Certified Translation Services for Memphis, Tennessee
For Memphis, Apostille Authentications offers certified translation starting at $65 per page, with most documents returned in 1 to 2 business days. The work is done remotely from our office in Lake Oswego, in the Portland, Oregon area, so there is nothing to drop off: you send a scan through the quote form and get the translation back electronically or in the mail. A signed certificate of accuracy comes with each translation, and notarization of the translator’s statement is available.
Upload your document below as a PDF, JPEG, PNG or Word file, or call (971) 514-3743 for a quote.
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Shelby County records you may need before translating
Translators work from the document you will actually file, so start by getting the right certified copy. In Memphis these come from Shelby County offices.
| Shelby County Office of Vital Records | 814 Jefferson Avenue, Room 101, Memphis, TN 38105. Open Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Issues birth certificates for births after 1924 and death certificates for deaths after 1955. Order in person, by mail or online through a vendor that adds processing fees. Valid government-issued identification is required. |
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| Shelby County Clerk, Downtown | 150 Washington Ave, Memphis, TN 38103. Marriage licenses and notary public matters. Deaths before 1955 are available through the County Clerk’s Office. |
| Shelby County Clerk, East | 1075 Mullins Station Rd, Room W-103, Memphis, TN 38134. |
| State alternative | The Tennessee Office of Vital Records in Nashville issues certified birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates for $15.00 each, and any county health department can issue birth and death certificates registered statewide. |
From Memphis to a Tennessee apostille
Tennessee apostilles are issued only in Nashville, by the Secretary of State’s Office of Authentications at 312 Rosa L. Parks Ave, 6th Floor, Nashville, TN 37243. From Memphis the usual choice is mail, addressed to the Business Services Division, ATTN: ATS Section. If you want the documents back by express service, the office asks for a prepaid label showing your own name as both sender and recipient. In-person service is offered on weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Central Time for anyone who makes the trip.
There is a local step first. The Secretary of State’s guide says a notarized document must go to the County Clerk where the notary was commissioned for signature certification. For a notary commissioned in Shelby County that is the Shelby County Clerk, whose notary page lists apostille certifications at $5. Then complete request form SS-4504 and include the state fee, which the Tennessee Office of Vital Records gives as $2.00 per document.
When a translation has to be notarized for Tennessee, for example ahead of a Tennessee apostille, we hire a notary commissioned in Tennessee to notarize the translator’s statement. We can also assist with the apostille request, and the receiving country decides whether the original, the translation or both need one.
Courts in Memphis
Shelby County Circuit Court is a court of general jurisdiction with nine divisions; its caseload includes divorces, contract disputes, personal injury claims and name changes. Chancery Court sits in the Shelby County Courthouse and hears divorces and other family law matters among its civil cases. The General Sessions Court Clerk has a Civil Division at 140 Adams Avenue, Room 106, Memphis, TN 38103 and a Criminal Division at 201 Poplar, Suite LL-81, Memphis, TN 38103.
The federal trial court is the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, in the Odell Horton Federal Building at 167 North Main Street, Memphis, TN 38103.
The court pages we read do not set a format for translated documents. Before filing a foreign-language record, ask the clerk for the division hearing your case what it expects.
USCIS paperwork for Memphis applicants
The translation standard is federal: 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) calls for a full English translation certified by the translator as complete and accurate, with a certification that the translator is competent to translate from the foreign language into English. Each of our translations includes that signed statement. Visits to a USCIS field office are by appointment only, and USCIS tells applicants to rely on the address shown on their interview or appointment notice.
University of Memphis and foreign credentials
The University of Memphis requires all international undergraduate applicants transferring from a school abroad to complete a credential evaluation. It accepts course by course evaluations only from agencies that belong to NACES or AICE, and nursing transfers need a CGFNS evaluation. Course descriptions or syllabi for each class must also go to your academic advisor.
Its Graduate School does not require a credential evaluation, though a program may request one later in its review. Evaluation agencies set their own translation rules, so check with the agency you choose before ordering a translation of your transcript or syllabi.
Languages in Memphis and Shelby County
Memphis had 610,936 residents in the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey 2024 one-year estimates, as published by Census Reporter, and 7.7 percent were born outside the United States. Shelby County’s Language Access program says more than 68 languages are spoken in the county and names Spanish, Swahili and Arabic as priorities for its own translation work.
Our translators cover 100 languages, with Spanish, Russian, Hindi, Urdu, Chinese, Vietnamese, Arabic and Czech ordered most. Swahili and other languages outside that list are worth a quick question before you order.
How Memphis customers order
- 1. Upload. Use the quote form to send a PDF, JPEG, PNG or Word file of each page, front and back where there are stamps.
- 2. Confirm. You receive a price, from $65 per page, and a completion date, typically 1 to 2 business days out.
- 3. Delivery. We email the certified translation and can mail a paper original.
- 4. Contact. (971) 514-3743, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Our only office is at 5 Centerpointe Drive, Suite 400, Lake Oswego, OR 97035; we do not have a Memphis location.
Related services for Memphis
- Tennessee document translation services: the statewide rules for courts, notaries, vital records and driver licensing
- Tennessee apostille service
- All document translation services
Memphis translation questions
Apostille Authentications serves Memphis remotely from the Portland, Oregon area. Documents are uploaded online and returned with a signed certificate of accuracy by email or mail.
Prices start at $65 per page, and most translations are completed in 1 to 2 business days.
No. Tennessee apostilles are issued by the Secretary of State in Nashville, at 312 Rosa L. Parks Ave, 6th Floor. Memphis residents can mail documents there or go in person.
The Secretary of State requires notarized documents to be certified by the County Clerk where the notary was commissioned. The Shelby County Clerk’s notary page lists apostille certifications at $5.
The Shelby County Office of Vital Records at 814 Jefferson Avenue, Room 101, Memphis, TN 38105 issues birth certificates for births after 1924. It is open weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
International undergraduate transfers from a school abroad must complete a course by course credential evaluation from a NACES or AICE member agency. The Graduate School does not require an evaluation, but a program may ask for one.
Sources
The local details on this page come from these official sources.
- Tennessee Secretary of State: Apostille and Authentication Guide
- Tennessee Office of Vital Records: apostille on a certificate
- Tennessee Office of Vital Records: fees
- Tennessee Office of Vital Records: how to get a certificate
- Shelby County Clerk: Notary Public
- Shelby County Health Department: Office of Vital Records
- Shelby County Circuit Court
- Shelby County Chancery Court
- Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee: Memphis
- 8 CFR 103.2 (eCFR)
- USCIS: field offices
- University of Memphis: international admission requirements
- University of Memphis: graduate admission procedures
- Shelby County: Language Access
- Census Reporter: Memphis profile (ACS 2024)
Get your Memphis 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.