For US immigration filings the federal rule does not ask for a sworn translator: it asks for the translator’s own certifications. Here is what that means in practice.
For filings with USCIS the translator certifies the translation personally — no sworn or state-appointed status is required by 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3). The certification is usually called a Certificate of Accuracy.
A typical statement reads: “I certify that I am competent to translate from … into English and that the above translation is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.” It carries the translator’s name, signature and date, and is appended at the end of the document.
For immigration filings the wording is not a matter of taste: 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) states that any document containing foreign language submitted to USCIS “shall be accompanied by a full English language translation which the translator has certified as complete and accurate, and by the translator’s certification that he or she is competent to translate from the foreign language into English.”
Two details are easy to miss. The rule asks for TWO statements, not one: that the translation is complete and accurate, and separately that the translator is competent to translate that language pair. And the translation must be FULL — excerpting the relevant paragraphs of a long document does not satisfy the rule, however sensible it looks.
Personal names are rendered in the official passport spelling in the body so they match the person’s ID; the scientific ISO 9:1995 form can be given in a footnote. See our transliteration page for tables and a name converter.
Lingverra reproduces the document layout, renders stamps, applies the correct transliteration and flags uncertain spots for review. The translator checks, signs the Certificate of Accuracy and takes professional responsibility.
A statement in United States may read as follows. Lingverra places your own wording automatically under the finished translation.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am competent to translate from …… into English, and that the foregoing translation is, to the best of my knowledge and ability, a complete and accurate translation of …….