Portuguese Birth Certificate Translation
Portuguese birth certificate translation to English for USCIS, a passport office, a school or a court, from the Brazilian certidão de nascimento issued by a Cartório de Registro Civil das Pessoas Naturais. We translate the current national model, the older typed and handwritten certidões that cite a livro, folha and termo, and the digital certidão with a QR code, and we translate US birth certificates into Portuguese for Brazil.
- 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 Portuguese (Brazil) birth certificate records
Lines on a certidão de nascimento that a US form has no box for
A Brazilian birth certificate records the hour of birth, a second place field and the grandparents. US officers still check those lines against the rest of the file.
The date written out in words
A Brazilian registrar writes the date of birth in full: aos vinte e três dias do mês de março do ano de mil novecentos e oitenta e cinco, às quatorze horas e dez minutos. The current model prints it in figures as well, but older certidões give only the words, and the hour of birth is part of the record. The translation gives the date in words as the original does and adds the figures in brackets with the month named, so a US officer does not read 03/04 as March 4.
Naturalidade is not always the place of birth
The certidão has a field for the município where the birth happened and a separate one for naturalidade. Since 2017 Brazilian parents may choose the mother's town of residence as the child's naturalidade, so a child born in a hospital in Campinas can be registered as natural de Indaiatuba. US forms ask only for the place of birth. The translation keeps both fields under their Portuguese labels and does not merge them, since a passport or a later petition will be checked against the certidão.
DNV, CPF and the avós lines
The certidão cites the number of the Declaração de Nascido Vivo, the Ministério da Saúde form the hospital filled in before the registration, and since 2017 the child's CPF is printed on it too. It also names all four grandparents. US birth certificates have none of these, so the translation labels each line rather than dropping it. A USCIS officer matching a CPF across documents, or a family tracing a lineage, relies on them.
Who is asking for your Portuguese (Brazil) birth 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.
US passports and the Department of State
The Department of State wants the translation notarized. Add notarization at checkout and we handle the rest.
Consulates abroad
Consulates receive the translation of a US document, often with an apostille on the original. Tell us the consulate in your order notes.
Before you upload
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a Portuguese (Brazil) birth certificate.
Scan the whole page
Include the back, the margins and any marginal notes. A later correction or a recognition of paternity is often written in the margin, and the recipient needs to see it translated.
Give us the English spelling of each name
If your passport or green card spells a name without an accent, tell us at checkout. The translation keeps the names as the certificate writes them and notes the spelling you use.
Order the format the recipient asked for
If they want the long form, send the long form. We translate what you upload and cannot add parents' details that a short-form extract leaves out.
Details and pricing
What is included in a Portuguese (Brazil) birth 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 birth 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.
Portuguese (Brazil) Birth Certificate FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- My certidão is an old handwritten one that cites a livro, folha and termo. Should I get a new copy first?
- Not for the translation. We translate the handwritten certidão as it stands, with the registrar's formula, the stamps and the book, page and entry numbers. If the paper is torn or faded, any cartório in Brazil can issue a segunda via of the same entry, and you can order one online through the Registro Civil portal; it comes on the current national model with a matrícula and prints the same facts. Either version is usually one page at $25.
- Do you translate the digital certidão with the QR code?
- Yes. A certidão issued electronically carries a QR code and a verification code that any reader can check on the Registro Civil portal. The translation reproduces the verification code and the address it points to, and notes the QR code, so a US recipient can confirm the certificate is genuine without reading Portuguese. Send the PDF as issued; a screenshot cuts off the code.
- My father is not named on the certidão. What happens in the translation?
- The translation says what the document says. A certidão with only the mother's name has a blank pai line, and we leave it blank rather than writing unknown. If paternity was recognized later, the cartório recorded the recognition as an averbação in the margin, and a fresh certidão shows the father's name and the child's new surname, with the averbação quoted at the foot. Order that newer certidão if your current name does not match the old one, and we translate the averbação with it.
- 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 Portuguese (Brazil) documents we translate
Birth certificate translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's birth certificate records.
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