Vietnamese Passport Translation
Vietnamese passport translation to English for USCIS, a US court, a bank or an employer that needs the stamps and the notes page read, not only the bilingual data page, and from English into Vietnamese when a US passport goes into a file in Vietnam. We translate the green hộ chiếu, the navy-blue booklet of 2022 and the chip passport issued since 2023.
- Up to 250 words per page
- $25 per page
- Standard turnaround
- From 24 hours
- Certificate of accuracy
- Signed & stamped
Rated "Excellent" by Trustpilot with 2,700+ reviews
Written for Vietnamese passport records
What on a hộ chiếu still needs translating
The data page of a Vietnamese passport prints its labels in Vietnamese and English, so people assume the whole booklet can be read. The parts an officer asks about cannot.
The bị chú page and the missing place of birth
The bị chú page, headed Observations, is where Cục Quản lý xuất nhập cảnh writes anything that changed after issue, in Vietnamese only. The best-known entry is the place of birth. The navy-blue booklet introduced in July 2022 left nơi sinh off the data page, and after Germany, Spain, the Czech Republic and Finland stopped issuing visas on it, the department stamped the place of birth into the bị chú section instead. If your passport has that endorsement, the translation carries it with its date and the signing office.
Entry and exit stamps
A green card or naturalization file asks for every trip outside the United States, and the proof is the stamps. Vietnamese border stamps from Tân Sơn Nhất, Nội Bài or Đà Nẵng are small, round and dated, marked nhập cảnh for entry and xuất cảnh for exit, and they overlap with visas from other countries. We set them out as a list with date, port and direction, so the dates on the I-485 or N-400 can be checked against the booklet without squinting at the ink.
A name without marks, and which office issued it
The data page prints the name in capitals without diacritics, NGUYEN VAN AN, while every other Vietnamese document in the file carries the marks. The translation keeps the passport spelling, because that is the spelling USCIS and the airline already hold, and the translator notes it as the romanization of the full name. The issuing authority line names Cục Quản lý xuất nhập cảnh, a provincial Phòng Quản lý xuất nhập cảnh, or a Vietnamese embassy or consulate when the passport was renewed abroad, and we translate the office name as it is printed.
Who is asking for your Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese 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.
Vietnamese Passport FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- The data page is already in English. Why would USCIS want a translation?
- The labels are bilingual; the contents are not. The issuing authority, the bị chú page, the border stamps and any handwritten note are in Vietnamese, and USCIS asks for a certified translation of any page with foreign-language text. Most people send the data page plus the pages that carry stamps or notes. Each page of text is $25, and blank pages are not counted.
- My old passport has expired. Do I still translate it?
- If a form asks for travel history, yes. The stamps from your earlier trips are in the old booklet, not the new one, and an officer reconciling the dates you listed wants to see them. Send the old passport's stamped pages together with the current data page in one order, and the translator keeps the name and passport numbers consistent across both booklets.
- My passport also has Chinese, Korean or Thai visas in it. Are those included?
- This order covers the Vietnamese text. A visa printed in English needs no translation, and a visa in another script is a separate language, so mention it at checkout and we quote it on its own. For travel history, what usually matters is the Vietnamese border stamps and the US entries, and those are the pages to send first.
- 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
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.