Haitian Birth Certificate Translation (Extrait des Actes de Naissance)

How it works

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

What is on a Haitian birth certificate, field by field

Haitian birth records are held in the national register and released as an extrait — an extract certified by the Archives Nationales d’Haïti. The layout below is the one we see on current extracts; older municipal copies vary, and handwritten ones are routed to manual review rather than guessed at.

Field on your document	What it is / how we handle it
Commune / Bureau	The commune where the birth was registered and the civil-status bureau (e.g. Cap-Haïtien / Nord). Kept as printed — these are place names, not translated.
Acte n° / Année	The act number and the year of the register it sits in. Together with the register and page, this is how the record is located.
Registre / Page	Register volume code and page reference. Alphanumeric codes are transcribed character for character.
Reference no. (D…/…)	The Archives Nationales file reference printed at the top of the extract.
Barcode number	A serial printed beside the barcode. Copied exactly; the barcode image itself is noted in brackets.
Declarant	The person who appeared before the registrar — usually the father, with occupation and residence. Occupations are translated (Maçon → Mason; Commerçante → Merchant).
Mother	Named with occupation and residence, exactly as recorded.
Witnesses	Haitian acts name two witnesses of legal age. Both are carried over — officers sometimes match them against other filings.
Officier de l’État Civil	The civil registrar who recorded the act, with an identifier number. Rendered as Civil Registrar with the number preserved.
Pour copie conforme	The certification that this extract is a true copy of the register entry, signed by the Director General of the Archives Nationales. Rendered as “Certified true copy”.
Dry / ink seals	The embossed ministry seal and the round blue Archives Nationales stamp are described in brackets, including the motto “L’union fait la force”.

Haitian civil-status terms and their English equivalents

On your document	In the certified translation
Extrait des registres des Actes de Naissance	Extract from the registers of Birth Certificates
Officier de l’État Civil	Civil Registrar
Par-devant Nous, … soussigné	Before Us, … the undersigned
A comparu le sieur …	There appeared Mr. …
fille naturelle / fils naturel	natural daughter / natural son (born outside marriage — a legal status, not a judgement)
demeurant et domicilié à	residing and domiciled in
Dont acte fait en notre Bureau	Of which act was made in our Office
Pour copie conforme	Certified true copy
An 204e de l’Indépendance	the 204th year of Independence

What goes wrong with Haitian extracts

Security stickers over the text — Current extracts carry a holographic sticker that frequently sits across the first paragraph — the line that states the hour of registration. We mark it [illegible, obscured by security sticker] rather than inventing a time; if an officer queries it, you can point to the sticker on the copy of the original included in your package.
Two dates that are not the same date — The act often records the registration sitting on one date and the birth itself on another. Both appear in full-word form. Mixing them up is the most common error we see in amateur translations.
Photocopies of photocopies — Many extracts in circulation are third-generation copies. If yours is grey and the register numbers are soft, photograph it flat in daylight rather than scanning at low contrast — or the numbers come through as gaps.
Names with and without accents — Haïtien place names and given names carry accents that some scans lose. We transcribe what is printed and never “correct” a spelling — your filings must match each other, and that is your call, not ours.

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 Haitian civil records

Archives Nationales extracts — The standard extrait issued in Port-au-Prince carries a reference number, a barcode and the Director General's certification — all three are transcribed, not summarised.
Register references preserved — Commune, Bureau, Acte n°, Année, Registre and Page identify your record in the national register. Officers cross-check them, so they are copied exactly.
Republican-era dating handled — Haitian acts date events both by calendar and by year of Independence (“An 204e de l’Indépendance”). Both are kept — dropping one changes the document.
Never guessed when obscured — Where a security sticker or fold hides text, the translation says so in brackets. An invented time or name is worse than an honest gap.

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.

Does USCIS accept a Haitian extrait, or do they want the original register entry?

USCIS accepts the certified extract issued by the Archives Nationales — that is the document Haiti issues to citizens; the register itself never leaves the archive. What matters is that your English translation is complete and certified.

My extract is in French but I speak Creole — does that matter?

No. Haitian civil-status records are written in French, and that is what we translate from. Creole documents (rarer) are handled too — just upload them.

Haitian Birth Certificate Translation