Need your Italian document translated for the U.S. — or a U.S. document accepted in Italy? Start with the direction: the translation, certification, and apostille rules are not the same.
Requirements reviewed by Mateo García
Senior Immigration Translation Specialist · Last verified June 2026
Reviewed June 2026 · Mateo García
Italy recognizes a traduzione giurata — a translation sworn (asseverata) before a court (Tribunale), a Justice of the Peace, or a notary, who records the oath in a verbale di giuramento. For an Italian document used in the United States you instead need a certified English translation with a signed Certificate of Accuracy, which USCIS and universities accept. Italy has been in the Hague Apostille Convention since 1978, so an Italian certificato is apostilled by the Procura or the Prefettura — not legalized at a consulate.
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| Translation standard | Notarized translation (Notarised) · traduzione giurata (asseverazione) |
|---|---|
| Who can translate | Any competent adult, provided the translation is sworn before a judicial authority |
| Apostille | When the receiving authority requires authentication; separate from translation |
| Apostille authority | The Public Prosecutor's Office (Procura della Repubblica) for judicial and notarial documents; the Prefecture (Prefettura — UTG) for administrative and civil-registry documents. |
| Accepted languages | Italian |
| Responsible authority | Italian Public Prosecutor’s Office (Procura della Repubblica) / Prefecture (for apostilles) |
Official-use requirements
The local certification system, who may translate, and what gives the finished document legal effect.
Cross-border authentication
Italy is part of the Hague Apostille Convention (since 1978), so public documents are authenticated with a single apostille — no consular legalization.
From Italy
The Public Prosecutor's Office (Procura della Repubblica) for judicial and notarial documents; the Prefecture (Prefettura — UTG) for administrative and civil-registry documents.Italy has been a party to the Convention since 1978.
Toward Italy
A U.S. document going to Italy is apostilled in the United States — the state Secretary of State, or the U.S. Department of State for federal documents — and then sworn-translated into Italian (asseverazione) before a court.
When the receiving authority requires an apostille on the original, obtain it before translation so the apostille certificate can be translated too. See how apostilles work, or order a certified translation.
Submission checklist
Ask the comune for the full civil-registry record rather than a bare certificato, so all annotations are present.
Cover the comune data, the stamps, and any apostille, with a signed Certificate of Accuracy.
File the document with the certified translation to USCIS, the university, or the credential evaluator.
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Two directions, two rulebooks
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Italian birth certificates, diplomas, transcripts, and other non-English records need a complete certified English translation for USCIS, U.S. universities, and credential evaluators.
A U.S. document going to Italy is apostilled in the United States — the state Secretary of State, or the U.S. Department of State for federal documents — and then sworn-translated into Italian (asseverazione) before a court.
Choose the document you have for its format-specific translation guidance. These links cover the records most often submitted from Italy to USCIS, universities, and credential evaluators.
itcertificato di nascita · estratto di nascita · copia integrale
Italian birth certificate translation is one of the most common request types for USCIS petitions and identity-verification workflows.
Signed & stamped Certificate of Accuracy
Word-for-word · exact structure preserved
Italian diploma translation is often required for admissions, licensing, and employment verification.
Signed & stamped Certificate of Accuracy
Word-for-word · exact structure preserved
Academic supporting records require line-level translation of courses, grades, credits, institutional headers, and annexes.
Signed & stamped Certificate of Accuracy
Word-for-word · exact structure preserved
certificato · estratto di matrimonio
certificato di morte · atto di morte
Italian records reviewed by Mateo García — Spanish & Italian legal-document translator
Avoid preventable delays
The mistakes we see most often on Italian documents — and what a correct certified translation does instead.
Older Italian estratti are handwritten; ambiguous letters in a surname must be confirmed against another document, not guessed, or the name mismatches the passport.
See how we handled itWhen Italy transcribes (trascrive) a foreign marriage or divorce, the Italian record references the foreign act; the translation must keep the two distinct, not merge them.
See how we handled itItalian university grades run out of 30 (with 30 e lode as a distinction); reading them as percentages or U.S. points distorts the record a credential evaluator computes.
Anonymized Italian-to-English orders. Each case shows the exact translation problem and how we solved it for the receiving authority.
An Italian birth certificate extract (estratto per riassunto di atto di nascita) carried four marginal annotations. They recorded the holder's two marriages and two divorces, added over several decades. We translated every annotation in full, not just the birth entry, because in Italian civil records the margin is part of the certified document. The certified translation was delivered for the client's marriage filing abroad.
A 1961 Italian birth-record extract (estratto di nascita) from the Comune di Ischia was completed by hand in cursive. On the first pass, both parents' names and an abbreviated street name read more than one way. We confirmed each field with the document holder, then issued the certified translation with the corrected names and a Translator's Note. The note records that the values come from holder confirmation, not translator guesswork.
Clear per-page pricing
A one-page certificato is priced as a single page; multi-page estratti and court judgments are priced by their page count. Standard translation delivery is 24 hours for most 1–3 page orders. Notarization, hard-copy mailing, and apostille service are priced separately because their timelines differ.
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Start my translation See all pricing and add-onsQuestions people ask before submitting
Italy requires a traduzione giurata — a translation sworn (asseverata) before a court, a Justice of the Peace, or a notary. The foreign document is apostilled first, then sworn-translated.
how apostilles workNo. U.S. authorities do not use Italy's asseverazione system. An Italian certificato or diploma needs a certified English translation with a signed Certificate of Accuracy, which USCIS, WES, and ECE accept.
certified Italian translationThe Public Prosecutor's Office (Procura della Repubblica) for judicial and notarial documents, and the Prefecture (Prefettura) for administrative and civil-registry documents. Italy has used apostilles since 1978.
requirements for other countriesIt is the summarized civil-registry extract that includes the margin annotations a plain certificato leaves out. For a U.S. submission, the estratto or the copia integrale is the safer choice.
Italian birth certificate translationItalian grades run out of 30, with 30 e lode as the top distinction. A certified transcript translation preserves the /30 scale and the lode so WES or ECE can map them; it does not convert to a U.S. GPA.
WES translationPricing is per page. A one-page certificato is a single page; multi-page estratti and court judgments are priced by page count. Notarization and apostille are optional add-ons.
see live pricingNo. USCIS and universities reject self-translation. An independent qualified translator must complete and certify the translation with a statement of accuracy.
what a certified translation isInformation verified against official sources. Last verified June 2026.
