Tagalog Adoption Documents Translation
Tagalog adoption documents translation for families adopting from the Philippines or finishing a relative adoption through USCIS. Most of the file from the National Authority for Child Care, which replaced the Inter-Country Adoption Board, is in English. The Filipino pages are usually the ones written by or for the birth family.
- 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 Tagalog adoption documents records
Where Filipino appears in a Philippine adoption file
Philippine adoption papers are produced by social workers and courts who write in English. Filipino comes in where a birth parent had to understand what they signed, or where a relative explained the family's situation in their own words.
Deed of voluntary commitment
A birth parent who entrusts a child to the state signs a deed of voluntary commitment, and the parent has to understand it, so the social worker may prepare it in Filipino or explain it from a Filipino version. A US agency or USCIS officer checking that consent was freely given reads that version first. We translate it in full, including any handwritten statement the parent added.
The CDCLAA and the records behind it
The Certificate Declaring a Child Legally Available for Adoption, once issued by the DSWD and now by the NACC, is in English. It rests on a child study report and, for a foundling or abandoned child, on barangay certifications and police reports about the search for the parents. Those supporting records are where handwritten Filipino turns up, and they show the child was legally free to be adopted.
Relative adoptions and simulated births
Many Filipino families in the US adopt a niece, nephew or grandchild. Some of those children were registered at birth as the child of the people raising them, a simulated birth. Republic Act 11222 lets families correct that through an administrative adoption, and the file includes affidavits from the people involved, often in Filipino. We translate them so USCIS sees both the original registration and how it was corrected.
Who is asking for your Tagalog adoption documents 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.
Family courts and state registrars
A state court recognizing a foreign adoption, or a vital records office issuing a US birth certificate, accepts a certified translation of the decree, notarized where the clerk asks for it.
Central authorities and courts abroad
Adopting from another country, your home study and background checks usually need 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 Tagalog adoption documents.
Send the full adoption file in one order
The court decree, the consent of the birth parents, the home study and the child's new birth certificate are read together. One order keeps the names and dates consistent across all of them.
Include the stamps and the finality note
A foreign adoption decree is complete only with the court seal and the note that it is final. Scan the back of each page and any attached certificates.
Give us the child's name as it will be registered
Tell us the spelling the child's passport or visa application uses. The translation keeps the name as the record writes it and notes the English spelling.
Details and pricing
What is included in a Tagalog adoption documents 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 adoption documents 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.
Tagalog Adoption Documents FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- Does a Philippine adoption go through the Hague process?
- Yes. The Philippines is party to the Hague Adoption Convention, so intercountry adoptions to the US go through the Hague process on Form I-800 rather than the orphan process on Form I-600. Your adoption service provider tells you which documents USCIS needs; we translate the ones in Filipino and certify them for the petition.
- Do you translate a US home study into Filipino?
- We can, but it is rarely needed, since the NACC and Philippine courts read English and take the home study as written. Families sometimes want a Filipino version of a letter or a summary for grandparents or birth relatives who read Filipino more easily, and we translate those at the same $25 per page.
- The child's name is different on the old and new birth certificates. How is that translated?
- Each document is translated with the name exactly as it appears on it. After an adoption the PSA issues an amended birth certificate naming the adoptive parents, and the original record is sealed. If your file holds both, we do not merge them; the decree or order is what shows USCIS how one became the other.
- 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 Tagalog documents we translate
Adoption documents translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's adoption documents records.
Sending it with an application? Read the USCIS translation requirements before you order.