Spanish Apostille Translation
Spanish apostille translation covers the apostille sheet and the document it is attached to. We translate a Mexican, Spanish, Colombian or Dominican apostille into certified English for a US court, a county clerk or an estate, and a US apostille into Spanish for a registry, a notary or a university abroad.
- 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 Spanish apostille records
Who issued your Spanish-language apostille
Every Spanish-speaking country in the Hague Convention issues the same ten-field certificate, but the office, the format and the way a US reader can check it differ by country.
Mexico: SEGOB or the state
A Mexican apostille comes from two kinds of office. A federal document, such as the constancia de antecedentes penales or a document signed by a federal agency, is apostilled by the Secretaría de Gobernación in Mexico City. A state document, which includes every acta from a Registro Civil, a state court ruling or a notarial deed, is apostilled by the Secretaría de Gobierno of that state. A Mexican consulate in the US cannot apostille anything, so the paper always comes from Mexico. The translation names the issuing office exactly as the stamp reads, with the folio number, so a US clerk can match it to the register.
Spain: three issuers and an electronic version
In Spain the Ministerio de Justicia apostilles civil registry extracts and administrative documents, a Colegio Notarial apostilles an escritura signed before a notary, and the Secretaría de Gobierno of a Tribunal Superior de Justicia apostilles court documents. Many Spanish apostilles are now electronic: a PDF with a Código Seguro de Verificación instead of a wet seal. We translate the verification code and the address where it can be checked as part of the page, since that is what the US recipient will use to confirm it.
Colombia and the Dominican Republic
A Colombian apostille is requested online from the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores and arrives as a PDF with a verification code, often attached to a scan of the document rather than the original. Colombian and Dominican apostilles both carry the ten numbered fields in Spanish, headed by the French title the Convention requires. The translation keeps the field numbers and the heading so it lines up with the model certificate a US reader already knows.
Who is asking for your Spanish apostille translation?
The translation is the same. What changes is whether the recipient wants anything added to it.
Registries and courts abroad
A civil registry, a court or a notary in another country reads the apostille as proof the US document is genuine, and wants the whole set translated into its language. Tell us the country in the order notes.
Consulates
Consulates processing a citizenship, marriage or residency application accept a certified translation of the apostilled document. Add notarization at checkout if the checklist asks for it.
Italian comuni and consulates
Italian citizenship applications ask for US vital records with an apostille and an Italian translation of both the record and the apostille page.
Before you upload
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a Spanish apostille.
Send the apostille with the document it certifies
An apostille is a page stapled or glued to another document. Upload both, since the recipient reads the apostille only as proof that the document under it is genuine.
Scan the apostille whole, including the seal
The ten numbered fields, the seal and the signature of the issuing officer are what a foreign registry checks. Keep the full page in frame, including any ribbon or embossed stamp.
Get the apostille before you order
The translation has to cover the apostille page too. Have it issued first and then upload the complete set, so nothing is missing from the translation.
Details and pricing
What is included in a Spanish apostille 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 apostille 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.
Spanish Apostille FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- Does USCIS need an apostille on my Mexican or Colombian document?
- No. USCIS asks for the foreign document and a certified English translation, and does not ask for an apostille. Apostilles matter when a Spanish-language document goes to a US court, a county recorder, a probate matter or a school that asks for one, or when a US document goes abroad. If you already have the apostille, send it anyway and we translate it with the document.
- Do you translate the apostille page separately or with the document?
- With the document, in one order. The apostille is a page of its own and is priced as one, and its translation reproduces the ten fields, the signer's name and capacity, the office, the number and the date. A translation that leaves off the apostille leaves the recipient with one page they cannot read.
- I need a US document apostilled and translated into Spanish for Mexico or Spain. What is the order?
- Apostille first, translation second, so the apostille is translated too. A state document such as a birth certificate or a court order is apostilled by the Secretary of State of that state, and a federal document such as an FBI background check by the US Department of State. We then translate the whole set into Spanish. Many Mexican offices accept only a perito traductor and Spanish offices only a traductor jurado, so ask the recipient before you order which kind it wants.
- 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 Spanish documents we translate
Apostille translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's apostille records.
Sending it with an application? Read the Apostille service, Notarized translations before you order.