Checklist · Immigration & Migration Law
Immigration translation check (United States)
A check that every foreign-language document in a USCIS file has a full English translation and a translator's certificate of accuracy and competence.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- United States
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the 2 authorities it cites, for United States.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use before a USCIS filing or an RFE response that includes a document in another language. Do not use it to certify a translation, and do not use a summary as the translation.
Used for these tasks
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
A tool may list foreign-language documents in the file and report which ones have no companion translation.
AI may
- Pair each foreign-language file with the English file the lawyer has stored beside it
- Quote the certificate's words if a certificate is already in the file
- Flag a document that is described as a summary
AI must not
- Must not certify that a translation is accurate
- Must not create the certificate
- Must not accept a summary as the translation
- Must not translate the legal conclusion in the covering letter
The lawyer checks
- Each foreign-language document is paired with a full English translation or is held back
- The certificate tracks 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3): complete, accurate, and the translator is competent in that language
- A summary is not filed as the translation
- The translator's name on the certificate matches the person who signed it
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
Read the full text
The full text is available after you log in. It is free. When you log in you can:
- read the whole precedent, with its drafting notes beside it;
- copy it, or download it as a Word file or Markdown;
- add it to your firm’s knowledge base, so colleagues can find it;
- let the AI tools you connect read it from that knowledge base.
The summary, the law it rests on and the AI-use guidance above stay public. Privacy.
More in Immigration & Migration Law
- Form 1022 Notification of changes in circumstances (Migration Act s 104): when to notify and how to complete it
- Form 956: appointment of a registered migration agent, legal practitioner or exempt person (completion guide)
- Form 80: personal particulars for character assessment
- Employer nomination pack: labour market testing and Core Skills evidence
- Form I-130 petition for an alien relative
- USCIS Form I-864 affidavit of support
- Immigration intake and document checklist (United States)
- Application to the Administrative Review Tribunal for review of a migration decision (forms M1, M2, R1): guide
- Form 956A Appointment or withdrawal of an authorised recipient: when to use it instead of Form 956
- Form 1229: consent to grant a visa to a child under 18
- Partner visa relationship evidence index (spouse and de facto)
- USCIS Form I-131 travel document, parole and arrival/departure record
- Form I-485 application to register permanent residence or adjust status
- RFE response index (United States)
- Appointment of representative or authorised recipient in an ART immigration review (Form MR5): guide
- Notification of incorrect answer(s) (Home Affairs form 1023)
- Points test worksheet for a Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)
- Response to an invitation to comment on adverse information (Migration Act s 57)
- USCIS Form I-751 petition to remove conditions on residence
- Form I-765 application for employment authorization
- Form 1563: statement of character
- Representations on a character notice under section 501 or a revocation request under section 501CA (Direction no. 123)
- Standard business sponsor obligations compliance record
- Form I-129 petition for a nonimmigrant worker
- USCIS Form I-90 application to replace a permanent resident card
- Immigration status chronology (United States)
- Client services agreement and costs disclosure for immigration assistance (with AI-use clause)
- Form 1399: declaration of service
- Genuine Student evidence checklist for a student visa
- Form N-400 application for naturalization
- Client notice: AI translation and AI-drafted statements in visa applications
All precedents for Immigration & Migration Law · Tasks and AI use in this area