English Translation of Personal Documents - Passports, Certificates, Police Clearance

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A passport translation is the first document every foreigner in Georgia needs: for a residence permit application, a company registration, a property purchase, a bank account, a SIM contract at some operators, and for marriage at the House of Justice. Because a passport is a standardized document we know page by page, we translate and notarize it from a clear photo - no need to bring the original - and courier the notarized translation to you anywhere in Georgia or abroad. The same applies to UK, US, Canadian, Australian and Irish driving licenses, which are translated for the Georgian Service Agency when exchanging or presenting a license, and for insurance and rental companies.

What matters in these translations is transliteration. Your name must appear in Georgian exactly as it will appear on every later document, and the Georgian Public Service Development Agency is strict about consistency. We use the official Georgian transliteration rules and keep your chosen spelling on file so every subsequent translation matches.

Birth, marriage, divorce and death certificates

Civil status certificates run in both directions. Georgians marrying abroad, sponsoring a spouse for a US or UK visa, or registering a child born in Georgia with a foreign embassy need their Georgian certificates translated into English, usually with an apostille. Foreigners in Georgia need their English-language certificates translated into Georgian for marriage registration, for adding a foreign spouse to a residence application, for inheritance and for divorce proceedings in Georgian courts.

We know the layout of certificates from the UK General Register Office, US state vital records offices, Canadian provincial registries, Australian state registries and the Irish GRO, so the translation mirrors the original field by field, which is what registrars check. Long-form US birth certificates, UK certified copies with the coat of arms, and Georgian certificates from the Public Service Development Agency each have quirks we handle daily.

Police clearance certificates for residence permits and visas

A criminal record check is mandatory for Georgian temporary residence permits, for many employment contracts and for adoption. English-speaking clients bring an FBI Identity History Summary, a UK ACRO Police Certificate or DBS check, a Canadian RCMP certificate, an Australian AFP National Police Check or an Irish Garda vetting letter. Each must carry an apostille from its country of origin, then be translated into Georgian and notarized here. Georgians going the other way need their Georgian conviction certificate from the Ministry of Internal Affairs translated into English and apostilled for US immigration, UK visas, Canadian PR and Australian visas.

These certificates have short validity windows - often three or six months - so speed matters. We prioritize them on the express track and can deliver the same day.

Child travel consents, marital status and residence certificates

Georgian border police require a notarized consent from the non-travelling parent when a minor leaves Georgia with one parent or a third person, and foreign airlines and border agencies increasingly ask for the same document in English. We draft bilingual consents, arrange the notarization with an interpreter and translate consents issued abroad for use at Georgian borders.

Certificates of marital status (single status certificates) are needed for marrying in Georgia or abroad; certificates of residence and proof of address are requested by banks and tax authorities. Georgian versions come from the Public Service Hall and are translated into English with an apostille; English versions from US, UK and Australian authorities are translated into Georgian and notarized.

Bank statements, employment letters and proof of income

Residence permit applications, property purchases and Georgian mortgage applications require proof of income, and foreign embassies in Tbilisi ask Georgian applicants for the same when issuing visitor and student visas. Bank statements from HSBC, Barclays, Chase, Bank of America, TD, RBC or Commonwealth Bank are translated into Georgian with every figure checked twice; Georgian statements from TBC, Bank of Georgia and Liberty are translated into English in a layout embassies recognize. Employment letters, payslips, pension statements and tax returns follow the same process. For long statements we translate the header, summary and relevant transactions rather than every line, if the receiving authority permits, which keeps the cost proportionate.

What to send, what to bring and how personal documents are delivered

For the quote, a phone photo is enough as long as every corner of the document, every stamp and the reverse side are visible. For passports and driving licenses that photo is also the working copy, and nothing else is needed. For all other personal documents the notary must see the original, so you bring it to Agmashenebeli 117 when the translation is ready; clients outside Tbilisi courier the original to us or hand it to a relative in the city. Documents issued abroad should arrive already apostilled, because an apostille cannot be added to a foreign document in Georgia.

Delivery is your choice: a scan by email the moment the notary signs, collection at the office, courier to your address in Tbilisi the same day, next-day courier to Batumi, Kutaisi and other cities, or DHL worldwide. Most personal documents are one to three pages, so the whole process from photo to notarized original fits inside a single afternoon. Because names, dates and numbers are the only things a registrar really checks, every personal document is proofread by a second linguist against the original before it goes to the notary.

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