Certified Translation Services in Harrisburg, PA
Apostille Authentications prepares certified translations for Harrisburg, Pennsylvania residents from $65 per page, with most finished in 1 to 2 business days. Every translation includes a signed certificate of accuracy. We are based in the Portland, Oregon area and serve Harrisburg remotely, so documents come to us through the online quote form and go back to you electronically or by mail. Below are the Harrisburg offices and rules that matter when a document needs translating.
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Harrisburg is where Pennsylvania apostilles are issued
The Pennsylvania Department of State’s apostille and certification office is in the Capitol Complex: North Office Building, Room 201, 401 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120. For someone in Harrisburg this means the walk-in counter is an option as well as mail. The Department describes walk-in service as first come, first served and says the front doors lock after 3 p.m. Checks, money orders and credit cards are accepted at the counter. Cash is not.
The fee is $15 per document. Mailed requests are listed at two to three weeks, not counting mailing time, and the request form asks for a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Only originals signed and sealed by a Pennsylvania official or a Pennsylvania notary public are authenticated. The Department can be reached at (717) 787-5280.
A translation gets an apostille through the notarization attached to it. When a translation needs to be notarized for Pennsylvania, for example for a Pennsylvania apostille, we hire a notary commissioned in Pennsylvania to notarize the translator’s statement. Pennsylvania’s notary regulations require the translator to verify on oath or affirmation that the translation is accurate and complete, and the notarial certificate must be in English.
Dauphin County record offices
Records that people commonly need translated, or need to pair with a translation for use abroad, come from these offices in downtown Harrisburg.
| Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans’ Court | Marriage licenses and certified copies. Offices at the Administration Building, 2 South 2nd Street, and the Courthouse, 101 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101. The county fee bill lists $10 for a certified copy of a marriage record of 5 pages or less. |
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| Prothonotary | Civil court filings, including divorce and name change records. 101 Market Street, Room 101. Phone (717) 780-6520. |
| Recorder of Deeds | Deeds and miscellaneous documents from 1785 to the present. Courthouse Room 102, 101 Market Street, open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday. Phone (717) 780-6560. |
| Division of Vital Records, Harrisburg public office | State birth and death certificates. Forum Place, 1st Floor, 555 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. A birth certificate is $20. |
Courts in Harrisburg
The Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania’s Twelfth Judicial District, sits at 101 Market Street. Its Language Access Plan says interpreters are provided at no cost to court users and gives interpreterrequest@dauphincounty.gov and (717) 780-6608 as the contact for the language access coordinator. The plan lists the district’s five most requested languages in 2025 as Spanish, Nepali, Arabic (Egyptian colloquial), Haitian Creole and French, and notes that some court forms have been translated into Spanish, Nepali and Arabic.
The plan is about interpreters and the court’s own forms. If you intend to file a document written in another language, ask the court or your attorney what translation it expects before you order.
Federal cases are heard by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania at the Sylvia H. Rambo United States Courthouse, 1501 North 6th Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102.
Immigration filings from Harrisburg
USCIS applies one rule everywhere. Under 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3), a document containing foreign language must be submitted with a full English translation that the translator has certified as complete and accurate, together with the translator’s certification of competence to translate into English. The regulation does not call for notarization. Our certificate of accuracy is drafted around those two statements, though the decision on any filing belongs to USCIS.
Schools and foreign credentials
HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, states that transcripts from schools outside the United States must be evaluated by one of its approved credential evaluators. Widener University Commonwealth Law School, at 3737 Vartan Way, Harrisburg, requires international applicants to submit transcripts through the Law School Admission Council’s Credential Assembly Service, which includes an international credential evaluation.
Evaluators and schools set their own translation requirements, so check what the evaluator asks for before ordering a translation of a diploma or transcript.
Languages spoken in Harrisburg
Census Bureau American Community Survey data published by Census Reporter show a city population of about 50,300, of whom 9.5 percent were born outside the United States. We translate in 100 languages. Spanish, Russian, Hindi, Urdu, Chinese, Vietnamese, Arabic and Czech are requested most. For Nepali, Haitian Creole or any other language, ask us and we will confirm whether we cover it.
How to order from Harrisburg
- Send the document. Upload a PDF, JPEG, PNG or Word file through the quote form. There is no drop-off location in Harrisburg.
- Tell us the destination. USCIS, a Dauphin County office, a school, or a foreign country that needs an apostille.
- Approve the quote. Pricing starts at $65 per page. Most translations are done in 1 to 2 business days.
- Get it back. Delivery is electronic or by mail.
- Reach us. (971) 514-3743, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at our office in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
Related services for Harrisburg
- Pennsylvania document translation services: the statewide rules for courts, notaries, vital records and driver licensing
- Pennsylvania apostille service
- All document translation services
Harrisburg translation questions
The Pennsylvania Department of State issues apostilles at the North Office Building, Room 201, 401 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120. It accepts walk-in and mailed requests and charges $15 per document.
Apostille Authentications charges from $65 per page, and most translations are ready in 1 to 2 business days. The work is done remotely from the Portland, Oregon area and delivered electronically or by mail.
Yes. The Department of State describes walk-in service as first come, first served and says the front doors lock after 3 p.m. It accepts checks, money orders and credit cards but not cash.
The Dauphin County Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans’ Court issues them, online or by mail. The county fee bill lists $10 for a certified copy of 5 pages or less.
Yes. The Twelfth Judicial District’s Language Access Plan says interpreters are provided at no cost to court users, and requests go to interpreterrequest@dauphincounty.gov or (717) 780-6608.
The Department of State authenticates the signature of a Pennsylvania notary, so the translator’s statement has to be notarized by a Pennsylvania notary first. The notarial certificate must be in English.
Sources
The local details on this page come from these official sources.
- Pennsylvania Department of State: Document Certification
- Apostille/Certification Request Form
- Department of State: Notary Regulations Changes
- Dauphin County: Request a Certified Marriage License
- Dauphin County Register of Wills fee bill
- Dauphin County Prothonotary
- Dauphin County Recorder of Deeds
- Vital Records Public Offices
- Dauphin County Language Access Plan
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania: Harrisburg
- 8 CFR 103.2 (eCFR)
- HACC: International Students
- Widener Commonwealth Law: International Students
- Census Reporter: Harrisburg profile (ACS)
Get your Harrisburg translation started
Upload your document for a quote, or call (971) 514-3743 and tell us where the translation is going. We confirm the level of certification you need before any work begins.