Ukrainian Passport Translation
Ukrainian passport translation to English for USCIS, Uniting for Ukraine, TPS, a DMV or a bank. Ukraine issues two passports: the паспорт громадянина України, the internal passport that was a booklet until 2016, and the паспорт для виїзду за кордон, the travel passport. Which one you send, and which pages, changes what the translation has to carry.
- 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 passport records
Which pages of a Ukrainian passport need translating
The biometric travel passport is printed in Ukrainian and English, so what usually needs a translator is the booklet, its stamps and the visa pages.
The internal booklet, page by page
The booklet issued between 1994 and 2016 has the holder's name and birth details in Ukrainian on page 1 and repeated in Russian on page 2, then pages for сімейний стан, the marriage and divorce stamps; діти, children entered by hand; місце проживання, the registration stamps with each address and the date of every move; and a page for військовий обов'язок and blood group. A new photo is pasted in and stamped at 25 and 45. We translate every page with an entry or a stamp, list the blank ones, and give each stamp its office and date.
What a US reader takes from the stamps
A marriage stamp in the booklet is often the only paper left when the certificate stayed behind, and the registration stamps give an address history that a TPS or asylum file leans on to show where someone lived in 2014 and in February 2022. The stamp names the district office and the street. We keep the street in Ukrainian with a romanized form beside it, render the office as printed, and put the stamps in date order in a translator's note when they are scattered across pages.
The travel passport: the data page is bilingual, the rest is not
The біометричний закордонний паспорт issued since 2015 prints its data page in Ukrainian and English, and the name there is the spelling a US office expects to see everywhere else. What is not in English are the Ukrainian border stamps, the stamps of the countries crossed on the way out, a consular stamp extending validity, and any handwritten note from a border guard. When a file asks for a full passport translation we translate the data page as well and every stamped page, naming the crossing and the direction of travel, with page numbers so the translation lines up with the scan.
Who is asking for your Ukrainian passport 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.
DMVs, banks and employers
A foreign passport used as proof of identity is accepted with a certified translation of the data page. Digital delivery as a PDF is usually enough; ask for a hard copy if they want one.
Consulates and registries abroad
A US passport sent abroad for a marriage, a residency permit or a property purchase often needs the translation notarized. Tell us the country in your order notes.
Before you upload
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a Ukrainian passport.
Send the data page and any page with a stamp
The photo page carries the name, number and dates. Visa pages, entry stamps and an amendment page matter too when the recipient is tracing travel history, so include them if the checklist asks.
Give us the spelling you use in English
The translation keeps the name as the passport prints it and notes the romanized spelling you use elsewhere. Say which at checkout so the recipient can match the two.
Scan it flat with the machine-readable lines in frame
The two lines of characters at the foot of the photo page are copied exactly as printed. A crooked or cropped photo hides them and slows the translator down.
Details and pricing
What is included in a Ukrainian passport 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 passport 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 Passport FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- My travel passport already has my name in English. Do I need a translation at all?
- Often not for the data page alone. USCIS and the Uniting for Ukraine process read the biometric data page as it is. A translation is asked for when the file wants the stamps, the visas or the old booklet, or when a bank or a DMV wants every page in English. Send the pages that have anything on them and we translate those; blank pages are listed, not translated.
- Can you translate the stamps if the ink is faint or the stamp runs off the page?
- Yes, as far as they can be read. Registration and border stamps are often smudged, and a Soviet-era stamp may be purple ink over a patterned page. We translate what is legible, mark a word as illegible rather than guess, and describe the stamp's shape and office when the text has gone. Send a flat scan or a photo without flash; glare hides more than faded ink does.
- My passport expired or was extended with a stamp. Does that matter?
- Not for the translation. Many Ukrainians abroad hold travel passports extended by a consular stamp for up to five years because a new one could not be issued during the war, and that stamp is in Ukrainian. We translate the extension stamp with its date and office, and the original expiry date stays as printed. What an expired or extended passport counts for is decided by the office you give it to; the TPS and Uniting for Ukraine instructions say what they accept.
- 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
Passport translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's passport records.
Sending it with an application? Read the USCIS translation requirements before you order.