Certified Afrikaans translation for US filings.
Afrikaans is one of South Africa's twelve official languages and a national language of Namibia. Verdacert translates Afrikaans-language birth, marriage, and death certificates issued by the Department of Home Affairs, older bilingual civil records from before 1994, church baptism and marriage registers, court orders, and school and university certificates for US immigration, court, and credential-evaluation filings.
Certified Afrikaans translation, priced upfront.
Per-page rates for Afrikaans → English. All tiers include the signed certificate of accuracy accepted by USCIS, US courts, universities, and employers. Wall-clock turnaround - evenings and weekends included.
- Certification in the 8 CFR § 103.2(b)(3) form
- Native-speaker reviewer
- JWS-verifiable receipt
- 24/7 turnaround, no business-day games
- Same certificate & acceptance
- Most common tier for filing deadlines
- For deadlines under 24 hours
- Priority queue, 7 days a week
- Same certificate & acceptance
- Translator and reviewer assigned on receipt
- Best-effort, not guaranteed*
- Full refund if we miss the window
* Whether an 8-hour window is achievable depends on when your document reaches us and how long it is, so we confirm it before starting work. If we can't deliver in time, the order is refunded in full.
Complex document types (court documents, medical records, tax filings, contracts, powers of attorney, adoption decrees) add a flat $10/page surcharge. Add-ons (hardcopy mailing, extra certified copies) are priced upfront at checkout - no hidden fees.
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Upload, we translate, you submit. Every step is bounded by a real deadline and a named reviewer.
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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). Hard-copy mailing available at checkout.
Every afrikaans document we routinely translate.
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Reviewers calibrated to the afrikaans you actually have.
Supported afrikaans variants
- Standard Afrikaans - the basis of official and educational documents
- Kaaps (Cape Afrikaans) - Western Cape community and church records
- Namibian Afrikaans - Namibian civil and administrative documents
What our reviewers know about your documents
South Africa's Department of Home Affairs issues abridged and unabridged (full) birth, marriage, and death certificates; USCIS generally expects the unabridged version because it names both parents. Many certificates issued before 1994 are bilingual Afrikaans/English, and Verdacert reconciles both versions into a single English translation. The 13-digit South African ID number encodes the date of birth and is transcribed exactly. South African forms commonly write dates year-first (YYYY-MM-DD) as well as day-first, so Verdacert confirms the reading against the document before rendering a date in words.
Common source countries: South Africa, Namibia.
Common reasons people order certified translations
Every Verdacert translation ships with a signed certification accepted by these authorities.
Guides & resources
Plain-English explainers on certification rules, filing requirements, and country conventions.
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Standard delivers in 48 hours; Express in 24; Rush in 14; Same-Day in 8 when the clock allows. Refund or retranslation if a recipient rejects a translation for a translation error - see our Refund Policy.