Portuguese Passport Translation
Portuguese passport translation to English of a Brazilian passaporte issued by the Polícia Federal or a consulate, for USCIS, a court, a bank, a DMV or an employer, and of a US passport into Portuguese for a cartório, a Brazilian university or the Polícia Federal. The data page, the observações page and every stamped or endorsed page can be translated and certified.
- 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) passport records
Why a Brazilian passport still needs a translation, and which pages
The data page prints its labels in Portuguese and English, so people assume nothing needs translating. The parts a recipient asks about are the parts that are not bilingual.
The filiação line
A Brazilian passport names the holder's parents on the data page, under Filiação. No US passport does. That line lets a USCIS officer tie the passport to a birth certificate or to a parent's petition, and it shows a single parent's name when that is how the birth was registered. The translation gives the parents' names as printed and labels the field, because an officer who cannot read Filiação cannot use it.
The observações page
Behind the data page the Polícia Federal prints anotações: a previous name after a marriage or a name change, a nome social, a limited validity, or a note on a minor's travel consent. These lines are in Portuguese only, and they are what explains a mismatch between the passport and an older document. We translate each annotation with its date and the office that made it.
Stamps, visas and the older green passports
Entry and exit stamps from the Polícia Federal, consular visas and the old green passport with a five-year validity all turn up in immigration files. A court or USCIS reconstructing travel history wants each stamp with its date, its port and whether it is entrada or saída. We translate every stamped page you send and skip the blank ones, so you pay only for pages that carry text.
Who is asking for your Portuguese (Brazil) passport 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.
DMVs, banks and employers
A foreign passport used as proof of identity is accepted with a certified translation of the data page. Digital delivery as a PDF is usually enough; ask for a hard copy if they want one.
Consulates and registries abroad
A US passport sent abroad for a marriage, a residency permit or a property purchase often needs the translation notarized. Tell us the country in your order notes.
Before you upload
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a Portuguese (Brazil) passport.
Send the data page and any page with a stamp
The photo page carries the name, number and dates. Visa pages, entry stamps and an amendment page matter too when the recipient is tracing travel history, so include them if the checklist asks.
Give us the spelling you use in English
The translation keeps the name as the passport prints it and notes the romanized spelling you use elsewhere. Say which at checkout so the recipient can match the two.
Scan it flat with the machine-readable lines in frame
The two lines of characters at the foot of the photo page are copied exactly as printed. A crooked or cropped photo hides them and slows the translator down.
Details and pricing
What is included in a Portuguese (Brazil) passport 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 passport 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) Passport FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- Which pages should I upload?
- The data page with the photo, the page facing it, the observações page and any page with a stamp, a visa or a handwritten note. For a USCIS filing the data page is often enough, but a travel history request or an I-94 correction wants all the stamps. Blank pages are not translated and not charged. Scan each page flat; the machine-readable lines at the foot of the data page must be legible.
- My name on the passport has no accents. Will the translation match my certidão?
- Yes. The Polícia Federal prints names in the ICAO character set, so Luís becomes LUIS and João becomes JOAO on the passport, while the certidão de nascimento keeps the accents. The translation of each document follows that document. If you order both, we can add a translator's note that LUIS and Luís are the same person.
- My passport was issued by a Brazilian consulate in the US. Is it any different?
- The booklet is the same model. The issuing authority field names the consulate, for example a Consulado-Geral in Boston or Miami, instead of a Polícia Federal unit, and the observações are written by consular staff. We translate the authority as printed, so an officer comparing it with your entry stamps sees why a passport issued in the US carries Brazilian data.
- 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
Passport translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's passport records.
Sending it with an application? Read the USCIS translation requirements, Notarized translations before you order.