Notarized Persian Translation in Tbilisi - Accepted by Every Georgian Authority

Official Iranian translations versus the Georgian notarized translation

Iranians know the tarjomeh-ye rasmi from a darolttarjomeh licensed by the judiciary, stamped by the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; it is the foundation of the legalization chain and it is required for the Georgian embassy to legalize a document. But it is not, by itself, what Georgian authorities accept. In Georgia the official form is the translation notarized by a Georgian notary, who certifies the signature of a translator registered with that notary as competent in Persian. The Iranian official translation, usually into English, arrives in Tbilisi as part of the legalized bundle, and we translate the Persian original and the whole bundle - Iranian stamps, embassy legalization and all - into Georgian, and the notary certifies it. A client who arrives with only the Iranian official translation and no Georgian notarization will be turned away at the Public Service Hall; a client who arrives with a Georgian notarized translation of an unlegalized document will be turned away too. Both steps are needed, in that order.

Names: from Persian script to Georgian, consistently

Persian script omits short vowels, so the same name can be written Mohammad, Mohammed or Muhammad in Latin and several ways in Georgian, and Iranian passports use one Latin spelling while Iranian official translators may use another. Georgian registrars compare spellings across documents strictly, and a mismatch between a passport translation and a diploma translation is the most common reason an Iranian file is returned. We fix the Georgian spelling of your full name at the first translation, following the Latin form in your passport and Georgian phonetic rules, record it on file together with the Persian original, and use it on every subsequent document. Family names with prefixes and compound names are handled by rule, and where an Iranian official translation has used a different Latin spelling we add a translator's note reconciling them.

Dates: Solar Hijri to Gregorian without error

Every Iranian document is dated by the Solar Hijri calendar, and a shenasnameh, a marriage document or a diploma carries multiple dates that Georgian offices need in Gregorian form: birth dates, issue dates, marriage dates, graduation dates. A conversion error of a day changes a birth date and can invalidate a residence permit application; an error in the year changes a document's validity. We convert every date with the original Hijri date shown in brackets, so a registrar sees both and can verify, and we apply the conversion consistently across all of a client's documents. Where a document uses the Lunar Hijri calendar - some religious marriage documents do - we note the calendar used.

Residence permits, students and the Iranian file

Georgian temporary residence permits for Iranian citizens - study, work, family, investment tied to property, and the labor permit for freelancers - require a notarized Georgian translation of every foreign document in the file. That typically means the passport, the police clearance certificate (legalized), a marriage document or children's shenasnameh entries if family members are included (legalized), a diploma for work-based and study permits (legalized), and bank statements or an employment contract as proof of income. Iranian students at Georgian medical, dental, pharmacy and engineering faculties are the largest single group, and universities accept certified translations with our stamp for the initial application while enrollment and the student residence permit require the legalized and notarized set. We assemble the full set in one order and notarize everything in a single notary session.

Banks: compliance, source of funds and the reality for Iranian clients

Georgian banks apply enhanced due diligence to Iranian clients because of international sanctions, and account opening for Iranian citizens has become difficult and inconsistent between banks. Where a bank is willing to proceed, its compliance department asks for extensive translated documentation: employment contracts, tax records, property sale agreements, business registration documents, explanations of the origin of funds, and sometimes evidence that funds do not derive from sanctioned sectors. We translate these accurately and quickly, certified for compliance review and notarized for account opening, but we cannot promise that a bank will open an account, and we advise clients to confirm a bank's current policy before ordering large translation sets. For business accounts, the official gazette entry, the company charter and the board resolution are translated and notarized.

Georgian documents for Iran, and certified translation without a notary

Georgian documents going to Iran - diplomas of Iranian graduates of Georgian universities, marriage certificates of couples who married in Georgia, birth certificates of children born in Tbilisi, court decisions and company documents - are translated into Persian and notarized here, certified by the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and legalized by the Iranian Embassy in Tbilisi. Iranian authorities then require the legalized document to be officially translated in Iran by a darolttarjomeh, and our Persian translation serves as the basis for that step. The Iranian Ministry of Science's recognition of foreign degrees has its own rules that we follow for Georgian graduates.

Not every recipient needs the notary. Universities for initial applications, employers, landlords, insurers and online platforms often accept a certified translation with our agency stamp, which is quicker and cheaper. Georgian courts, registries, the Public Service Hall and banks do not. Tell us who will receive the document and we recommend the right level; a certified translation can be upgraded to a notarized one later without re-translating, and our e-Notary option produces a PDF with a qualified electronic signature that Georgian registries accept online.

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