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Russian birth certificate translation, certified for USCIS

Translated in full by one translator who reads the original, not a machine. Names spelled as in your passport, every stamp and registry note included, and a signed certificate of accuracy in the same PDF.

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$23.70

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Names as in your passportChecked before delivery

Certificate of accuracySigned by the translator

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A photo from your phone or a PDF. Both sides if there are notes on the back.

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From $23.70 per document, certification included. Nothing is charged until you confirm.

From $23.70 per document, certificate included

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In your account on the day agreed, ready to attach to your USCIS packet.

USCIS compatible

Two documents or ten, the same rules: price by word count, one file back.

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What is special about it

Inside a Russian birth certificate: the details that decide it

Soviet booklets, modern laminated forms and duplicates from the registry all end up in the same USCIS packet. Each has its own traps; here is how they are handled.

Cyrillic, rendered consistently

One spelling of every name across the whole file, matched to your passport.

Patronymics kept

The middle name is transliterated, not dropped, so the record matches other filings.

Dates in the US format

Day-first Russian dates are converted and the original is kept in brackets where it matters.

Stamps and registry notes

ZAGS seals, registry numbers and margin notes are translated or described, not skipped.

Which version do you have

Current ZAGS form or Soviet form, we handle both

Most Russian clients hold one of two documents: the A4 certificate issued by ZAGS since the late nineties or the Soviet-era form. A duplicate issued today follows the current form.

Current ZAGS form

Most common today

A single A4 sheet on watermarked security paper with a series of a Roman numeral and two letters, a six-digit number, the Russian coat of arms and printed text
Child's name, date and place of birth, the act record number and date, both parents with citizenship and nationality where filled, the ZAGS office and the issue date
The full page: printed form text, all entries, the round seal, the signature block and any citizenship stamp on the back
Requested in USCIS family petitions, naturalization, passport and consular matters, and by schools

Send a scan or a flat photo of the front, and of the back if a stamp is there; a duplicate carries the word for repeat, which is translated too.

Soviet-era certificate

Born before 1992

A folded green form of the RSFSR or another republic, with the Soviet coat of arms and entries filled by hand in ink
Name, date and place of birth, parents with their nationality, the registry office and the act record number, sometimes with a later stamp about citizenship
Every handwritten line, the printed labels in Russian and the republic language, the seal and any stamps on the back
Asked for by USCIS in family and naturalization cases whenever the applicant or a parent was born in the Soviet Union

Photograph the form fully unfolded, both sides, including the cover if it carries a stamp.

The whole document, not just the fields

Every stamp, number and note, not only the name line

Citizenship stamp on the back

Russian certificates often carry a stamp confirming citizenship, added by the passport office. It is translated with its date and office, because it answers a question the officer would otherwise ask.

Series, number and form text

The series, the number and the pre-printed form wording are copied and translated, so the English page identifies the same physical document.

Handwritten entries and corrections

Older forms are filled by hand, and corrections are initialed by the registrar. Both are transcribed as written, and a correction is marked as a correction.

Issuing office as printed

The ZAGS office and district are named exactly as on the form, with the Soviet-era name kept when that is what the paper says, so the record can be traced.

Where it is accepted

One translation, accepted where you need to file

The same certified file works for immigration, courts, universities and employers. Say who it is for when you order and the certificate is worded for that office.

USCIS

Green card, citizenship and asylum filings. Certification statement on every page set.

Immigration courts

Same certified translation, laid out page by page so the clerk can compare it with the original.

Universities and WES / ECE

Admissions offices and credential evaluators get the certified English file with the original attached.

Employers and licensing boards

HR departments get the translation with the certificate, ready to attach to an application.

How it works

From a photo on your phone to a certified PDF

Upload and confirm

Send the document, check the page count and the date, pay by card.

A native speaker translates

One certified native-speaking translator per order. The original is read by a person, not a machine.

Names and dates are checked

Every name is compared with your passport spelling, every date and number with the original.

Delivered as one PDF

Translation, signed certificate and a copy of the original in one file, in your account.

From $23.70 per document. Certification included.

The price is based on word count. A certificate, passport or letter is usually the minimum. You see the exact price and delivery date right after upload, before you pay, and it does not change afterwards.

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$23.70

Questions answered

Russian birth certificate, the questions we hear most

Will USCIS accept this translation?

Yes. USCIS asks for the whole document in English plus a signed statement that the translator is competent and the translation is complete and accurate. Every order includes that statement, signed and dated by the translator.

How will my name be spelled?

Exactly as in your passport or in the documents you have already filed. Tell us the spelling when you order; if you do not, we use standard transliteration and note it in the file.

What about Soviet-era certificates?

We translate them every week: the green booklet format, handwritten entries, registry stamps and later notes on the back. Everything on the page is translated or described.

Is a phone photo good enough?

Yes, if all four corners and every stamp are readable. If something is unclear, we ask before we start, not after.

How much does it cost and how fast is it?

From $23.70 per document, certification included. A one-page certificate is usually ready the next business day; the date is confirmed before you pay.