Certified Mam translation for US filings.
Mam is a Mayan language of Guatemala's western highlands - Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Quetzaltenango - and one of the indigenous languages most often heard in US asylum and immigration proceedings. Guatemalan civil records are issued in Spanish, so Verdacert translates Mam-language community attestations, letters, and declarations together with the Spanish-language RENAP certificates they accompany, for asylum, family-based, and court filings.
Certified Mam translation, priced upfront.
Per-page rates for Mam → English. All tiers include the signed certificate of accuracy accepted by USCIS, US courts, universities, and employers. Wall-clock turnaround - evenings and weekends included. Mam carries a +50% page-rate multiplier and +25% SLA because qualified reviewers are scarce.
- 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 mam document we routinely translate.
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Reviewers calibrated to the mam you actually have.
Supported mam variants
- Northern Mam - Huehuetenango, including Todos Santos Cuchumatán
- Southern Mam - San Marcos and Quetzaltenango
- Mexican Mam - Chiapas, Mexico
What our reviewers know about your documents
Mam is written in the Latin alphabet standardized by the Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala, with glottalized consonants marked by an apostrophe. Guatemala's national registry (RENAP) issues birth certificates and DPI identity records in Spanish, sometimes with Spanish spellings of Mam names; Verdacert translates both the Spanish and Mam parts of a packet and notes spelling variants so they are not mistaken for discrepancies. Dates use the day-month-year order.
Common source countries: Guatemala, Mexico.
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.