When do you need apostille?

Apostille is an internationally accepted document certifying or legalizing your document (birth certificate, marriage certificate, police record, etc) that it has been issued properly by the right official agency. Apostille is generally required when you submit your documents to foreign government agencies, that is the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS, formerly Immigration and Naturalization Service – INS) when you apply for your Green Card (permanent resident visa).

What is apostille exactly?

Apostille refers to “certification” in French language and “legalization” in English language.

Rules relating to apostilles are stated in 1961 Hague (La Haye) Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents. See if related county is Hague Convention countries listing (HCCH).

Almost all apostilles contain the same information: type of document, agency that issued the document with the name, title and signature of the issuing official.

How can you get your apostille translated for the USCIS?

Many translation agencies provide apostille translation together with your other immigration documents. You may get discount by having more documents translated at once rather than translation of each individually.

Getting Your Green Card

You may apply for Green Card under the following categories: (a) marrying an American citizen; (b) engaging to marry your U.S. citizen fiancé; (c) asking your family relatives (your father, mother, husband, wife, brother, sister, children over 21) who are “citizens” of United States; (d) asking your close family members (your father, mother, husband, wife) of Albanian origin, who have Green Card; (e) receiving employment offer from an American employer; (f) winning Diversity Visa Lottery in your native country; (g) investing your money in United States; (h) qualifying as special immigrant (recognized religious workers, foreign medical graduates, etc.); (i) requesting humanitarian protection (asylum, refugee) from persecution or fearing based on your race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group in your native country.

ACR Language Translation Services, subsidiary of ACR Systems Inc., founded in 1982, provides certified translation for Green Card when you apply to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS, formerly Immigration and Naturalization Service – INS) for its clients applying for Green Card (permanent resident visa) and U.S. citizenship.