N-600 and document translations

[asitel]

I am preparing to file N-600 for my daughter. She came into US on H4 with me (on H1) and my spouse (on H4). 5 years ago all 3 of us got our status adjusted to LPR.

I searched carefully through this entire forum, but did not find any general agreement on this question. There seems to be a lot of confusion on this.

N-600 requires foreign documents to be accompanied by the translations certified by a qualified translator. But it also mentions that if required documents were previously submitted during the immigration process one could request USCIS to use those instead of filing them with N-600.

1. If my daughter came on H4 (derived from my H1) and then adjusted to LPR I am assuming there should be her native birth certificate and maybe even our native marriage certificate in her A-file. Would you think so?

2. But I am also thinking that it may not be a good idea to ask USCIS to locate those docs in those A-files. It sounds like in this case I will be asking USCIS to just add more time to this case. It could take them forever to find and ship the docs. Would you agree? Any experience here? Did you ask USCIS to use/find those docs in A-files?

3. If I do provide the docs I'd need to attach translation and sentence from translator certifying translator ability. Can I translate and certify the docs myself? There seem to be indications that it is allowed, but some people reject the idea. Any experience in this matter?

4. The N-600 form does not seem to require to notarize the translator signature. Any experience here? Was your translator signature notarized?

Thank you.

 

[Upstater]

We translated our marriage and birth certificates ourselves and then took them to the embassy where they signed and stamped it stating that the translations were true representations of the original text.

If I were you I would never rely on the USCIS to find documents.

We had a legal (court order) name change as LPRs, we did have our green cards replaced, sent in the court order, got re-photographed and re-fingerprinted, got the new green cards. At my citizenship interview the officer could not find the court order - luckily I had one with me that he could copy.

I am preparing to file N-600 for my daughter. She came into US on H4 with me (on H1) and my spouse (on H4). 5 years ago all 3 of us got our status adjusted to LPR.

I searched carefully through this entire forum, but did not find any general agreement on this question. There seems to be a lot of confusion on this.

N-600 requires foreign documents to be accompanied by the translations certified by a qualified translator. But it also mentions that if required documents were previously submitted during the immigration process one could request USCIS to use those instead of filing them with N-600.

1. If my daughter came on H4 (derived from my H1) and then adjusted to LPR I am assuming there should be her native birth certificate and maybe even our native marriage certificate in her A-file. Would you think so?

2. But I am also thinking that it may not be a good idea to ask USCIS to locate those docs in those A-files. It sounds like in this case I will be asking USCIS to just add more time to this case. It could take them forever to find and ship the docs. Would you agree? Any experience here? Did you ask USCIS to use/find those docs in A-files?

3. If I do provide the docs I'd need to attach translation and sentence from translator certifying translator ability. Can I translate and certify the docs myself? There seem to be indications that it is allowed, but some people reject the idea. Any experience in this matter?

4. The N-600 form does not seem to require to notarize the translator signature. Any experience here? Was your translator signature notarized?

Thank you.

 

[Flydog]

My understanding:

The US does not have a certification for translators. All you need to do is get someone who is qualified (a friend perhaps) to translate the document and then to swear an oath in front of a notary that the document is an accurate translation.

No, I wouldn't count on the USCIS finding any documents in a timely fashion.