Birth Certificate Notarised Translation Service in UK

It is usually the country receiving the document, not the UK. Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Poland, China, Turkey and most Gulf states commonly ask for a notarised birth certificate translation, and many of their consulates in London do too. Tell us the country and the office, and we will confirm whether notarisation is genuinely needed or whether a certified translation is enough.

Usually yes. Registry offices in Spain, Italy, Greece and Portugal normally want your UK birth certificate translated, notarised and then apostilled, alongside your certificate of no impediment. Many also want the certificate itself to be recently issued. Ask the town hall for their list and send it to us with your scan, and your set will be prepared to match.

Send the full UK birth certificate, not the short version. Consulates registering a birth want both parents' details, which only the full certificate shows. We translate it, our notary notarises it, and we add the apostille if that country asks for one. Parents' names are matched to your passports so the registration does not stall.

For Italian, Polish, Irish, Spanish and similar descent applications, a translated and notarised birth certificate is usually part of the file, and often an apostille too. These applications frequently need several certificates at once, including your parents' and grandparents' records. Send them together and we keep every name spelling identical across the set.

Normally not. For UK visas, settlement and British passport applications, a certified translation is what the rules ask for: the full translation, a signed statement of accuracy, the date and the translator's details. Notarisation costs more and adds nothing to a UK application. We will say so rather than sell you the more expensive option.

Yes, as long as the scan is readable. Older civil records from Pakistan, India, Nigeria, Poland and many other countries are handwritten, and we work with them regularly. Anything that genuinely cannot be read is marked in the translation rather than guessed, which is what an official reviewer expects to see.

Your passport spelling, on every page, with the original spelling shown as it appears on the certificate. Mohammed and Muhammad, or a name written with and without accents, is the single most common reason a birth certificate translation gets questioned. Send us your passport page with your order and this is handled before it becomes a problem.

Not for the translation. We translate exactly what is on the certificate and never add or remove details. It can matter to the office receiving it, though, as some registries and consulates insist on a full certificate showing both parents. If that applies, it is better to order a new certificate from the issuing country first.

For the translation and the notarisation, a clear scan or photo of every page is enough and you keep the original. It only changes if you also need an FCDO apostille, because that is applied to a physical document. We tell you which applies at the quote stage, so nothing irreplaceable goes in the post unnecessarily.

It depends on the office receiving it. Some want the original apostilled first and everything translated afterwards, including the apostille wording. Others want the translation notarised and that notarisation apostilled. Getting this the wrong way round means paying for the work twice, so ask them and forward us their answer.

Order what the office asks for, plus one spare. Consulates and registries often keep the copy they are given, so people who order a single set frequently come back for more. Extra sealed copies ordered at the same time cost far less than a repeat order later, and they take no extra time.

The translation and the notarisation do not expire. The certificate underneath sometimes does in practice, because registries in Spain, Italy and several other countries only accept a birth certificate issued in the last three or six months. If the office has set a date limit, get the fresh certificate first, then have it translated.

A one-page birth certificate with translation and notarisation usually lands between £70 and £120, with most orders starting from around £70. Certified only, without the notary, is considerably cheaper. Because your language and deadline both affect the figure, we send a fixed price for your actual document before any work begins.

Five things: the language pair, whether the certificate runs to more than one page, whether you need certified or notarised, whether an apostille is required, and how quickly you need it. Rarer languages cost more than Spanish or French. The FCDO apostille carries its own government fee on top, currently £45 per document.

Usually because the cheap figure is for a certified translation only, and the notary, apostille, extra copies and postage are added later. Our quote lists each part separately, so you can see what you are paying for and drop anything you do not need. If a certified translation would do the job, we will tell you that first.