Certified Korean translation for US filings.
Korean is the official language of both South Korea and North Korea, with the South Korean documentary system providing the vast majority of certified-translation source material for US filings. Verdacert translates South Korean family relation certificates (가족관계증명서), basic certificates (기본증명서), academic transcripts, and military service records for US immigration, university, and credential-evaluation filings.
Certified Korean translation, priced upfront.
Per-page rates for Korean → English. All tiers include the signed certificate of accuracy accepted by USCIS, US courts, universities, and employers. Wall-clock turnaround — evenings and weekends included.
- USCIS-accepted certification
- 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
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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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.
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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.
Every korean document we routinely translate.
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Reviewers calibrated to the korean you actually have.
Supported korean variants
- Standard Korean (Seoul) — basis of South Korean official documents
- North Korean standard (Pyongyang) — used in the limited DPRK documents that reach the US system
What our reviewers know about your documents
South Korean civil status is recorded in the family relation registry (가족관계등록부), which produces four certificate types — basic, family relation, marriage, and adoption — each with full and abridged versions carrying different evidentiary scope. Verdacert recommends and translates the full-version certificates (상세증명서) for USCIS filings because they preserve historical changes USCIS adjudicators may need. Korean is written in the Hangul alphabet, sometimes with Hanja (Chinese-character) annotations for legal precision; both are transcribed. Names are romanized following the holder's preferred spelling (existing passport or US documents) rather than the latest Revised Romanization standard.
Common source countries: South Korea, North Korea.
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