Marriage Certificate Translation London

No. Send a scan or photo of the certificate by WhatsApp, email or the form on this page and we return the certified translation as a PDF, with a hard copy posted on request. The service works the same way for every London borough. Our registered office is at Office 17690, 182-184 High Street North, East Ham, London E6 2JA.

Our certified translations are prepared to the format set out in the Home Office's Appendix FM-SE: dated, with a confirmation of accuracy, the translator's full name and signature, and contact details. For leave to remain and indefinite leave to remain applications we also include the translator's credentials. No translation company can guarantee an outcome, because the Home Office decides each application on all of its evidence, so always check the current guidance for your route.

Marriage certificate translation costs £25 per page with standard delivery in 3–5 working days, £45 per page for express delivery within 24 hours, and £65 per page for same-day delivery. Our marriage certificate translation London rates are the same wherever you live in London. Most certificates are a single page; booklet-style certificates are charged per page. Notarisation and apostille are quoted separately, and you receive a fixed quote before you order.

Standard delivery is 3–5 working days, express is within 24 hours and same-day is available for urgent deadlines. The clock starts once we have a legible scan or photo of the certificate and you have confirmed the quote.

No. We translate from a clear scan or photo, so your original stays with you. Home Office applications ask for the original-language document to be submitted alongside the translation, so keep your original safe and submit it as the authority instructs.

It is not a safe choice. The Home Office asks for a certified translation of any document that is not in English or Welsh, and the translation must carry the translator's confirmation of accuracy and their details. For leave to remain and indefinite leave to remain it must also show the translator's credentials. A professional translation avoids delays caused by a missing detail.

For Home Office family applications the translation rules focus on the translator's confirmation of accuracy, the date, the translator's name and signature and their contact details, rather than on notarisation. Other bodies, particularly foreign authorities and embassies, may ask for a notary or an apostille, so check with whoever will receive the document. We can arrange notarisation on request, quoted separately.

An apostille is issued by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, not by a translator. The standard paper-based service costs £45 per document plus postage and usually takes up to 25 working days. The £35 e-Apostille cannot be used for marriage certificates or other General Register Office documents, and the faster paper-based services listed on GOV.UK are for registered businesses only. We can arrange notarisation and apostille on request, so ask before you order and allow plenty of time.

We translate marriage certificates from most languages into English, including Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Hindi, Chinese, Polish, Romanian, Russian, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Farsi and Kurdish. If your language is not listed, send us a scan and we will confirm before you pay.

Yes. We translate UK marriage certificates into the language of the country where you need them, and can arrange notarisation or an apostille on request. Check the order of steps with the receiving authority, because some ask for the apostille before the translation and others after.

We keep names in the spelling shown on your passport when you send us a copy, translate every stamp, seal, handwritten entry and margin note, and mark anything unreadable as illegible instead of guessing. Where a certificate uses a non-Gregorian date, such as a Hijri date, we give the date as written and add the Gregorian equivalent in a translator's note.

Yes. Most people applying for a visa, citizenship or a passport need several documents translated together, such as birth certificates, divorce decrees, ID cards and bank statements. Send everything in one go and we will give you a single itemised quote. See our document translation services for the full list.

Yes. Your documents are handled under UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, used only for your translation, and a non-disclosure agreement is available on request.

Send a scan or photo of the certificate by WhatsApp, email or the form on this page, and tell us what the translation is for. We aim to confirm a fixed quote and delivery date within 30 minutes during opening hours.