spouse is at fault, z wyłącznej winy, z winy obu stron, or that the court did not rule on fault at the couple's request. It then settles władza rodzicielska, the parents' authority over the children, kontakty, the contact schedule, and alimenty for the children and sometimes a former spouse. None of these headings has a clean US equivalent, so the translation gives the Polish term with a plain English rendering beside it.
The marriage act after the divorce
Once the judgment is final, the court sends it to the USC, which adds a wzmianka to the marriage act, so a divorced person in Poland often holds no decree at all, only an odpis zupełny of the marriage act with the note under it. For a remarriage in the US, a county clerk may be content with that odpis; USCIS wants the judgment itself. We translate whichever you hold and keep the court file number, the sygnatura akt, exactly as written, since the note on the act cites it.
Who is asking for your Polish divorce decree 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.
Marriage license offices and courts
A county clerk issuing a marriage license, or a family court, needs to see the prior marriage ended. A certified translation of the decree is accepted, notarized where the office asks.
Registries abroad
To remarry or register a divorce in another country, the US decree usually needs an apostille and a translation into that country's language.
Before you upload
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a Polish divorce decree.
Send every page of the judgment
A decree is complete only with its reasoning, its resolutive points and the finality note or certificate. Pages missing from the middle leave the translation unable to show the divorce is final.
Add the registry act or the margin note
Where the divorce was recorded at a civil registry, the act or the note on the marriage record is often the page a clerk wants. Upload it with the judgment.
Tell us if only part was requested
If the recipient asked for the ruling alone, say so at checkout. Otherwise we translate the full document, which is what USCIS requires.
Details and pricing
What is included in a Polish divorce decree 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 divorce decree 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.
Polish Divorce Decree FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- Do I translate the whole wyrok or only the ruling?
- For USCIS, the whole judgment. A contested Polish divorce has a sentencja, the operative part, followed by an uzasadnienie, the reasoning, which the court writes only if a party asks for it. If nobody asked, the judgment is short, often two or three pages. Send every page you have, including the klauzula on the back, and the price follows the page count.
- Can you translate a US divorce decree into Polish so I can remarry in Poland?
- Yes, but the Polish side has conditions. A US judgment from a case started after 1 July 2009 is recognized in Poland without a separate court case, and the kierownik USC notes it on the marriage act when shown the decree with its certificate of finality, an apostille and a Polish translation by a tłumacz przysięgły. Older judgments go to the sąd okręgowy for recognition. The sworn translation is a step done in Poland; ours is for you and your Polish lawyer to read the file.
- My judgment says separacja, not rozwód. Is that the same?
- No. A Polish court can order a separacja, a legal separation, which leaves the marriage in place and lets neither spouse remarry. Only a wyrok rozwodowy ends the marriage. If your judgment says separacja, USCIS and a marriage license office will not treat it as a divorce. We translate it under its correct name so the reader sees what it is.
- 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 Polish documents we translate
Divorce decree translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's divorce decree records.
Sending it with an application? Read the USCIS translation requirements before you order.