Certified Passport & ID Card Translation
Passports and national identity cards issued in other languages often need certified English translations for UK immigration applications, bank account openings, property transactions and court use.
We produce certified translations of the biographical pages and any stamps or visas you need, presented clearly and certified to UK standards.
Accepted by
- UK Home Office (UKVI)
- Banks and building societies
- Solicitors and conveyancers
- Courts and tribunals
- Employers (right-to-work checks)
What you receive
- Certified translation on company letterhead with a signed and stamped certification statement
- Translator and company details with the date of translation, as required by UK Home Office guidance
- Original layout preserved (stamps, seals and signatures noted in the translation)
- Digital delivery as a PDF, ready to submit online or print
Do you need to translate a passport at all?
Often not. Most modern passports already show the holder's details in English or in Latin script, so many organisations can read the photo page as it is. Ask the organisation before you order.
A translation is usually asked for in these cases:
- National identity cards printed only in the local language or script
- Visa pages, entry and exit stamps, and handwritten annotations in another language
- Older passports and travel documents without English labels
- Name-change, observation or endorsement pages
What the Home Office expects the translation to include
Home Office guidance says a document that is not in English or Welsh must come with a full translation that it can verify independently. Each translation must contain the four items below; every translation we issue carries all of them, on our letterhead.
- Confirmation from the translator that it is an accurate translation of the original document
- The date of the translation
- The translator's full name and signature
- The translator's contact details
Names, scripts and transliteration
An identity document is checked against everything else in your file, so the spelling has to match. We keep your name exactly as it appears in the machine-readable zone or on the Latin-script line of the document, and we do not create a new English spelling.
Where a document shows a name only in Arabic, Cyrillic, Chinese or another script, tell us how it is spelt on your visa, BRP or eVisa record and we will use that spelling.
How it works
- 1
Upload a clear photo or scan of your document — no need to post the original
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Receive your quote by email (standard single documents start from £30)
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Pay securely online and we start straight away
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Receive your certified PDF by email, ready to submit
Get a Free Quote
Upload your passport or ID card and receive a free quote by email.
Frequently asked questions
Which pages of my passport do you translate?
Usually the biographical (photo) page is enough. If your application requires visa pages or entry/exit stamps, send those too and we will include them.
My ID card is double-sided. Is both sides translated?
Yes. Send clear images of both sides; the certified translation covers everything on the card.
Is a translation of my ID enough to open a UK bank account?
Requirements vary by bank, but a certified translation of your national ID or passport is what banks typically request for non-English documents. Check your bank's list of accepted documents.