Certified translation built for global mobility and HR teams.
Verdacert is the certified-translation layer behind HR and global mobility teams onboarding internationally-hired employees, supporting H-1B and L-1 petitions, and clearing I-9 verification for foreign-issued documents. We deliver USCIS-compliant translations with the same certification statement every immigration officer expects, on a turnaround that matches your start-date pressure.
Built for: Heads of People, global mobility leads, immigration paralegals, PEOs
What global mobility teams actually need from a translation partner.
Most HR teams hit certified translation only when something is already late: a new hire's diploma is in Mandarin, a dependent visa needs a marriage certificate translated by Friday, or counsel asks for a translated employment letter to support an H-1B amendment. The cost of getting it wrong is rarely the translation fee — it is a delayed start date, an RFE that pushes a project back a quarter, or an I-9 audit finding that bubbles up to legal.
Verdacert is built for that pressure. Every translation ships with a signed certification statement that meets 8 CFR § 103.2(b)(3), the USCIS standard accepted by virtually every other US agency that asks for a 'certified translation.' The same package works for I-9 supporting documents, dependent K-2/H-4/L-2 filings, EB-2/EB-3 PERM evidence, and SEVIS-related onboarding paperwork — so your team doesn't have to chase a different vendor for each filing.
Mobility teams running 25+ international hires a year typically move onto a Verdacert business account: consolidated invoicing instead of expense reports, a permissioned client portal so paralegals and outside counsel can see status without back-and-forth, and dedicated reviewers who learn your templates (employment verification letters, foreign-degree equivalency notes, internal mobility memos). The result: translation stops being a queue you watch and becomes infrastructure you forget about.
The translation work global mobility teams hand to us.
Rules and standards that govern global mobility translation work.
Every Verdacert translation in this vertical is produced to satisfy the specific regulations below. We cite them explicitly so your compliance team can reconcile our output to your file-review checklist.
USCIS standard requiring a full English translation plus a certification statement signed by a translator competent in both languages. Verdacert's certification statement is drafted to satisfy this rule verbatim.
I-9 employer verification obligations. Foreign-language documents presented to satisfy List A/B/C must be translated and the translation retained with the I-9 record.
DOL labor certification rules. Foreign-language evidence used to support the prevailing wage determination, recruitment record, or beneficiary qualifications must be accompanied by a certified English translation.
Nonimmigrant visa categories (H, L, O, P, TN) governed by INA § 101(a)(15). Foreign evidence filed with Form I-129 follows the USCIS translation rule.
H-1B specialty-occupation evidence rules. Foreign degrees, transcripts, and equivalency letters used to establish the bachelor's-or-higher requirement must be translated and certified.
Documents we routinely handle for global mobility accounts
- Foreign passports and national IDs (I-9 List A)
- Foreign driver's licenses (I-9 List B)
- Foreign birth certificates (dependent filings, I-9 List C)
- Foreign diplomas and transcripts (H-1B specialty occupation)
- Foreign employment verification letters (L-1, O-1, EB)
- Foreign marriage certificates (H-4, L-2, K-1 dependents)
- Foreign licensure certificates (TN, regulated occupations)
- Foreign police clearances (consular processing)
- Foreign tax/social-security records (eligibility evidence)
- Foreign corporate registration & org charts (L-1 blanket)
How a global mobility account runs.
A process you can hand to USCIS without rereading the rules.
Upload, we translate, you submit. Every step is bounded by a real deadline and a named reviewer.
Upload your document
Drag & drop a PDF, or photograph the original with your phone. We accept JPG, PNG, HEIC, PDF, and TIFF up to 25 MB.
We translate & certify
Our translation engine produces a first draft. A vetted native-speaker reviewer with regional expertise edits and signs the certification before release.
Download your USCIS-ready file
You receive a single PDF: original, translation, and the signed certification statement that meets 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3). Notarization and hard copies on request.
Global mobility translation: the questions teams ask before signing.
Q.01Do I-9 supporting documents need to be translated by a certified translator?
Q.02Does USCIS accept self-certified translations from HR teams?
Q.03Can the certification statement be customized for our outside counsel's exhibit format?
Q.04How does Verdacert handle confidentiality of foreign hire records?
Q.05What about dependent filings — do I need to order each translation separately?
Q.06How fast can you handle a rush translation for an I-129 filing window?
Q.07Do you handle apostille for documents going to a foreign affiliate?
Where global mobility translations are typically submitted.
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Set up a global-mobility account in 48 hours.
Email firms@verdacert.com with rough monthly volume, primary source languages, and any compliance constraints. Pilot accounts are typically live within two business days.
How to reach us
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Include rough monthly volume, primary source languages, and any compliance constraints. We'll tailor the pilot accordingly.
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