Wyrok rozwodowy
The court judgment
Issued by a Sąd Okręgowy, with the sentencja and often many pages of uzasadnienie behind it.
Certified Polish Divorce Decree Translation
Wyrok rozwodowyStwierdzenie prawomocnościOdpis aktu małżeństwa
Certified English translation for USCIS, spouse and fiancé(e) petitions, naturalization filings, courts, and other marital-history review.
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Finality and court structure preserved
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How much does a Polish divorce decree translation cost?
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Your filing package
What is included in a certified Polish divorce decree translation?
You get three files: a scan of your Polish record, the full English translation, and a signed and stamped Certificate of Translation Accuracy.
- Every heading, ruling, seal, signature, and court note translated
- The stwierdzenie prawomocności translated with its date, because that endorsement is what proves the divorce
- Sentencja and uzasadnienie kept apart, so the operative ruling is never buried inside the reasoning
- Fault wording rendered exactly, since a Polish court records who was responsible for the breakdown
- Review the translation and request corrections before certification
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Documents we translate
Which Polish divorce documents can we translate?
Send the court copy or the registry record. We name the document, confirm the page count and the price, and tell you if the endorsement is missing.
Prawomocność
The finality endorsement
The court stamp confirming no appeal was filed. Without it, the copy does not prove the marriage ended.
Akt małżeństwa
Marriage record with a divorce annotation
The USC copy carrying a wzmianka about the divorce, which some offices accept in place of the judgment.
Real Polish-language casework
What can complicate a Polish record translation?
Neither case is a divorce file. Both are Polish civil records, and both turn on details that decide divorce packets too: how a place name behaves inside an authority’s title, and how a date is written out.
Poland · authority names
A place name that changes shape inside an official title
We rendered the region as the authority actually names it, instead of reducing the inflected form to the bare city name.
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Poland · dates in words
The date was written in words, not digits
We translated the spelled-out date and set the digits beside it, so a reviewer comparing documents did not have to parse Polish numerals.
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Is there a Polish divorce certificate?
There is not. Poland proves a divorce two ways instead, and which one you hold decides what we translate and what the receiving office will accept.
Sąd Okręgowy
Only the regional court grants a divorce
A Polish divorce is decided by a Sąd Okręgowy, never by the local district court, and the ruling comes as a wyrok rather than a certificate.
The court title carries a place name in a grammatical form that does not match the city on a map, so we render the authority as it names itself.
A plain copy of the wyrok proves nothing on its own. What the receiving office needs is the copy carrying the court’s finality endorsement.
Prawomocność
The endorsement that makes the ruling final
The judgment becomes final about a week after it is announced when neither side asks for written reasoning, and later if reasoning was requested and no appeal followed.
Only then will the court issue the copy with stwierdzenie prawomocności. That endorsement, with its date, is the part a U.S. reviewer reads as proof.
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Marriage record with a divorce annotation
Once the ruling is final, the registry office adds a wzmianka about the divorce to the marriage record, and will issue a copy showing it.
Some offices accept that extract instead of the judgment. It is shorter and cheaper to obtain, so ask which one your recipient wants before ordering a long translation.
Sentencja / uzasadnienie
Two very different halves of one document
The sentencja is the operative ruling: the dissolution itself, fault, custody, and support. The uzasadnienie is the reasoning, and it can run ten pages or more.
Most filings need the sentencja with the endorsement. We tell you when the uzasadnienie is worth translating rather than billing you for pages nobody asked for.
How it works
How do I get a Polish divorce decree translated into English?
Upload what the court or registry gave you. We identify the document, confirm the page count and the price, then translate, cross-check, and certify.
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Upload the judgment and the endorsed page
Send the wyrok with the page carrying the finality stamp, or the marriage record with its annotation. Add any appeal decision that changed the original ruling.
Document identified · total confirmed - 02
We translate the ruling and its finality
A Polish specialist translates the court structure and the operative provisions. A second reviewer checks the parties, the case number, the court title, and every date.
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Review and receive the certified set
Ask for fixes before we certify. You then get the source copy, the full English translation, and the signed and stamped Certificate of Translation Accuracy.
Certified · typically within 24 hours
How much does a Polish divorce decree translation cost?
No 250-word cap on dense court pages.
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$24.95/ page
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Client reviews
What do clients say about their Polish divorce document translations?
4.9 / 52,400+ client reviews
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Dariusz K.
New York, NY
“I needed just the sentencja and klauzula prawomocności for my green card application. CertTranslate correctly identified which pages mattered.”
Poland · Sentencja with endorsement
Right pages identified
Beata S.
Houston, TX
“My divorce decree from a Sąd Okręgowy in Kraków included 10 pages of uzasadnienie plus the sentencja, and all of it came back accurate.”
Poland · Kraków court, long reasoning
Full record translated
Anna W.
Chicago, IL
“My wyrok rozwodowy included a fault determination and custody rulings for our two children. The legal wording survived the translation intact.”
Poland · Fault and custody rulings
Legal wording preserved
Questions before ordering
What does USCIS require for a translated Polish divorce record?
The translation rule is constant: file the Polish evidence with a complete certified English translation. Which Polish document proves the divorce is the part worth getting right first.
How much does a Polish divorce decree translation cost?+−
The price is $24.95 per physical page, with no word cap. A sentencja with its endorsement runs two or three pages, while a full judgment with reasoning runs much longer. We confirm the count before you pay.
How long does a Polish divorce decree translation take?+−
A short judgment usually arrives within 24 hours. A wyrok with ten pages of reasoning takes longer, and we name the delivery window before production starts.
Will my Polish divorce translation be accepted by USCIS?+−
Your package holds the source copy, a full English translation, and a signed and stamped Certificate of Translation Accuracy. If USCIS raises a translation issue, we revise it free. That does not replace holding the right record in the first place.
Is there a Polish divorce certificate?+−
No. Poland issues no separate certificate. Proof is either the court copy with the finality endorsement, or the marriage record carrying a divorce annotation from the registry office.
What is stwierdzenie prawomocności and why does it matter?+−
It is the court endorsement confirming the judgment is final and carries the date it became so. A copy without it shows a decision that could still, in principle, have been appealed.
Do I need the uzasadnienie translated as well?+−
Usually not for an immigration filing, where the operative ruling and the endorsement carry the evidence. Courts and attorneys sometimes want the reasoning, so check before ordering ten extra pages.
My judgment names one spouse as at fault. Is that translated?+−
Yes, exactly as written. Polish courts can rule with or without a finding of fault, and that wording affects support, so softening it would change what the judgment says.
Can I use the marriage record with the annotation instead?+−
Often yes, and it is shorter to translate. Ask your receiving office which document it wants, because some accept the annotated extract while others insist on the court judgment.
Does USCIS require notarization or an apostille?+−
USCIS generally asks for a certified English translation, not a notarized one and not an apostille. A court, consulate, or foreign registry may set its own rules, so follow that recipient’s checklist.
Does a certified translation make my Polish divorce recognized in the United States?+−
No. A translation makes the judgment readable; recognition belongs to the U.S. state where you file. The finality endorsement and its date are normally where that review begins.
What we check before certification
What can make a translated Polish divorce record unclear?
These issues repeat in Polish marital-history packets. The translation should show which court ruled, what it ordered, and when the ruling became final.
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A plain court copy is filed without the endorsement
Our check: We check for the stwierdzenie prawomocności and tell you before production when the pages you sent do not carry it.
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The operative ruling is lost inside the reasoning
Our check: We keep the sentencja clearly separated from the uzasadnienie, so a reviewer finds the dissolution without reading ten pages first.
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The court title is flattened to a generic phrase
Our check: We preserve the Sąd Okręgowy and its place name in the form the court uses, since Polish authority titles inflect and the map spelling differs.
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Fault wording is softened or dropped
Our check: A finding that one spouse bears responsibility is a legal ruling with financial effects, so it is rendered exactly rather than smoothed away.
The standard behind these checks
AcceptReady™ is CertTranslate's published standard for certified translations: complete word-for-word translation, mirrored page layout, signed and stamped Certificate of Accuracy on letterhead, and matched to the receiver's published requirements.
How to check each one yourselfChecked before we certify. If an authority later asks for a translation-related correction, the revision is free.
Start my translationCommon USCIS contexts
When do I need a certified Polish divorce decree translation?
USCIS reads divorce evidence to see whether an earlier marriage ended lawfully and when, which is exactly what the finality endorsement establishes.
Send the Polish record together with its certified English translation. The translation must not replace the source, shorten it, or quietly tidy it.
I-130 / I-485
Spouse petition and adjustment
Proof that an earlier marriage ended supports the current marriage in a family-based case.
I-129F
K-1 fiancé(e) petition
Both parties must show that prior marriages ended and that they are legally free to marry.
N-400
Naturalization through marriage
USCIS asks for decrees or other records showing that an earlier marriage ended lawfully.
Courts
Name reversion and state filings
A U.S. court reading a Polish judgment needs the finality date and the court identifiers in English.
Document glossary
What do common Polish divorce terms mean in English?
These terms sit on the same judgment, but they name different things: the ruling, its finality, and where the divorce is recorded afterwards.
- Wyrok rozwodowy
- The divorce judgment issued by the court; Poland has no separate divorce certificate.
- Sąd Okręgowy
- The regional court, the only level that can grant a divorce in Poland.
- Sentencja
- The operative part of the judgment: the dissolution, fault, custody, and support.
- Uzasadnienie
- The court’s written reasoning, issued on request and often far longer than the ruling.
- Prawomocność
- Finality — the point at which the judgment can no longer be appealed.
- Stwierdzenie prawomocności
- The court endorsement confirming finality, with the date it took effect.
- Wzmianka dodatkowa
- The annotation the registry office adds to the marriage record after a divorce.
- Odpis skrócony
- A short-form registry extract; the divorce annotation appears on it once recorded.
Reference library
Where can I verify divorce document requirements?
Guidance and source links last rechecked .
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