Certified Translation Services for Winston-Salem, NC
People in Winston-Salem can order certified translation from Apostille Authentications from $65 per page, and most jobs are completed in 1 to 2 business days. A signed certificate of accuracy is included. We are based in the Portland, Oregon area and serve North Carolina remotely, so you send documents through the online quote form and get the translation back electronically or by mail. The rest of this page covers Forsyth County offices, local universities, the courts and the state apostille process.
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Start by uploading the document through the quote form. PDF, JPEG, PNG and Word files all work, and a phone photo is fine if every stamp and margin note is readable. You get a quote first, then the certified translation by email, with a paper original mailed if you need one.
Spanish, Russian, Hindi, Urdu, Chinese, Vietnamese, Arabic and Czech are the languages requested most often. We translate 100 languages, so ask about others. The office answers at (971) 514-3743 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Forsyth County Register of Deeds and Clerk of Court
Winston-Salem is the Forsyth County seat. The Register of Deeds at 201 North Chestnut Street issues marriage licenses and handles requests for certified birth, death and marriage certificates, including online orders through Permitium. It is open Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with marriage licenses issued until 4:30 p.m. The phone number is 336-703-2700.
The Register of Deeds points out that divorce decrees, estates, judgments, wills and paternity records are held by the Forsyth County Clerk of Court instead. That office is in the Forsyth County Courthouse at 175 N. Chestnut Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, where the clerk’s hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Knowing which office holds the original saves a trip when you need a certified copy to go with a translation for use abroad.
State and federal courts
Forsyth County makes up Superior Court District 31 and District Court District 31. To ask for a spoken foreign language interpreter in a state case, use the request form published by the Judicial Branch’s Office of Language Access Services, which can be reached at (919) 890-1407.
The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina sits in the Hiram H. Ward Federal Building, 251 N. Main Street. The court states that filings are not accepted at the Winston-Salem courthouse and should go to the clerk’s office at 324 W. Market Street in Greensboro.
Wake Forest and Winston-Salem State: transcripts from abroad
Wake Forest University’s undergraduate admissions office asks international applicants for certified transcripts from each secondary school attended and says that, if necessary, transcripts should be translated into English with the originals sealed and attached. Transfer applicants are required to have all official transcripts translated into English.
Winston-Salem State University takes a different approach. Applicants who attended school outside the United States must have their international transcript evaluated by a credential evaluation service, and all post-secondary coursework needs a course-by-course evaluation. The university names SpanTran as its recommended evaluator and lists other accepted services. Ask the evaluator what translation it needs before ordering.
Translations for USCIS
The regulation at 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) requires a full English language translation of any document containing foreign language that is submitted to USCIS. The translator certifies two things: that the translation is complete and accurate, and that the translator is competent to translate from the foreign language into English. Every certified translation we issue includes a certificate with those statements. The decision on any filing rests with USCIS.
From Winston-Salem to a North Carolina apostille
Forsyth County offices do not issue apostilles. The request goes to the Authentications office of the North Carolina Secretary of State in Raleigh.
- Step 1. Get the right original. A certified copy from the Register of Deeds, the Clerk of Superior Court or NC Vital Records can go as is. Other documents are signed before a North Carolina notary, and school records must be notarized by a North Carolina notary.
- Step 2. If the document is not in English, the office tells you to obtain a certified or notarized translation. When the translation must be notarized for North Carolina, we hire a notary commissioned in North Carolina to notarize the translator’s statement.
- Step 3. Add a cover letter, $10.00 per document by check or money order payable to North Carolina Secretary of State, and a prepaid return envelope or carrier label.
- Step 4. Mail to P.O. Box 29622, Raleigh, NC 27626-0622, or hand deliver to 2 South Salisbury Street, Raleigh, on a weekday between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. No appointment is required, and mailed documents generally take five business days longer.
State-issued copies as an alternative
If the event took place in another North Carolina county, NC Vital Records in Raleigh also issues certified copies. Its published charge is a $24 search fee that includes one certificate, and the fee is not refunded if no record is found. The state office notes that divorce certificates come from the Clerk of Court in the county where the divorce was filed.
Related services for Winston-Salem
- North Carolina document translation services: the statewide rules for courts, notaries, vital records and driver licensing
- North Carolina apostille service
- All document translation services
Winston-Salem translation questions
Apostille Authentications translates documents for Winston-Salem customers remotely from the Portland, Oregon area. You upload the file online and receive a certified translation with a signed certificate of accuracy.
Translation starts at $65 per page, with most documents ready in 1 to 2 business days.
The Forsyth County Register of Deeds at 201 North Chestnut Street issues marriage licenses and certified copies of birth, death and marriage certificates. It is open weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The Forsyth County Register of Deeds says divorce decrees are held by the Forsyth County Clerk of Court, not the Register of Deeds. The courthouse is at 175 N. Chestnut Street.
No local office issues them. Apostilles for North Carolina documents come from the Secretary of State in Raleigh for $10.00 per document, by mail or walk-in.
Wake Forest’s undergraduate admissions office says transcripts should be translated into English if necessary, with the originals sealed and attached, and that transfer applicants must have all official transcripts translated into English.
Sources
The local details on this page come from these official sources.
- NC Secretary of State, Authentications
- NC Secretary of State, process for obtaining authentication certificates
- NC Secretary of State, turn around times
- 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3), eCFR
- NC Vital Records, ordering certificates
- NC Judicial Branch, Office of Language Access Services
- Forsyth County Register of Deeds
- NC Judicial Branch, Forsyth County Courthouse
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of NC, Winston-Salem
- Wake Forest University, international applicants
- Winston-Salem State University, international applicants
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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.