Certified translations of personal documents for immigration, residence, and citizenship procedures.

Immigration procedures in Italy require certified translations of personal documents. The requirements vary by procedure: residence permit applications, citizenship applications, family reunification, and work permits each have their own specific document requirements, and the certifications required differ depending on whether the documents are being submitted to the questura, the prefettura, or the comune.

We have handled immigration document translation for people from over thirty countries, which means we have encountered most of the document types and issuing authorities you are likely to have. Documents from countries with unusual formats, unfamiliar scripts, or non-Latin character sets are handled regularly — we are accustomed to the specific challenges of Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Romanian, and Ukrainian source documents in Italian immigration contexts.

All our immigration translations include a signed certification statement. Where a sworn translation is required by the specific procedure (some court-adjacent immigration proceedings require this), we work with a court-registered translator. We advise on which is appropriate for your situation before work begins.

We understand that immigration procedures are often stressful and time-sensitive. We aim to be clear about what we need from you, what we will provide, and how long it will take. If a document has a problem — poor scan quality, a portion that is unclear — we flag it before starting rather than delivering something unusable.

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