Has an office asked for your birth certificate in English, with a notary seal? We can help. Our notarised birth certificate translation turns a birth record from any country into clear English. A trained translator writes the English version. Then a Notary Public registered with the Singapore Academy of Law (SAL) signs and seals it.
A birth certificate is often the first paper an office asks for. It shows who you are, when you were born and who your parents are. So one small mistake in a name or a date can slow down a whole application. We go line by line, so the English says exactly what the original says.
We work with birth records in more than 200 languages. Most jobs are ready in 2 to 3 working days. If you are in a hurry, ask for our 24-hour express service.
You get a soft copy by email first, so you can check it. Then we courier the hard copy to you in Singapore, or you can collect it at Suntec Tower One. Send us a photo of your birth certificate for a free quote before you pay.
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Stamps and Seals Described
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Any Country, Any Language
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Many offices want to see your birth record before they say yes. If yours is not in English, they will want your birth certificate translated and notarised. For PR and citizenship, ICA lists a notarised translation as one of the ways it accepts. You can read more on our page about notarised papers for an ICA application.
ICA uses your birth certificate to check your name, age and parents. Tip: if the name on your birth certificate is spelled differently from your passport, tell us early.
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Parents who register a child's citizenship by descent show the overseas birth certificate. Tip: ICA has time limits for this, so order the translation as soon as you get the birth record.
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MOM asks for a child's birth certificate that shows the parents' names. For papers not in English, MOM asks you to upload the original and the English version together as one file.
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Schools, and ICA for a Student's Pass, may ask for the child's birth record. Tip: ask the school if it wants a notary seal, as some only need a clear translation.
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Moving overseas or applying for a foreign passport? The other country may want your Singapore birth certificate in its own language, plus an apostille. Tip: ask that office which language and stamps it needs.
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Lawyers may need your birth record to prove family ties, for example in an estate case. Tip: ask your lawyer if the court wants the full page or only some parts.
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Not sure which office will read it? Tell us what your letter or checklist says, and we will tell you which kind of translation fits.
Ask Us Which One You NeedBirth records look very different from country to country. Some are one short card. Others are long family books. As a notary translation company in Singapore, we have seen most of them. Here are some we often turn into a notary public translation of a birth certificate.
Made by the civil registry; we keep the record number and the registrar's name exactly.
Made by the hospital; we translate the hospital stamp and the serial number too.
The birth sits inside the family register, so we translate every entry on the pages you send.
Often in Malay with some English; we translate the Malay parts and any notes on the back.
We keep Vietnamese names with the right accents and match them to the passport spelling.
Made by the district office; we translate the district stamp and the parents' ID numbers.
Often in Hindi, Tamil or another state language next to English; we translate the parts not in English.
Korean birth details sit in this family record; we translate it in the same layout.
French birth records may carry notes in the margin; we translate those notes too.
An office reads a birth record to check a few key facts. If any of these is wrong in English, the paper may come back to you. So in every birth certificate translation with a notary seal, we check these parts twice.
We spell it the way the passport does, and add a short note if the original spells it another way.
We write dates in a clear day, month and year order, so nobody mixes them up.
We keep the hospital, town and province names in the same order as the original.
We check the parents' names against any passport copies you send us.
Every number and letter in the record number is copied exactly.
We describe each stamp in brackets, such as [Round seal of the Civil Registry Office].
A Notary Public confirms the translation and the translator's statement. The notary does not check if your original birth certificate is real. Each office sets its own rules, so please check your own checklist.
Getting a notarised English version of your birth record takes four short steps, and you can do most of it from your phone. If the notary seal later needs SAL's stamp too, see our page on notarised translation for the SAL step.
Hire Notarized TranslatorTake a clear photo or scan of the whole birth certificate, front and back. Make sure all four corners show and nothing is cut off. Upload it with our order form. Tell us which office will read it, such as ICA, MOM or a school. If you have a passport copy, add it too, so we can match the spelling of every name.
We look at your birth certificate and reply with a free quote. We also tell you how long it will take. If anything is unclear, like a faded stamp or a missing page, we ask you now and not later. When you are happy, you pay online by Visa, Mastercard, PayNow or PayLah, and we start the work.
A trained translator writes the English version word by word. A second person checks the names, dates and numbers against the original. Then we send you the names to confirm. After that, a SAL-registered Notary Public signs and seals the translation. Most birth certificates are done in 2 to 3 working days, or in 24 hours with express.
We email you a soft copy first, so you can look it over and upload it if your office allows. Then we courier the hard copy to your door in Singapore. You can also collect it from our office at Suntec Tower One. If the office later asks for a change to our translation, we fix it for free.
Get Your Birth Certificate Translated
We have translators for more than 200 languages. Many of our birth records come in Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese, Malay, Tamil, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese and Korean. We also get French, Spanish, Russian and Arabic ones. Each notarized translation of birth papers is done by someone who knows how that country writes names and dates.
Some languages need extra care. Chinese names can be written in more than one way in English. Thai papers often use the Buddhist calendar year. Arabic is read from right to left. If your birth record is for a work or family pass, our team also prepares translations notarised for MOM passes.
Malay
Bahasa Melayu
Indonesian
Bahasa Indonesia
Tamil
தமிழ்
Vietnamese
Tiếng Việt
Chinese (Simplified)
简体中文
French
Français
Hindi
हिन्दी
Chinese (Traditional)
繁體中文
Spanish
Español
Japanese
日本語
Thai
ภาษาไทย
German
Deutsch
Russian
Русский
Dutch
Nederlands
Czech
Čeština
Greek
Ελληνικά
Sinhala
සිංහල
Portuguese
Português
Arabic
العربية
Burmese
မြန်မာ
Korean
한국어
Italian
Italiano
Danish
Dansk
Khmer
ខ្មែរ
Hebrew
עברית
Norwegian
Norsk
Bengali
বাংলা
Romanian
Română
Persian
فارسی
Turkish
Türkçe
Tagalog
Wikang Tagalog
Urdu
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Don't see your language? We translate 200+ languages, including rare and regional ones.
When we finish translating and notarising your birth certificate, you get one neat set. The pages are kept together under the notary's seal, so no page can go missing.
Keep this set safe, as many offices want to see the hard copy. If the paper will be used in another country, it may also need an apostille for papers used abroad.
A full, word-for-word English version of your birth certificate, laid out like the original.
A page signed and sealed by a SAL-registered Notary Public.
A copy of your birth certificate joined to the translation, so readers can compare.
A PDF scan of the full set, handy for online forms.
If ICA, MOM or another office asks for a change to our translation, we correct it at no cost.
These sample pages show how a notary-sealed birth record translation looks. Personal details are hidden.
Real words from parents and applicants who sent us their birth records.
Every birth record job teaches us something. These stories show how we plan a notary birth certificate translation before any seal goes on.
A client asked for every stamp possible. A few simple questions showed the paper was staying in Singapore, so a notarised translation was enough.
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We first checked which copy the reader would accept. Then we copied the layout and marked unclear parts before the notary signed.
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A 22-page pack, including the koseki, was split into five notarised sets. One name spelling was used on every page.
Read Full Case StudySend us a photo of your birth record today. We will reply with a free quote and a clear time frame for your birth certificate notarized translation. Most sets are ready in 2 to 3 working days.
