Questions before ordering
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How much does a Russian passport translation cost?+−
The certified translation is priced per physical page, so the passport type decides the total. A foreign-travel data page is one page; an internal passport with registration and stamp pages is usually two to five.
Do I need the whole passport translated?+−
It depends which passport you hold. A foreign-travel passport is usually just the data page, while an internal passport is Russian throughout and the filing often wants the identity page plus the registration and stamp pages. We tell you which ones before you pay.
Will my Russian passport translation be accepted by USCIS?+−
The delivery includes your source-document scan, a complete English translation, and a signed and stamped Certificate of Translation Accuracy. If a receiving authority rejects the translation for a translation-related reason, we revise it free. If it is still rejected, we refund the translation cost.
My foreign passport data page is already bilingual. Do I still need a translation?+−
Sometimes, and the office you are filing with decides. The bilingual data page satisfies a few authorities on its own. Many still ask for a certified translation of the whole page, and any visa stamp or extension inside the passport is Russian only.
Why is my name spelled differently on my passport than on my visa?+−
Because the rule changed. Russian passports have transliterated by the ICAO standard since 2014, so Юлия prints as IULIIA where an earlier document said Yulia or Julia. We copy the Latin line as printed and flag the difference, rather than correcting the passport to match the older spelling.
Is the patronymic kept in the translation?+−
Yes, wherever the document prints it. The internal passport and civil records carry отчество such as Ivanovich or Sergeevna, and keeping it is what shows a reviewer that your birth certificate and passport describe one person.
Do you translate the registration (прописка) and marriage stamps?+−
Yes, when you send those pages. Each stamp is translated with its issuing office and dates, because address history and family status are often the facts a petition needs rather than background detail.
My passport says ФМС, but that agency no longer exists. What will the translation say?+−
It will say what your passport says. The service was folded into ГУВМ МВД in 2016, and a document issued earlier still names the older office. Modernising the authority line would make the translation disagree with the document it certifies.
I have a Soviet-era USSR passport. Can you translate it?+−
Yes, and they are routine here. Pre-1991 books bring handwritten entries, worn seals, and sometimes a second republic language, so we transcribe what is legible and mark anything that is not.
Do you translate the machine-readable lines?+−
Yes, both of them, in full. They repeat the name, number, nationality, and dates in a fixed format that a reviewer may compare against the printed fields.
How long does a Russian passport translation take?+−
A data page is usually delivered within 24 hours after we receive a clear scan. A multi-page internal or Soviet-era passport takes a little longer, and we confirm the window before work begins.
Is there a word cap on a page?+−
No. We bill the physical page you upload, never a 250-word unit. A stamp-covered page stays one billed page.
Do you need my physical passport?+−
No. A clear scan or phone photo of the pages you need is enough, and the passport never leaves you. Photograph the page flat, in even light, with all four corners visible.
