Ukrainian Criminal Record Translation
Ukrainian criminal record translation to English of the довідка про несудимість, issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs as a витяг from its criminal records system, for an immigrant visa through the National Visa Center, an adoption, a professional licence or an employer. We translate the paper version from a сервісний центр МВС and the PDF from Diia.
- 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 Ukrainian criminal record records
What the МВС витяг says, and the two versions of it
The document everyone calls a довідка про несудимість is formally an extract from the Ministry of Internal Affairs database of people brought to criminal responsibility, and it comes in a short and a full form.
Short and full extracts
The скорочений витяг states only whether the person has an unspent conviction. The повний витяг also shows spent convictions, open criminal proceedings and whether the person is wanted, and it is the one a US consulate or an adoption agency generally expects. The heading of each version names the type, and the translation keeps that heading, because a recipient who asked for the full extract will check.
Convictions, articles and spent status
When a record exists, the extract cites the court, the date of the judgment, the article of the Кримінальний кодекс України, or of the Soviet code for older cases, the sentence, and whether the conviction is знята or погашена, meaning expunged by a court or spent by lapse of time. We translate the article number as printed and add a short note of the offence it covers, since a US reader cannot look up Ukrainian articles. Знята and погашена are kept as two different terms, because an immigration attorney reads them differently.
Diia PDF, QR code and the issuing office
An extract ordered through Diia or the МВС portal arrives as a PDF with a QR code and a unique identifier that anyone can check on the ministry's site; the paper one from a service centre carries a wet stamp and a signature instead. Both name the Департамент інформатизації МВС as the issuer. The translation reproduces the identifier and says where the QR code sits, so an officer can verify the original without reading Ukrainian.
Who is asking for your Ukrainian criminal record translation?
The translation is the same. What changes is whether the recipient wants anything added to it.
USCIS and the National Visa Center
Consular processing asks for police certificates with a complete English translation and a signed certification. No notarization is needed.
IRCC
IRCC accepts a certified translation with the translator's affidavit. Order the certified translation and add notarization if your application guide asks for it.
Residency applications abroad
A US background check going to another country usually needs an apostille and a translation into that country's language, sometimes notarized.
Before you upload
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a Ukrainian criminal record.
Get the certificate first, then the translation
Most police certificates are valid for a few months. Have the certificate issued, then upload it, so the translation and the original are current together.
Check which authority the checklist names
A state letter, a federal letter and a court record are different documents. Read the consulate or USCIS checklist and send the one it asks for, or all of them.
Keep the QR code and verification number in the scan
Online certificates carry a QR code or a verification code. They are translated with the rest and are how a consulate confirms the document is genuine.
Details and pricing
What is included in a Ukrainian criminal 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 criminal 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.
Ukrainian Criminal Record FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- Does USCIS need my Ukrainian police certificate, or only the consulate?
- A police certificate is a consular requirement. If you are processing an immigrant visa through the National Visa Center, the reciprocity schedule for Ukraine tells you to obtain the МВС extract, and it goes to the NVC with a certified English translation. Adjustment of status inside the US does not ask for one, though USCIS can request it in an interview.
- I lived in Poland or Germany after leaving Ukraine. Is the Ukrainian extract enough?
- Usually not. For an immigrant visa the NVC asks for a police certificate from every country where you lived for twelve months or more after turning sixteen, so a family that spent a year in Poland or Germany before coming to the US needs that country's certificate too. The Ukrainian extract covers Ukraine only. We translate the Polish or German certificate as a separate order under its own language.
- Do I need an apostille on the extract before you translate it?
- Not for the NVC or USCIS, which accept the extract with a certified translation. Some foreign employers, licensing boards and adoption authorities want an apostille, which for an МВС document comes from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kyiv. If you have one, send the extract with the apostille attached and we translate both on one order.
- 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 Ukrainian documents we translate
Criminal record translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's criminal record records.
Sending it with an application? Read the USCIS translation requirements, Apostille service before you order.