Certified Translation Services in Rochester, Minnesota
Apostille Authentications provides certified translation for people in Rochester, Minnesota, from $65 per page, with most orders ready in 1 to 2 business days. Each translation comes with a signed certificate of accuracy. We are based in the Portland, Oregon area and have no office in Olmsted County: you upload your document through the quote form and we return the translation electronically or by mail. This page covers Rochester in Minnesota, not Rochester, New York.
Upload your document below as a PDF, JPEG, PNG or Word file, or call (971) 514-3743 for a quote.
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Olmsted County offices that issue the records people translate
Most Rochester records that end up needing translation, or that need a translation attached to them, start at one building: the Olmsted County Government Center.
| Vital Records and Licensing | Olmsted County Government Center, 151 4th Street SE, Rochester, MN 55904 |
|---|---|
| Certified birth certificate | $26, additional copies $19 each |
| Marriage license | $125, or $50 with a signed, notarized premarital education statement |
| Certified marriage certificate | $9 per certificate |
| Card payments in the office | 2.15% convenience fee |
| Mail requests for birth certificates | Notarized application; the county says to allow one week |
Courts that serve Rochester
Olmsted County District Court sits in the same Government Center at 151 Fourth Street SE. It is part of the Third Judicial District and hears civil, family, probate, juvenile, criminal and traffic cases filed in the county. If you are filing a foreign divorce decree, custody order or birth record in a family or probate case, ask court administration what form of translation the judge expects before you order.
The Minnesota Judicial Branch runs a statewide Court Interpreter Program. Parties and witnesses who speak limited English have a right to a court-appointed interpreter at no cost, requested through court administration at the courthouse where the hearing is set. That program covers spoken interpreting in proceedings; its public page does not offer translation of your documents.
Federal cases from Rochester go to the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, which lists courthouses in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth and Fergus Falls. There is no federal courthouse in Rochester.
Colleges in Rochester and foreign transcripts
- University of Minnesota Rochester. 111 South Broadway, Suite 300. International post-secondary transcripts must be evaluated by a NACES member agency. The admissions page notes that its recommended evaluators sell translation as an add-on at extra cost.
- Rochester Community and Technical College. 851 30th Ave SE. Secondary school transcripts must be submitted in English with the graduation date visible, and transcripts from outside the U.S. need a course-by-course evaluation, with translation when necessary, from a NACES member such as WES or ECE.
Language facts for Rochester
Census Bureau QuickFacts (2020-2024 American Community Survey) reports that 17.4% of Rochester residents age 5 and older speak a language other than English at home and that 13.3% of residents were born outside the United States. The city’s July 1, 2025 population estimate is 124,292.
Olmsted County’s own website relies on automated Google translation and warns that PDFs and images are not translated and that machine output can contain errors. For interpreter or translation help with county business it tells residents to contact the department involved.
What USCIS and Minnesota notaries require
Federal regulation 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) says any foreign-language document sent to USCIS must come with a full English translation that the translator has certified as complete and accurate, along with the translator’s certification of competence to translate into English. Our certificate of accuracy is written to cover both statements. We cannot promise that any agency will accept a particular filing.
Minnesota Statutes section 358.72 bars notaries who are not attorneys from giving legal or immigration advice and from using the terms ‘notario’ or ‘notario publico’. A notary’s stamp on a translator’s statement confirms the signature, not the quality of the translation.
How to order from Rochester
Send a scan or clear phone photo of every page through the quote form as a PDF, JPEG, PNG or Word file. We confirm the price and delivery date, translate, and send the certified translation by email, with a mailed paper copy if you need one. We work in 100 languages. The most requested are Spanish, Russian, Hindi, Urdu, Chinese, Vietnamese, Arabic and Czech; ask us about any other language. Phone (971) 514-3743, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Getting a Minnesota apostille from Rochester
Apostilles for Minnesota documents come only from the Secretary of State in Saint Paul, not from Olmsted County. The fee is $5.00 per apostille. From Rochester you can mail the document, the Authentication Request Form and a check or money order payable to MN Secretary of State to First National Bank Building, 332 Minnesota Street, Suite N201, Saint Paul, MN 55101, or book an in-person appointment at that address. The office does not take walk-ins, releases appointments fourteen days ahead and limits each one to 10 documents. It offers no expedited processing.
Birth, death and marriage records must be certified copies from the Minnesota Department of Health or a county. For a notarized document, the Secretary of State requires the notarization itself to be in English, while the rest of the document may be in another language. When a translation has to be notarized for a Minnesota apostille, we hire a notary commissioned in Minnesota to notarize the translator’s statement. We can also help you with the apostille request.
Related services for Rochester
- Minnesota document translation services: the statewide rules for courts, notaries, vital records and driver licensing
- Minnesota apostille service
- All document translation services
Rochester translation questions
Apostille Authentications serves Rochester, Minnesota remotely from the Portland, Oregon area. You upload the document online and receive a certified translation with a signed certificate of accuracy by email or mail.
Translation starts at $65 per page, and most orders are ready in 1 to 2 business days. You get an exact quote after uploading the document.
Olmsted County Vital Records and Licensing at 151 4th Street SE issues certified birth certificates for $26. The apostille itself is issued by the Minnesota Secretary of State in Saint Paul.
No. Minnesota apostilles are issued only by the Secretary of State at 332 Minnesota Street, Suite N201, Saint Paul, by mail or by appointment, for $5.00 each.
RCTC requires transcripts from outside the U.S. to have a course-by-course evaluation, with translation when necessary, from a NACES member such as WES or ECE.
Yes. Minnesota courts appoint an interpreter at no cost for parties and witnesses with limited English. You request one through court administration at 151 Fourth Street SE.
Sources
The local details on this page come from these official sources.
- Minnesota Secretary of State: Apostille and Authentication
- Olmsted County: Birth certificates
- Olmsted County: Marriage license and certificate
- Minnesota Judicial Branch: Olmsted County District Court
- Minnesota Judicial Branch: Court Interpreter Program
- U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota: locations
- University of Minnesota Rochester: international admissions
- RCTC: International student admission
- U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Rochester city, Minnesota
- Olmsted County: Accessibility and Translation
- 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3)
- Minnesota Statutes 358.72
Get your Rochester 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.