Mateo García
Senior Immigration Translation Specialist
Translates asylum, visa, and family-petition documents from Spanish, keeping the English layout close enough to the original that an officer can compare the two side by side. Flags missing pages and inconsistent copies before they become a problem in the filing.
Professional Background
Mateo translates asylum, visa, and family-petition documents from Spanish. A decade of USCIS-bound work shaped two habits. First: keep the English layout close enough to the original that an officer can compare the two side by side. Second: flag problems — a missing page, an illegible seal, two copies that don't quite match — before the packet ships, not after an RFE arrives. Much of his week is actas de nacimiento, CURP records, and the supporting documents that travel with them.
Education
- BA in Translation and Interpreting, University of Salamanca
Credentials & Quality
- Spanish & Italian legal-document translator
- Asylum and family-petition packet experience
- Strict adherence to USCIS & academic standards
Published work on this site
Guides Mateo has reviewed. Open any of them — expertise is easier to judge than to claim.
Real Spanish translation cases we've handled
Anonymized Spanish-to-English orders. Each case shows the exact translation problem and how we solved it for the receiving authority.
RecentJul 2026civil-registry-conventionsMexicoWhen a Mexican Birth Certificate Has an Abbreviated Margin Note
A Mexican acta de nacimiento (birth certificate) carried an abbreviated marginal annotation: 'PRESENTARON ACTA DE MAT'. It is registry shorthand for 'presentaron acta de matrimonio' — the parents presented their marriage certificate at registration. We translated the full annotation, expanded the abbreviation, and added a Translator's Note. The certified translation was delivered for the client's USCIS filing.
Handled by Mateo García, Senior Immigration Translation SpecialistUSCISRead case →
RecentJul 2026legibilityMexicoWhen a Stamp Covers the Registrar's Name on a Mexican Acta
On a Mexican acta de nacimiento (birth certificate), a blue archival stamp partly covered the registrar's printed name and title. The certified translation reproduced the legible portion, marked the covered part as '[partially obscured by stamp]', and did not guess the hidden characters. A Translator's Note documented the obstruction. The translation was delivered for the client's USCIS filing.
Handled by Mateo García, Senior Immigration Translation SpecialistUSCISRead case →
RecentJul 2026embedded-non-textPeruWhen a Peruvian Medical Degree Carries Its Registration on the Back
A Peruvian Diploma de Título Profesional (Médico Cirujano) from Universidad Peruana Los Andes carried its legal weight on the reverse. The back held the university registration entry, the General Secretary's authentication, and a Regional Health Directorate registration stamp. We translated both sides into English and rendered every seal, stamp, and signature line, so nothing on the back was dropped. The certified Spanish-to-English translation was delivered for the client's USCIS filing.
Handled by Natalia Vega, Senior Certified Translation ReviewerUSCISRead case →
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"Mateo translated my entire asylum packet — birth certificate, police reports, and personal declaration — from Spanish. My attorney was impressed by the accuracy, and USCIS accepted everything without a single RFE."
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