Certified Translation Services for Jersey City, NJ
Jersey City residents can order certified translations from Apostille Authentications at prices starting from $65 per page, with a usual turnaround of 1 to 2 business days. A signed certificate of accuracy is included with each one. The service is remote. Our office is in Lake Oswego, near Portland, Oregon, so you send documents through the online quote form and the completed translation comes back electronically or by mail. Here is how translated documents fit with Jersey City and Hudson County offices.
Upload your document below as a PDF, JPEG, PNG or Word file, or call (971) 514-3743 for a quote.
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A city where half of residents speak another language at home
Census Bureau QuickFacts puts the share of Jersey City residents age 5 and older who speak a language other than English at home at 50.9 percent for 2020 to 2024, and the foreign-born share of the population at 41.7 percent. Statewide, about 34 percent speak another language at home and about 25 percent are foreign born.
The State Department’s list of foreign consular offices in New Jersey shows a consulate of Ecuador in Jersey City. If a translation is going to a consulate, ask it first whether it has its own translator or legalization rules.
City Clerk vital records at City Hall
Jersey City birth, marriage and death records are issued by the Office of the City Clerk, not a separate health department counter.
| Address | 280 Grove Street, Room 118, Jersey City, NJ 07302 |
|---|---|
| Hours | Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; in-person visits require an appointment (201-547-5150) |
| Fee | $25 per copy for birth, marriage and death certificates |
| What is on file | Births in Jersey City after 1949 and deaths in Jersey City after 2000 |
| By mail | State application form, photocopy of valid ID, check or money order and a self-addressed stamped envelope |
| Online | Through VitalChek; online orders cannot be picked up at City Hall |
Ordering a translation from Jersey City
Start with the quote form. Attach each document as a PDF, JPEG, PNG or Word file, name the language pair and tell us who will receive the translation. Once you approve the price we translate the document and deliver it electronically or by mail. Notarization of the translator’s statement is available when the receiving party asks for it.
Our most requested languages are Spanish, Russian, Hindi, Urdu, Chinese, Vietnamese, Arabic and Czech, out of 100 offered. If yours is not on that short list, ask. The office answers (971) 514-3743 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
USCIS, MVC and court requirements
- USCIS. Hudson County is served by the USCIS Newark Field Office at 970 Broad Street, Newark, by appointment. 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) requires a full English translation certified by the translator as complete and accurate, with the translator’s certification of competence.
- Motor Vehicle Commission. The MVC requires a certified translation with any identity document not in English. Its published definition accepts a translation from the issuing government, one signed with a seal by a qualified translator, or one from a competent translator over 18 with a certification listing the translator’s name and contact details, the document and applicant names, and statements of fluency, completeness and accuracy.
- Superior Court, Hudson Vicinage. The Court User Resource Center is in the Hudson County Administration Building, 595 Newark Avenue, Suite 102, Jersey City, NJ 07306, open weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Under the Judiciary’s Language Access Plan the courts supply interpreters at the Judiciary’s cost except in very limited circumstances. Ask the court about written documents before filing.
- Federal court. The nearest U.S. District Court location is the Martin Luther King Building and U.S. Courthouse, 50 Walnut Street, Newark.
Hudson County Clerk and notaries
The Hudson County Clerk is at 257 Cornelison Avenue, 4th Floor, Jersey City, NJ 07302 (201-369-3470). The office handles passports, notary matters, trade names and county identification cards.
A notary’s role with a translation is limited to notarizing the translator’s signed statement. Under New Jersey law a notary who is not an attorney may not use the title of lawyer or an equivalent term in any language, and one who advertises must disclose, in the language of the advertisement, that he or she may not give legal advice about immigration or any other legal matter.
From Jersey City to a New Jersey apostille
New Jersey apostilles are issued only in Trenton, by the Department of the Treasury, Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services. There is no Hudson County counter for them, and Treasury’s instructions do not describe a county clerk step.
You place the order through the state’s online apostille service, then mail the confirmation and documents to PO Box 452, Trenton, NJ 08646 for standard service ($25 per document, 12 to 20 business days) or deliver them to 33 West State Street, 5th Floor, Trenton for expedited service ($40 per document, 8.5 business hours from receipt). A service fee of $2.50 by card or $1.00 by e-check applies.
For vital records, Treasury points applicants to copies from the State Office of Vital Statistics and Registry for events from 1923 forward, so confirm with Treasury before sending a City Clerk copy. For a non-English document, Treasury recommends a notarized English translation and issues two apostilles for two fees. When that notarization is needed, we hire a notary commissioned in New Jersey to notarize the translator’s statement.
Related services for Jersey City
- New Jersey document translation services: the statewide rules for courts, notaries, vital records and driver licensing
- New Jersey apostille service
- All document translation services
Jersey City translation questions
Apostille Authentications charges from $65 per page for certified translation, and most orders are ready in 1 to 2 business days. The work is done remotely from the Portland, Oregon area.
The Office of the City Clerk at 280 Grove Street, Room 118 issues certificates for births in Jersey City after 1949 at $25 per copy. In-person visits require an appointment.
Hudson County, which includes Jersey City, is served by the USCIS Newark Field Office at 970 Broad Street in Newark. Appointments are required.
The New Jersey MVC requires a certified translation with any document not in English. It publishes a definition of certified translation that sets out what the translator’s certification must contain.
No. All New Jersey apostilles are issued in Trenton by the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services, by mail for $25 per document or expedited for $40, plus a service fee.
Yes. The New Jersey Judiciary provides court interpreters and bears the cost except in very limited circumstances, under its Language Access Plan.
Sources
The local details on this page come from these official sources.
- City of Jersey City: Birth, Marriage, Death Records
- Hudson County Clerk
- NJ Courts: Hudson Vicinage Court User Resource Center
- USCIS: Newark Field Office
- 8 CFR 103.2 (eCFR)
- NJ MVC: definition of certified translation
- NJ MVC: 6 Points of ID
- NJ Treasury DORES: Apostilles and Notary Certifications
- NJ online apostille request service
- U.S. State Department: foreign consular offices in New Jersey
- Census QuickFacts: Jersey City
- P.L. 2014, c.48 (notary advertising)
- NJ Judiciary Language Access Plan
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey: Newark
Get your Jersey City 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.