Portuguese Vaccination Record Translation
Portuguese vaccination record translation to English of a Brazilian caderneta de vacinação, a cartão de vacina stamped at a UBS, or the digital certificate from the Meu SUS Digital app, for a US school or daycare, a civil surgeon completing Form I-693, a university health office or an employer. We also translate a US immunization record into Portuguese for a school in 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) vaccination record records
Reading a Brazilian vaccine card against the US schedule
The Programa Nacional de Imunizações gives vaccines, and uses names, that the CDC schedule does not, and most cards are filled in by hand at a posto de saúde.
Names that do not match a US card
Tríplice viral is MMR, sarampo, caxumba and rubéola, and tetra viral adds varicela. Penta is DTP, Hib and hepatitis B in one shot, which a US card usually lists as separate vaccines. VIP is inactivated polio and VOP the oral drops Brazil gave as boosters for years. dT is the adult Td and dTpa the Tdap. Pneumo 10 is a ten-valent pneumococcal vaccine with no US license, and Meningo C is not part of the routine US schedule. We translate each to the name a US nurse reads and keep the Portuguese in brackets so the two cards can be compared line by line.
BCG, febre amarela and the shots the US does not give
Every Brazilian baby gets BCG at birth, so the card shows a dose and the child carries the scar on the right arm. A US tuberculosis skin test may read positive because of it, and the civil surgeon or school nurse wants the date. Febre amarela is routine in Brazil, and the yellow Certificado Internacional de Vacinação ou Profilaxia from ANVISA is a separate document from the card. Each entry carries the lote and the UBS stamp, and we translate both.
Caderneta, cartão and the digital certificate
A child's doses are written in the Caderneta da Criança, the Ministério da Saúde booklet in a menino and a menina edition, and the vaccine pages run two to four pages of handwriting. Adults carry a small folded cartão de vacina. The Meu SUS Digital app, which replaced Conecte SUS, prints a Carteira Nacional de Vacinação Digital with the lot, the unidade and a validation code, and the COVID-19 certificate comes from the same app. We translate whichever you have, and a digital PDF usually fits on one page.
Who is asking for your Portuguese (Brazil) 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.
Schools, clinics and employers
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.
US passports and the Department of State
The Department of State wants the translation notarized. Add notarization at checkout and we handle the rest.
Before you upload
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a Portuguese (Brazil) vaccination record.
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.
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.
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 Portuguese (Brazil) 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.
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) Vaccination Record FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- Will the civil surgeon for Form I-693 accept a translated caderneta?
- The civil surgeon has to see the record, and a Portuguese card needs a certified translation before it is read. The surgeon compares each date against the age at which the dose counts, so a tríplice viral given at 12 months counts as a first MMR while a dose given earlier does not. Exact dates matter more here than anywhere else, which is why we translate the handwritten date on every line rather than summarize the card.
- My card is handwritten and some entries are hard to read. What happens to those?
- We translate what can be read and mark the rest as illegible rather than guess a date or a lot number. If several lines are unreadable, ask the UBS that gave the doses to print a histórico de vacinação from the national system, or download the digital card from Meu SUS Digital, which prints typed entries and lots. Send the printout with the card and we translate them together.
- We are moving to Brazil. Will the school take my child's US shot record?
- Yes. Brazilian schools and daycares ask for the cartão de vacina at matrícula, and a UBS nurse can transcribe doses from a translated US record into a Brazilian caderneta so the child goes on the national calendar. The translation uses the Brazilian names, so MMR appears as tríplice viral and DTaP as DTP, and keeps the US lot numbers as printed.
- 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
Vaccination record translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's vaccination record records.
Sending it with an application? Read the USCIS translation requirements before you order.