Congolese Birth Attestation Translation (Attestation de Naissance, DRC)

How it works

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Snap it with your phone or upload a scan. JPG, PNG or WebP — one page per file.

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Pay $19.95 per page

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Confirm names & dates

You confirm the spelling of names and key dates — the details only you know for certain.

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Download your certified PDF

Translation + signed certification page + copy of the original, usually in under 10 minutes.

What is on a DRC attestation de naissance, field by field

The attestation de naissance is issued by a commune or mayor’s office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, signed by the Officier de l’État Civil. It is a declaration by that officer, and its structure follows Congolese administrative geography. The fields below are from an attestation we have translated, issued in Uvira, South Kivu.

Field on your document	What it is / how we handle it
Issuing authority	Province, city or territory, and the commune/mayor’s office — printed as a heading block. All three levels are kept.
Officier de l’État Civil	The civil-status officer, often the mayor, who signs the attestation in the first person (“I, the undersigned … hereby attest”).
Nom complet	Full name of the person concerned, usually surname first in DRC practice. We keep the printed order and label it.
Fils / fille de … et de …	Father and mother, named separately.
Originaire du village de	Village of origin — ancestral, not necessarily where the person lives.
Chefferie (ou secteur) de	Chiefdom or sector — a customary administrative unit below territory level. Often blank in urban cases.
Territoire / District / Province	The three higher administrative levels. Territory and district have no direct US equivalent and are kept as-is.
Nationalité	Nationality, e.g. Congolese.
Résidence / Avenue / N° / Quartier	Current residence broken into avenue, number and quartier (neighbourhood) — the standard Congolese urban address format.
Photograph with overlapping stamp	A pasted photograph, typically with a round ink stamp running across its edge onto the paper. Described in brackets, including what the stamp reads.
Signature and dry stamp	The officer’s signature and the office seal, both noted.

DRC administrative terms and their English equivalents

On your document	In the certified translation
Attestation de naissance	Attestation of Birth
Officier de l’État Civil	Civil Status Officer
Chefferie	Chiefdom (customary administrative unit)
Secteur	Sector
Territoire	Territory
Quartier	Neighbourhood / quarter
Originaire de	Native of
Résidant temporairement à	Having temporary residence at
Mairie	City Hall / Mayor’s Office
Je soussigné, … atteste que	I, the undersigned, … hereby attest that

What goes wrong with DRC attestations

Chefferie translated as “county” — A chefferie is a customary unit led by a traditional chief; it is not a county, district or municipality. Substituting a US term misstates the record — we keep the Congolese term with an explanation.
Name order silently reversed — DRC documents often print surname first, and a family may use several name orders across documents. We reproduce the printed order exactly and never reorder to look “normal” in English.
The photograph cropped out — People photograph only the text block and leave out the affixed photo and its stamp. Include the whole sheet — the photo and the stamp crossing it are part of the document’s authenticity.
Attestation presented where an acte is required — Some filings specifically require an acte de naissance (a register extract). If your checklist says acte, an attestation may not satisfy it — that is a document question for your case, not a translation question, but it is worth checking before you file.

Exactly what you'll receive

A word-for-word certified translation on company letterhead plus a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy — the package USCIS expects. Most orders are ready in as little as 35 minutes; the industry standard is 24 hours. Every order carries a public verification link an officer can check in seconds.

Sample certified translation deliverable: translation page and signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy

Sample shown with fictional data. Your document is reviewed by a human before release, and anyone can confirm authenticity at certmytranslation.com/verify.

Built for DRC civil documents

The administrative hierarchy is preserved — Village, chefferie, territoire, district, province — five levels with no US equivalent. Collapsing them into “city, state” destroys information an officer may need.
Attestation vs acte — A DRC attestation de naissance is a sworn statement by a civil-status officer, not an extract from a register. The distinction is stated in the translation so nobody mistakes one for the other.
Affixed photographs described — Many attestations carry a photograph of the child with a stamp overlapping it. The photograph and the stamp across it are described in brackets — they are part of what makes the document authentic.
Blank fields shown as blank — DRC forms print fields that are frequently left empty or filled with a single slash. Those are reproduced, not skipped.

Languages we translate into English

Spanish Chinese Portuguese French Vietnamese Korean Arabic Russian Ukrainian Tagalog Hindi JapaneseGermanItalianPolishHaitian Creole*

*Low-resource languages are routed to manual review automatically. Handwritten or damaged historical documents may also be routed to a human reviewer (delivered within 24 hours) — you will see this before you pay, nothing extra.

Frequently asked questions

Is this translation accepted by USCIS?

Yes. USCIS requires a complete English translation together with a certification that the translator is competent and the translation is accurate (8 CFR 103.2(b)(3)). Every order includes that signed certification on company letterhead, with an order number that can be independently verified on our verification page. If USCIS ever rejects a translation we prepared, we revise it free of charge or refund you in full.

Do I need a notarized translation?

Not for USCIS. USCIS removed the notarization requirement decades ago — a certified translation is exactly what the instructions ask for. Some DMVs, courts and apostille processes do want notarization; if that is your situation, contact us and we will point you to a suitable notarized-translation provider.

How fast will I get my translation?

Typical orders are delivered in under 10 minutes. Handwritten, damaged or low-resolution documents are routed to manual review and delivered within 24 hours — you'll see the status on your order page.

What does it cost?

$19.95 per page, flat. No subscriptions, no accounts, no upsells. You pay with PayPal or card and download a finished PDF: translation, signed certification page, and a copy of your original.

Is my document safe?

Files are encrypted in transit, are never used to train AI models, and are automatically deleted from our servers 30 days after delivery. You can request earlier deletion at any time.

What if something in my document is unreadable?

Industry practice (and USCIS expectation) is to mark unreadable text as [Illegible] rather than guess. Our multi-step verification compares two independent AI readings plus your own confirmation of names and dates, so nothing is silently invented.

Is a DRC attestation de naissance accepted by USCIS?

USCIS follows the State Department’s reciprocity schedule for what each country can issue. Where an attestation is what is available, a complete certified English translation is what we provide — whether that document type satisfies your specific filing is a question for your checklist or attorney.

My document is handwritten — can you still do it?

Handwritten attestations are flagged before you pay and routed to manual review, delivered within 24 hours at the same price.

Congolese Birth Attestation Translation