How do you translate a Dominican diploma (título) for WES or USCIS?
WES asks for a word-for-word translation by a professional translator, and USCIS for a full translation with the translator’s signed certification. We translate Dominican diplomas in full: the título, the récord de notas, the MESCYT legalization and the MIREX apostille, every seal and signature included. A título is usually one page: $25, ready within 24 hours after payment.
What MESCYT legalizes
In the Dominican Republic, the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MESCYT) issues official certifications of grades, títulos and academic degrees from the country’s higher education institutions, whether still operating or closed. You ask your university for the documents; it sends them to MESCYT, and after you pay, MESCYT reviews them and issues the certifications (mescyt.gob.do (opens in a new tab)).
The legalization costs RD$200 for Dominican nationals, or RD$100 for UASD graduates. MESCYT’s list of the documents it certifies includes the original título, a copy of the título, a título certification, the récord de notas, the carta de grado, the grade-point index (certificación de índice), the curriculum (pensum) and the grading scale (mescyt.gob.do (opens in a new tab)).
The apostille comes after MESCYT
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MIREX) apostilles university documents only once MESCYT has certified them. School documents need the certification of the Ministry of Education first (MIREX (opens in a new tab)). So an apostilled título has passed through MESCYT before it reached MIREX.
What the translation includes
The translation follows your título line by line: the university, the degree as it is written, your name, the date and the registration numbers. Everything added to it later is translated too: the MESCYT legalization with its signature and seal, and the apostille. A récord de notas keeps every subject with its credits and grade, in the order of the original.
We don’t convert grades and don’t say what the degree equals in the US: that’s the evaluator’s job. Both surnames stay in the order of the título, and your name is spelled as in your passport.
Where the translation goes
- WES: a word-for-word translation by a professional translator; WES turns down handwritten and incomplete translations (wes.org (opens in a new tab)). What WES and ECE accept
- ECE: a word-for-word translation in the same format as the original (ece.org (opens in a new tab)).
- USCIS: a full translation with the translator’s certification (8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) (opens in a new tab)). What USCIS accepts
Our Spanish documents are translated and certified by a native Spanish speaker. Which documents your evaluation needs is up to the evaluator. What to file in your case is for you or your attorney to decide.
Sample translation
The sample has the original, the translation and the signed certificate. Personal details are blurred.
Questions
Do you translate the récord de notas with the índice?
Yes. We translate every subject, credit and grade, and the índice, exactly as the récord shows them, without converting them to a US GPA.
How much does it cost?
A título is usually one page: $25. Each additional page in the same order is $20, so a título, its MESCYT legalization and an apostille are $65. A récord de notas usually takes more than one page.
Do I need a notary or an apostille?
Not for USCIS: it asks for the translator’s signed certification, and it’s included. WES and ECE don’t list a notary among their translation requirements. If your título has the MIREX apostille, we translate it too.
How long does it take?
1–4 documents: within 24 hours after payment; faster, within 12 hours (+$15 a page) or 3 hours (+$30 a page, paid between 8 am and 6 pm Pacific time). For 5 or more, we give you the date with the quote.
How we do it
- Full translation
every stamp, signature and handwritten line
- Signed certificate
with the translator’s name, address and phone
- A PDF, ready to file
original, translation and certificate, translation pages numbered
- Price
$25 for the first page up to 250 words, $20 for each additional page, in the same document or another one.
- Turnaround
1–4 documents: within 24 hours after payment; faster, within 12 hours (+$15 a page) or 3 hours (+$30 a page, paid between 8 am and 6 pm Pacific time). For 5 or more, we give you the date with the quote.
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