Vietnamese Adoption Documents Translation
Vietnamese adoption documents translation for a Hague adoption, an I-130 for a child adopted by a relative in Vietnam, or an N-600 for an adoptee who came years ago. The file turns on a few Vietnamese papers: the quyết định from the provincial People's Committee, the certificate from the Cục Con nuôi, the child's giấy khai sinh and the biên bản giao nhận con nuôi. We translate the set into certified English.
- 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 Vietnamese adoption documents records
Which Vietnamese adoption papers USCIS and the consulate read
The Luật Nuôi con nuôi separates domestic adoption, registered at the commune, from intercountry adoption, decided by the province and certified in Hanoi. The two produce different documents.
Intercountry: the UBND tỉnh decision and the Hague certificate
The adoption is granted by a Quyết định cho trẻ em làm con nuôi nước ngoài signed by the chairman of the UBND of the child's province. The parents then take the child at a giao nhận ceremony at the Sở Tư pháp, recorded in a biên bản giao nhận con nuôi, and the Cục Con nuôi in Hanoi issues the Hague Article 23 certificate. The US program has run since 2014 for children with special needs, children over five and sibling groups. The decision names the orphanage, often a Trung tâm Bảo trợ xã hội, and quotes the giấy khai sinh number; we translate those references exactly for the consular officer.
The child's origin papers
An abandoned child's file starts with a biên bản trẻ bị bỏ rơi, drawn up by the commune and the police where the child was found, followed by a giấy khai sinh that the orphanage registered with the parent fields marked "không rõ" or struck through. A relinquished child's file has instead the birth parent's written consent and their own ID. We translate "không rõ" as unknown, keep the struck-through fields visible as such, and translate the police and commune seals, because USCIS reads these pages to confirm eligibility.
Relative adoptions at the commune, and the old decisions
A Vietnamese American who adopts a niece or nephew registers a domestic adoption at the UBND xã and receives a Giấy chứng nhận nuôi con nuôi. USCIS treats Vietnam as a Hague country, so that certificate supports an I-130 only in the narrow cases the Hague rules leave open, plus the giấy xác nhận cư trú and school records that show custody. Adoptions from the 1990s and 2000s, before the current law, came with a Quyết định công nhận việc nuôi con nuôi from the UBND tỉnh and a certificate signed at the Sở Tư pháp; adult adoptees send us those for an N-600 or a passport.
Who is asking for your Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese 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.
Vietnamese Adoption Documents FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- The adoption was in 1998 and I need a Certificate of Citizenship. What do I send?
- The provincial decision, the giao nhận record if you have it, the giấy khai sinh issued at the time and the Vietnamese passport you traveled on. Those four show who adopted you, when, and that you entered as their child. Many of these decisions are typed on onionskin with a faint seal; a flat scan at high resolution reads better than a phone photo. We translate the decision in full, including the recital of the file number and the orphanage, which USCIS compares with the visa in your old passport.
- Do you translate our US dossier into Vietnamese for the Cục Con nuôi?
- We translate the home study, the I-800A approval, the medical reports and police clearances into Vietnamese when your agency says a US-made translation is acceptable. The Vietnamese side requires the dossier in Vietnamese with the translation certified, and most agencies have that done in Hanoi through their in-country representative, after the US documents have been apostilled. Ask the agency which route it uses before ordering, so you do not pay twice.
- The giấy khai sinh and the decision give the child different names. Which one do you use?
- Both, each as written. The decision usually records the new name the adoptive parents chose next to the name on the birth record, and a later giấy khai sinh may carry the new name with a note referring to the adoption. We translate each document as it reads, keep the diacritics, and add a short translator's note that the two names refer to the same child by reference to the decision number, so the consulate does not read the difference as a discrepancy.
- 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 Vietnamese 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, Apostille service before you order.