Spanish Divorce Decree Translation
Spanish divorce decree translation to English for USCIS, a marriage license office or a family court, and into Spanish for a remarriage or a property matter abroad. We translate the sentencia de divorcio, the acta de divorcio and the notarial escritura in full, down to the last resolutive point.
- 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 divorce decree records
Which Spanish divorce document do you have?
A divorce in Mexico, Spain or Colombia can end in a court judgment, a notarial deed or a registry act, and the recipient may want more than one of them.
Judgment, act and margin note in Mexico
A judicial divorce ends with a sentencia from a juzgado familiar that must state it is firme or has causado ejecutoria, meaning no appeal is pending. The court sends it to the Registro Civil, which issues an acta de divorcio repeating the resolutive part and notes the divorce on the original marriage act. For USCIS the sentencia with its finality statement is the decree; a county clerk issuing a marriage license is often content with the acta. We translate whichever you hold and keep the finality date where it appears.
Divorces with no judge at all
Couples with no minor children can divorce without a court: before the Registro Civil in most Mexican states, called divorcio administrativo; before a notary in Spain since 2015 under the Ley de Jurisdicción Voluntaria; and before a notary in Colombia since 2005 by escritura pública. What you get is an acta or a deed, not a judgment, and a US reader may not recognize it as a divorce. The translation names the document precisely and carries the notary's or registrar's attestation so it reads as the final record it is.
Considerandos, puntos resolutivos and the convenio
A contested sentencia can run twenty pages of considerandos before the puntos resolutivos that dissolve the marriage, settle custody, set the pensión alimenticia and divide the sociedad conyugal. A mutual-consent divorce attaches the convenio the couple signed. USCIS wants the full document, not a summary, so we translate every page. A page is up to 250 words, and a dense court page often counts as two.
Who is asking for your Spanish 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 Spanish 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 Spanish 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.
Spanish Divorce Decree FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- Do I have to translate the whole sentencia, or only the final ruling?
- For USCIS, the whole thing. The certification states that the translation is complete, and a decree with pages left out is not. If the recipient told you in writing that the puntos resolutivos are enough, upload only those pages and say so at checkout. Pricing is by page, so a long judgment costs more than a one-page acta.
- My divorce was signed at a notary in Spain or Colombia. Does that count as a decree?
- Yes. A Spanish escritura pública de divorcio or a Colombian notarial divorce dissolves the marriage with the same effect as a judgment, and the deed records the date, the notary and the agreement. Send the whole deed, including the convenio attached to it, and we translate it as a notarial divorce deed so the reader knows what it is.
- Can you translate a US divorce decree into Spanish so I can remarry in Mexico or Spain?
- Yes. The registry abroad will want the decree with its certificate of finality, usually apostilled by the state that issued it, and a translation into Spanish. Both Mexico and Spain may require a local court or registry to recognize the foreign judgment before you can remarry, so ask the Registro Civil what it needs before you order. We can notarize the translation if the office asks.
- 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
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.