Notarized and Certified Uzbek Translation - Uzbek Notaries, Digital Documents and the Georgian Notary

How Uzbekistan certifies translations, and the Georgian notarized translation

Uzbekistan follows the post-Soviet model: there is no register of sworn translators, and a translation acquires official status when a state or private notary certifies the translator's signature, with the translator's qualification on file; a translation made and notarized abroad is a foreign notarial act, which Uzbek authorities accept when it carries an apostille, though FHDYo offices (the civil registry, formerly ZAGS), migration and citizenship departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and many notaries prefer, and sometimes insist on, a translation notarized in Uzbekistan, and courts usually do. The state language law has made Uzbek the expected language of official documents, and while Russian is still widely accepted by notaries and many offices, the education ministry, FHDYo and state bodies increasingly require Uzbek in Latin script. Georgia has the translation notarized by a Georgian notary, who certifies the signature of a translator registered as competent in Uzbek and Russian.

We translate the Georgian original into Uzbek or Russian here, notarize it, apostille the original and, where an Uzbek office prefers local notarization, have the text re-notarized by a partner notary in Tashkent with a local translator's signature, which avoids a second translation. An Uzbek notarized translation is, from Georgia's point of view, a foreign document; for use in Georgia the translation must be notarized here.

Georgian universities and the Ministry of Education: the student's file

The admission file of an Uzbek student is the document set we handle most. Georgian universities require the school certificate (attestat, or the o'rta ma'lumot to'g'risida shahodatnoma of the eleven-year system, or the diploma of an academic lyceum or vocational college) with its transcript, apostilled by the Uzbek Ministry of Preschool and School Education and translated into Georgian and notarized here; the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement recognizes the certificate for enrollment on the basis of the same documents; and universities also ask for the passport translation, the medical certificate (form 086 or its Uzbek equivalent), and for some programs a criminal record certificate and proof of language proficiency. Transfer students bring Uzbek university transcripts and academic certificates. We translate the whole set in a day, keep the transliteration of the student's name consistent from the passport through every document - a mismatch between the Cyrillic attestat, the Latin passport and the translation is the most common reason a file is returned - and advise students arriving without an apostille on what a relative must do in Uzbekistan.

The Public Service Development Agency: student, worker and family residence permits

Every Uzbek student needs a temporary residence permit, renewed for the duration of study, and Uzbek workers and families need theirs; the Public Service Development Agency requires the passport, the university's enrollment certificate or the employment contract and work permit, proof of means, and, for the first application, a criminal record certificate from Uzbekistan - the sudlanmaganlik to'g'risida ma'lumotnoma, obtained through my.gov.uz or the Ministry of Internal Affairs and apostilled - translated here; family members need birth and marriage certificates apostilled and translated. Uzbek graduates who take jobs in Georgia need their Uzbek documents and their Georgian diploma for work permits. We prepare these files in 1-2 hours per document, treat the criminal record certificate as express work because of its validity window, and issue the e-Notary certified version for online submissions.

my.gov.uz documents and how Georgian offices treat them

Uzbekistan's my.gov.uz portal issues a growing list of certificates digitally with a QR code and an electronic signature - the criminal record certificate, certificates of registered address and family composition, marital status certificates, extracts from the business register - and Georgian offices meet these in residence permit and business files. We verify the document through its QR code, translate it, and notarize the translation attached to a printout with a translator's note explaining the electronic form; the apostille for such documents is still, in most cases, obtained on paper from the competent ministry, and we tell you when that is so. Paper documents with wet stamps are handled the classic way.

Georgian documents in Uzbekistan: FHDYo, migration, the education ministry, courts and employers

Georgians living, working or marrying in Uzbekistan, Georgian companies operating there, and Uzbek citizens registering Georgian events at home present apostilled Georgian documents with notarized Uzbek or Russian translations: for marriage at an FHDYo office, the Georgian birth certificate and certificate of marital status; for registration of a Georgian marriage or birth, the Georgian certificate; for a work permit through the Agency for External Labor Migration and temporary residence through the migration department, the diploma, conviction certificate and civil status certificates; for the Ministry of Higher Education's recognition of Georgian diplomas of returning graduates, the diploma, supplement and transcript in Uzbek; for courts and notaries, judgments and notarial documents. We prepare the translations in the language the office prefers, notarize and apostille them, and arrange re-notarization in Tashkent where the office asks.

Certified translation without notarization, and when it is enough

Not every recipient needs the notary. Universities reviewing an application before enrollment, employers, landlords, insurers and online portals accept a certified translation with our agency stamp and translator statement, which is quicker and cheaper. The Public Service Development Agency, the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement, Georgian courts, registries and banks, Uzbek FHDYo offices, the migration department and courts 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. For clients who submit documents online - university portals, the Georgian e-services, my.gov.uz - we issue digitally signed PDFs, and we print, stamp and courier the same file when paper is required.

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