Tagalog Name Change Translation
Tagalog name change translation covers the Filipino pages in a Philippine name change: affidavits, barangay certifications and supporting statements filed with a petition to the civil registrar or a court. The decisions and PSA annotations are usually English and go to a US agency as they are.
- 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 change of name records
How a name is changed in the Philippines
There are two routes, an administrative one and a judicial one, and a US officer reading the result needs to know which was used.
Civil registrar petitions under RA 9048 and RA 10172
The local civil registrar can change a first name or correct a clerical error under Republic Act 9048, and under RA 10172 can also fix the day and month of birth or the recorded sex when the mistake is clerical. The petition is a sworn form backed by school records, baptismal certificates and voter records, sometimes with a barangay certification or affidavit in Filipino. The approved change appears as an annotation on the PSA birth certificate.
Court petitions under Rule 103 and Rule 108
A surname change, or any correction that is not clerical, goes to the Regional Trial Court. Rule 103 of the Rules of Court governs change of name, and Rule 108 the cancellation or correction of civil registry entries. The order setting the hearing is published in a newspaper once a week for three weeks, and the petition, the decision and the certificate of finality form the packet. We translate any Filipino exhibits in it and keep the case number on every page.
Ma., Jr. and the name used at school
Many Filipinos never changed a name formally but hold records that disagree: Ma. on a diploma and Maria on the birth certificate, a Jr. that appears on some papers only, or a nickname a school enrolled the child under. Most of these are fixed with an affidavit of one and the same person rather than a petition. When that affidavit is in Filipino, we keep every name form exactly as typed and do not reorder any of them to match another record.
Who is asking for your Tagalog change of name 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.
US passports and the Department of State
The Department of State wants the translation notarized. Add notarization at checkout and we handle the rest.
Banks, DMVs and Social Security
Offices updating your record to the new name accept a certified translation of the order, read next to the original. Some DMVs want it notarized as well, so check with your office first.
Before you upload
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a Tagalog change of name.
Send the court order or the registry act
A name change is proved by the judge's order, the deed poll or the registry entry that recorded it. Upload the document that made the change, not only an ID in the new name.
Show both names in the scan
The page that lists the old name and the new one is the page every recipient wants. Include the seal, the registration number and the back of the page.
Give us the English spelling of both names
Tell us how each name appears on your passport or other documents. The translation keeps the names as the order writes them and notes the spelling you use.
Details and pricing
What is included in a Tagalog change of name 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 change of name 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 Change Of Name FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- Is a first name change under RA 9048 published?
- Yes. A petition to change a first name is published in a newspaper once a week for two consecutive weeks before the registrar decides. A plain clerical correction is not published. The affidavit of publication from the newspaper is English, so the translation work is usually the petition's Filipino attachments.
- Does USCIS accept a name corrected by the civil registrar instead of a court?
- USCIS reads the annotated PSA birth certificate, which shows the change. Include the registrar's decision or the certificate of finality if you have it, since it shows when and why the name changed. Those papers are usually English; we translate any Filipino supporting pages you send with them.
- My married name changed my middle name. Is that a name change?
- Not legally. A Filipina who takes her husband's surname moves her maiden surname into the middle name position, and no petition or court is involved. US forms that expect one middle name for life still trip over it. The marriage certificate explains the change, and we translate each document with the name exactly as it appears there.
- 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
Change of name translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's change of name records.
Sending it with an application? Read the USCIS translation requirements, Apostille service before you order.