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Certified Spanish Passport Translation

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Certified English translation for USCIS, courts, universities, and official identity review.

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Identity document

Data page and MRZ preserved

Bio fields · both MRZ lines · visa pages · entry stamps

Certified package

Signed and Stamped Certificate of Accuracy

Company letterhead · translator signature · company stamp

Natalia Vega

Reviewed by Natalia Vega

Senior Certified Translation Reviewer

Last reviewed

USCISMeets all translation requirementsPrepared in accordance with 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3)

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Your finished package

A complete certified package, ready to file.

Your delivery includes the source-document scan, a complete English translation, and a signed and stamped Certificate of Translation Accuracy.

  • Every field, stamp, seal, signature, and notation translated
  • Apellido paterno and apellido materno kept in the order the passport prints them, never merged into one surname
  • Both machine-readable lines transcribed in full, including the filler that separates apellido paterno from apellido materno
  • Certificate of Translation Accuracy signed and stamped on company letterhead
  • Review the translation and request corrections before certification
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Before you order

Which Spanish-speaking issuer printed it?

The data page follows one international standard, but what surrounds it does not. Upload the page and we will identify the issuer before work starts.

Mexico

CURP on the data page, SRE as issuer

Mexican passports print the CURP alongside the usual fields and name the Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores as issuing authority. The CURP is copied character for character, because officers compare it against the acta and the rest of the packet.

Send the observations page if yours has one — Mexican passports use it for name annotations.

Colombia

Cédula cross-reference and Cancillería issuance

Colombian passports carry the cédula de ciudadanía number and are issued by the Cancillería rather than a national registry office. Both the cédula and the passport number appear in the translation, labelled separately so neither is read as the other.

Caribbean & Central America

Dominican, Cuban, and Salvadoran conventions

Dominican, Cuban, Salvadoran, and Guatemalan passports vary in how endorsements and prior-name notes are printed. We translate what the page actually shows rather than assuming a shared layout.

How it works

How to get your Spanish passport translated, step by step

Upload once. We check the files and confirm the total before payment. Then our team translates, reviews, and certifies the complete package.

  1. 01

    Upload the full document set

    Send the data page, plus any visa, entry-stamp, or observations page your filing names. Unsure which? Send them all and we will say what you can leave out.

    Files checked · total confirmed before payment
  2. 02

    We translate and cross-check

    Both surnames, the passport and CURP or cédula numbers, the issuing authority, and both machine-readable lines are checked against the page and against any other document in your order.

    Natalia Vega
    Mateo García
    Translated · independently checked
  3. 03

    Review and receive your certified files

    Request corrections free. Once approved, receive the source scan, full English translation, and signed and stamped Certificate of Translation Accuracy.

    Natalia Vega
    Certified · typically within 24 hours

One physical page means one billed page.

No 250-word cap and no dense-page rebilling.

Certified price

$24.95/ page

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Client reviews

Spanish identity pages, matched to the rest of the packet.

4.9 / 52,400+ client reviews
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Rodrigo T.

San Antonio, TX

Verified order

They translated my Mexican passport data page and two visa-stamp pages. The name matched my birth certificate translation perfectly and USCIS had no questions.

Mexico · Data page and two stamps

Matched the birth certificate

Valentina S.

Newark, NJ

Verified order

My Colombian passport had an endorsement page that another service wanted to skip. CertTranslate translated every page and the immigration officer accepted it.

Colombia · Endorsement page

Every page translated

Miguel A.

Chicago, IL

Verified order

I needed my expired Dominican passport translated as evidence for my adjustment of status. They handled the expired document professionally and noted it clearly.

Dominican Republic · Expired passport

Expiry noted, not hidden

Questions before ordering

Clear answers, before you upload.

If your document does not match one of these situations, send it anyway. Support replies in 15–30 minutes during support hours.

How much does a Spanish passport translation cost?+

The certified translation is priced per physical page. A data page on its own is one page, and each stamp or endorsement page you add is another.

Do I need the whole passport translated?+

Almost never. Most filings want the data page, and some add a visa or entry stamp as evidence of status or travel. Send what you have and we will tell you which pages to drop before you pay.

Will my Spanish 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.

How are my two surnames handled?+

Apellido paterno and apellido materno stay in the order the passport prints them, each labelled. Collapsing them into a single surname is the most common way a Spanish-language packet stops matching itself.

Is the CURP on my Mexican passport translated?+

The 18-character CURP is reproduced exactly as printed and labelled as the Mexican population registry code. It is not converted or abbreviated, because officers compare it with your acta and other filings.

My passport is expired. Can you still translate it?+

Yes, and expired Spanish-language passports are common evidence of prior status or travel. The translation states the validity dates as printed rather than presenting the document as current.

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 Spanish passport translation take?+

A data page is usually delivered within 24 hours after we receive a clear scan. Adding several stamp or endorsement pages extends that slightly, 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.

Can I review the translation before it is certified?+

Yes. You can review the completed translation and request unlimited free corrections before certification. If a receiving authority later requests a translation-related change, we correct the certified file at no charge.

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.

Most frequent problems we correct

What can get a Spanish passport translation questioned — and how we prevent it

These are the recurring issues we see in Spanish-language identity evidence and in translations clients ask us to review.

01

Apellido paterno and apellido materno are merged into one surname

Our check: We keep both surnames in the printed order and label them, because a merged name stops matching the acta, the marriage record, and the petition forms that cite them.

02

The CURP or cédula number is transcribed with one wrong character

Our check: We copy those identifiers character for character and cross-check them against the other Spanish documents in your order, since officers compare these fields directly.

03

Apellido materno is lost where the machine-readable line runs out of characters

Our check: We take both surnames from the printed fields and transcribe the encoded line separately, so a fixed-width truncation never becomes the applicant’s official name.

04

Only the data page is sent when the filing asked for travel history

Our check: We ask what the packet needs before starting, so entry stamps and endorsement pages are translated together with the data page rather than in a second order.

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 yourself

Checked before certification. If an authority later requests a translation-related correction, revisions remain free.

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Common filing contexts

When you may need this translation

A Spanish passport is usually filed as identity evidence, and just as often as the document that settles how a name is officially spelled for the rest of the packet.

The key is consistency: both surnames and the dates should line up with the acta and every other Spanish record you submit.

I-485

Adjustment of Status

The data page anchors identity, and visa or entry pages evidence lawful status where the filing asks for it.

I-130

Family petitions

Both parties’ identity documents are compared, which is where a merged surname tends to surface.

N-400

Naturalization

Travel history is read off entry stamps, so which pages you send matters as much as the translation itself.

Other

Courts, schools, and benefits agencies

A certified data-page translation is accepted as proof of identity by clerks, registrars, and admissions offices.

Document glossary

Spanish passport terms

Common terms on a Spanish-language passport and how they appear in the certified English translation.

Pasaporte
Passport — the document itself. The translation keeps the issuing country’s own designation alongside the English term.
Apellido paterno / apellido materno
Paternal and maternal surnames. Both are carried across in the printed order and labelled, never merged into a single surname.
CURP
Clave Única de Registro de Población — Mexico’s 18-character national ID code, printed on Mexican passports and copied exactly.
Cédula de ciudadanía
Colombia’s national ID number, cross-referenced on the passport. Labelled separately from the passport number so the two are never confused.
Zona de lectura mecánica
The machine-readable zone: two encoded lines at the foot of the data page, transcribed in full including filler characters.
Autoridad expedidora
The issuing authority — the Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores in Mexico, the Cancillería in Colombia. Rendered as printed, not localised.
Sello de entrada / salida
Entry and exit stamps. Each is translated with its date and port, because travel history is read directly off them.
Vigencia
The validity period. Stated as printed, so an expired passport reads as expired rather than as a current document.

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Send the data page. We will tell you what else you need.

Upload the pages you were asked for, or all of them if you are unsure. We will confirm the page selection, price, and delivery time before you pay.

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