Vietnamese Asylum Documents Translation
Vietnamese asylum documents translation for an I-589 filed with USCIS or in immigration court. The evidence in a Vietnamese claim is mostly paper the state itself produced: a giấy triệu tập from the công an, a biên bản làm việc from a questioning session, an administrative fine, a bản án from a provincial court under Article 117 or 331 of the Penal Code. We translate each 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 asylum documents records
The papers a Vietnamese asylum claim is built from
Police, prosecutors, courts and the ward People's Committee wrote most of this evidence, each on a fixed form that shows how far the pressure went.
Giấy triệu tập and giấy mời from the công an
A giấy mời invites you to the police station and a giấy triệu tập orders you there; the second is used once you have a formal role in a criminal matter. Both name the issuing office (Công an phường, Cơ quan An ninh điều tra), the officer, the time and a reason line that often says only "để làm việc về một số nội dung liên quan". Many are numbered lần thứ hai or lần thứ ba, and the count of repeat summonses matters to an officer. We translate the title exactly, invitation or summons, and keep the sequence number and the red seal of the office.
Biên bản làm việc and the administrative penalty
A biên bản làm việc is the written record of a session with police: who was present, the questions and the answers, and a closing line saying the person read it and signed, or refused. Many files then carry a quyết định xử phạt vi phạm hành chính, a fine for a Facebook post under Decree 15/2020 for sharing information the authorities call false, with the amount in đồng and a deadline to pay. We translate the questions and answers as written, in the first person where the record uses it, and quote the decree article on the fine in full.
Cáo trạng, bản án and what follows release
The cáo trạng from the Viện kiểm sát nhân dân sets out the charge, and the bản án hình sự sơ thẩm from the Tòa án nhân dân tỉnh gives the sentence and usually a period of quản chế, restricted residence, to follow it. The charge is quoted by article: Điều 117, making or spreading material against the State, or Điều 331, abusing democratic freedoms. After release there is a giấy chứng nhận chấp hành xong án phạt tù. We translate the article headings in full, because the wording of the charge shows the claim rests on political opinion.
Who is asking for your Vietnamese asylum documents translation?
The translation is the same. What changes is whether the recipient wants anything added to it.
USCIS asylum offices
USCIS asks for a complete English translation of every foreign-language document and a signed certification from the translator. No notarization is needed.
Immigration courts
An immigration judge expects each exhibit translated in full and certified, filed with the original. Courts refuse summaries, so every page you file is translated whole.
IRCC
Refugee claims in Canada accept a certified translation with the translator's affidavit. Order the certified translation and add notarization if your application guide asks for it.
Before you upload
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a Vietnamese asylum documents.
Send every page, including the envelopes
Police reports, threat letters, medical reports and newspaper clippings each count. Postmarks and envelopes show when and where a letter was sent, so scan them too.
Keep handwritten pages readable
Letters and notes are often handwritten. Photograph each page flat in good light, and tell us any names or places that are hard to make out.
Give us the names as your application spells them
Your I-589 fixes the English spelling of your name and of each family member. Tell us that spelling so every document in the file matches.
Details and pricing
What is included in a Vietnamese asylum 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 asylum 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 Asylum Documents FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- My claim is about religion. Which Vietnamese papers show that?
- The giấy khai sinh and the old sổ hộ khẩu print dân tộc, so a Hmong, Ê Đê or Gia Rai claimant has an official record of ethnicity. A church that is not registered under the 2016 Law on Belief and Religion will often have a letter from the UBND refusing its đăng ký sinh hoạt tôn giáo, and the pastor can give a giấy xác nhận tín đồ or a baptism certificate. We translate each with the office or church name and the seal, and keep the denomination as written: Tin Lành, Cao Đài or Phật giáo Hòa Hảo.
- Do you translate Facebook posts and comments that got me in trouble?
- Yes. Send the screenshot or the saved post with its date showing. We translate the post, the caption on any photo and the comments you mark, and we translate it as it was typed, slang and missing tone marks included, with a note where a word has two readings. A post that appears in the biên bản or the bản án is translated the same way in both places so the quotation matches across the file.
- Does the immigration court need the Vietnamese original attached?
- Yes. Both USCIS and the immigration court want the Vietnamese page filed with the English and a certificate of translation. Our certification is signed and names the document, and a phone photograph of a summons taken in Vietnam is fine as the source as long as the seal and the text are legible. A biên bản written by hand is translated the same way; where a word cannot be read we mark it illegible rather than guess.
- 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
Asylum documents translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's asylum documents records.
Sending it with an application? Read the USCIS translation requirements before you order.