Translation of the documents

The Consulate General of the Arab Republic of Egypt in San Francisco extends its compliments and presents the following instructions to translate documents from Arabic into English and from English into Arabic:

1. The original document must be submitted to the consulate to be translated; the copy of the original document is not accepted.

2. In order to Translate a document, this document has to also be authenticated by the consulate.

2. To consulate translate the following Egyptian or American documents:

q Egyptian and American Birth and death certificates. In case of death certificate, the Egyptian passport of the decedent should be submitted to the consulate for cancelation then to be returned to the decedent's family.

q Egyptian and American Marriage Certificate. 

     Egyptian divorce certificate.  The consulate dosen't translate the  American Courts dissolution orders.

q Egyptian Driver’s license.

q Egyptian Criminal record.

3. The applicant must translate other documents by himself and send it with the original document to the consulate to be legalized.

4. Fees for Translation and authentication of a document is $50 ($25 translation +$25 authentication)  and must be submitted as a money order or cashier check payable to Egyptian consulate (personal checks are not accepted).

5. For mail, please enclose self-addressed prepaid express mail envelope to send the authenticated original document and its translation.  The consulate will not be responsible of any other kind of mail the applicant may send.