Certified Translation Services in Burlington, Vermont
Apostille Authentications offers certified translation to people in Burlington, Vermont from $65 per page, and most orders are completed in 1 to 2 business days. This page is about Burlington in Chittenden County, Vermont, not the Burlingtons in other states. We are located in Lake Oswego in the Portland, Oregon area and serve Burlington remotely through an online quote form, returning each translation electronically or by mail with a signed certificate of accuracy.
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Translated transcripts for the University of Vermont and Champlain College
Burlington’s two largest campuses publish their own translation rules, and they are not identical.
- UVM undergraduate admission. The university catalogue says international applicants must submit official original transcripts of all secondary and postsecondary education. If documents are not in English, certified translations are required, and the applicant arranges the translation directly.
- UVM Graduate College. Its international applicant page says documents not issued in English must be accompanied by a notarized English translation, and asks for a certified literal, word-for-word English translation alongside the transcript in the original language. It encourages applicants to use a NACES or AICES credential evaluation service.
- UVM transfer credit. Course descriptions and outlines from abroad should be translated into English, and translations must accompany all original documentation.
- Champlain College. Academic submissions should be translated into English. Transfer applicants with university credentials from abroad need them evaluated by an approved evaluation service.
State and federal courts in Burlington
Chittenden County’s state trial courts occupy two downtown buildings, and Vermont’s federal district court is a few blocks away.
| Chittenden Civil Division | 175 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05401, 802-863-3467 |
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| Chittenden Probate Division | 175 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05401, 802-651-1518 |
| Chittenden Criminal Division | 32 Cherry Street, Suite 300, Burlington, VT 05401, 802-651-1950 |
| Chittenden Family Division | 32 Cherry Street, Suite 200, Burlington, VT 05401, 802-651-1709 |
| U.S. District Court, District of Vermont | Room 200, 11 Elmwood Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401, 802-951-6301 |
What the Vermont Judiciary will and will not translate
If you have a hearing in one of the Chittenden divisions, you can ask any Judiciary employee for an interpreter or use the online request form, which is published in 12 languages. The interpreter costs you nothing.
Written documents are a separate matter. Under the Judiciary’s Language Access Operations Manual, the court system translates vital documents that it generates and does not take responsibility for documents produced by other agencies or entities. Check with the clerk of the division handling your case about the translation it expects for a foreign birth certificate, contract or judgment you plan to file.
Burlington vital records and who certifies them
Counties do not issue vital records in Vermont. In Burlington that work belongs to the city’s Clerk/Treasurer’s Office, which, like every Vermont town or city clerk, can issue certified copies of birth, death, marriage and civil union certificates dated January 1, 1909 or later. The Vermont Department of Health sets out the $10 fee per certified copy and limits certified birth and death certificates to family members, legal guardians, certain court-appointed parties and their legal representatives.
Marriage, civil union and divorce records from 2013 and earlier can also be certified by the Vermont State Archives.
Immigration filings from Burlington
The federal translation rule is short. 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) requires that any document containing foreign language submitted to USCIS be accompanied by a full English translation which the translator has certified as complete and accurate, together with the translator’s certification of competence to translate from the foreign language into English.
Our certificate of accuracy is written to that wording. USCIS decides each case itself, and no translator can guarantee how an officer will treat a filing.
Census Reporter’s ACS profile lists Burlington’s population as 44,675 with a median age of 26.8, and 7.1% of residents born abroad. We translate 100 languages. The most requested are Spanish, Russian, Hindi, Urdu, Chinese, Vietnamese, Arabic and Czech; please ask about any language outside that group.
From Burlington to a Vermont apostille
Burlington has no apostille counter. The Vermont Secretary of State handles every request at 1078 U.S. Route 2, Middlesex, Montpelier, VT 05633-7701, and takes them by mail or in person with form VSARA-35 and a $10 fee per document. Payment is by check or money order made out to the Vermont Secretary of State. Completed apostilles go back by USPS First-Class Mail to a U.S. address without a return postage charge.
An apostille on a translation rests on a Vermont notarization. Where that is needed, we hire a notary commissioned in Vermont to notarize the translator’s statement, so the document qualifies as a Vermont notarized document.
Placing an order from Burlington, VT
We do not keep an office or pickup point in Vermont, so the whole order runs online.
- Step 1. Upload a scan or phone photo in PDF, JPEG, PNG or Word format using the quote form.
- Step 2. We send a fixed quote, starting at $65 per page, with a completion date that is usually 1 to 2 business days out.
- Step 3. Let us know if the admissions office or agency wants notarization or a mailed hard copy.
- Step 4. Download the certified translation or wait for the mailed set.
Related services for Burlington
- Vermont document translation services: the statewide rules for courts, notaries, vital records and driver licensing
- Vermont apostille service
- All document translation services
Burlington translation questions
Apostille Authentications provides certified translation for Burlington, Vermont customers remotely from the Portland, Oregon area. Files are uploaded online and translations are returned electronically or by mail.
Certified translation starts at $65 per page. Most documents are ready in 1 to 2 business days.
Yes. UVM’s catalogue requires certified translations when an international applicant’s documents are not in English, and the Graduate College asks for a notarized English translation of documents not issued in English.
The Chittenden Civil and Probate Divisions are at 175 Main Street and the Criminal and Family Divisions are at 32 Cherry Street. The U.S. District Court is at 11 Elmwood Avenue.
No. Vermont apostilles are issued only by the Secretary of State, which receives requests by mail or in person at 1078 U.S. Route 2, Middlesex, for $10 per document.
The Vermont Judiciary provides free interpreters for proceedings and translates vital documents it generates. Its manual says it is not responsible for translating documents generated by other agencies or entities.
Sources
The local details on this page come from these official sources.
- University of Vermont catalogue: international student admissions
- University of Vermont Graduate College: international applicants
- Champlain College: international applicants
- Vermont Judiciary: court locations
- U.S. District Court, District of Vermont: court locations
- Vermont Judiciary: language access, interpreters and translators
- Vermont Judiciary Language Access Operations Manual
- Vermont Department of Health: order vital records
- Vermont State Archives: certified vital records
- City of Burlington: vital record certificates
- 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3), eCFR
- Census Reporter: Burlington, VT profile (ACS)
- Vermont Secretary of State: Apostille or Authentication
- Apostille/Certificate of Authentication Request, form VSARA-35
Get your Burlington 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.