How do you translate a Ukrainian civil registry extract for USCIS?

Q: 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.

Checked October 24, 2026, based on kmu.gov.ua (opens in a new tab)

An extract from Ukraine’s State Register of Civil Status Acts (vytiah) confirms a birth, marriage, divorce, name change or death from the electronic register, and it can show details that the certificate doesn’t. We translate a Ukrainian civil registry extract in full: the extract number and the time it was generated, the request details, every field of the record, later changes, the seal and the signature. USCIS asks for that full translation with the translator’s signed certification. A one-⁠page extract is $25, ready within 24 hours after payment.

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What the extract is

The State Register of Civil Status Acts is Ukraine’s electronic register of births, marriages, divorces, name changes and deaths. The civil registry offices (DRATsS) keep it, and it also records every change to an entry and every certificate or extract issued from it (Ministry of Justice (opens in a new tab)).

An extract comes in two forms: one with selected details of a record, or a full extract with all of them. Both forms include later changes to the record, and either can state that no such record exists. The Ministry adds that an extract shows details missing from the certificate and is used for inheritance, proof of kinship and name changes (Ministry of Justice (opens in a new tab)).

Anyone 16 or older can request an extract about themselves and their relatives at any civil registry office, wherever they live and wherever the event was registered, at a center for administrative services or online in Diia (Ministry of Justice (opens in a new tab)). From abroad, requests go through a Ukrainian consulate or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Diia (opens in a new tab)).

When an extract stands in for a certificate

A marriage that has ended. Ukraine doesn’t re-⁠issue a marriage certificate after a divorce. An extract on the marriage confirms the dates of marriage and divorce and the surnames before the marriage and after the divorce (U.S. Department of State (opens in a new tab)).
A divorce by court after July 27, 2010. The civil registry makes no divorce record then. Diia points to an extract on the marriage to confirm the premarital surname, or to a copy of the decision from the district court (Diia (opens in a new tab)). Court decisions
An adoption. Ukraine has no adoption certificate; the Department of State lists the court decree on adoption or an extract from the register instead (U.S. Department of State (opens in a new tab)).
A record over 75 years old. Diia sends you to the state archive of the oblast (Diia (opens in a new tab)). Archive certificates

Our sample is an extract on a marriage, issued to confirm the wife’s premarital surname.

Names in the extract

The extract repeats names the way the register holds them, with patronymics. In the translation they follow your passport. Where no passport spelling exists, as for a parent, we use Ukraine’s official transliteration (Resolution No. 55 of 2010 (opens in a new tab)).

Where the translation goes

USCIS: the translation and certification filed with a copy of the extract (8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) (opens in a new tab)). What USCIS accepts
NVC and US consulates: the Department of State doesn’t ask for a translation of an extract in Ukrainian if you are applying for your visa in Ukraine. What NVC accepts
Immigration court: a typed certification with the translator’s address and phone. What the court accepts

Our Ukrainian documents are translated and certified by a native Ukrainian speaker. What to file in your case is for you or your attorney to decide.

Sample translations

6 samples

Each sample has the original, the translation and the signed certificate. Personal details are blurred.

Questions

Can I get an extract about my spouse?

Not in Ukraine: Diia explains that spouses have family ties, not kinship ties, so an extract is issued only about yourself and your relatives. Your spouse requests their own, and we translate it in the same order.

How much does it cost?

An extract is priced by the page: $25 for the first page and $20 for each additional page in the same order, so a two-⁠page extract and a certificate are $65.

Do I need a notary or an apostille?

Not for USCIS: it asks for the translator’s signed certification, and it’s included. If your extract carries an apostille, we translate the apostille as well.

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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