English translation and notarisation for documents you submit to ICA, MOM and SAL
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Fast Borang K, All Online
No need to go down, I did everything on WhatsApp and got a clean notarised PDF to upload.
Chong Mei Ling · Bedok, Singapore
Nursing Diploma Ready for New Job
New hospital job needed my ijazah in English, and it came back within two days with the notary stamp.
Fitri W. · Sembawang, Singapore
Quick Help for School Registration
Needed my daughter's birth cert in English for school registration, and it was ready the next day with no fuss.
Jia Hui O. · Sengkang, Singapore
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My worry was the pinyin. In our hukou my son's name is written one way, but his passport uses a slightly different spelling. They noticed it before I did and asked which one to follow, so all three pages match his passport now. I uploaded the notarised PDFs for our e-PR the same week.
Chinese hukou (household register) and Medical Certificate of Birth (Chinese)
Haoran L.
Tampines, Singapore
Been a PR for many years and finally applying for citizenship. My SPM slip is from the 90s and quite yellow, but they could still read all the subjects and grades. Birth cert and SPM both came back as one notarised set.
Malaysian birth certificate and SPM result slip (Malay)
Kok Wai L.
Yishun, Singapore
I cannot read Vietnamese at all, so I was scared I would not spot a mistake. They explained the draft line by line and made sure my wife's name followed her passport letter by letter. Uploaded for her LTVP the next day.
Vietnamese marriage certificate (Vietnamese)
Marcus T.
Hougang, Singapore
My daughter's akta has a small note on the back about a correction to her father's name. I almost forgot to send that side. They asked me for it, translated it, and put it in the same set.
Indonesian Akta Kelahiran with notes on the back (Indonesian)
Rina S.
Choa Chu Kang, Singapore
My marriage cert is from the state religious office, half Malay and half English. They translated all the Malay parts, including the wali and witness lines, and left the English as it is.
Malaysian Muslim marriage certificate from state religious office (Malay)
Siti Hajar M.
Bedok North, Singapore
I thought I had to translate first and then search for a notary on my own. Here it was all in one order. Sent my Malay divorce certificate from Melaka, checked the English draft, and the notarised PDF came the next working day.
Malaysian divorce certificate (Malay)
Hafiz R.
Melaka, Malaysia
I was worried about the 'bin' in my son's name because the passport and the birth cert look a bit different. They followed the passport spelling exactly and showed me in the draft first. Simple and clear.
Malaysian birth certificate of my son (Malay)
Nur Hidayah Z.
Punggol, Singapore
This paper is not easy for me to look at, and I did not want to explain my story many times. They were kind and did not ask too much. The court seal and case number were all in the English version. ROM accepted it with our marriage papers.
Vietnamese court divorce decision (Vietnamese)
Thi Lan N.
Toa Payoh, Singapore
Our hukou has six pages, and one is my grandmother's page with a cancelled stamp. I was not sure if we needed that one. They said yes and translated it, including the reason and date on the stamp. The cover page and the change records at the back were done as well. It feels good to know nothing was left out of our PR file.
PRC Hukou booklet, all pages (Chinese)
Yu Ting C.
Pasir Ris, Singapore
The bank asked for my Chinese ID card in English. They did both sides, with the address, issue office and expiry date, and it was ready the next day.
PRC Resident Identity Card, both sides (Chinese)
Xin Yi L.
Ang Mo Kio, Singapore
My bank statement was 14 pages of small numbers. I checked the draft line by line and every amount matched, still in RMB. I sent everything from Shenzhen by scan and got the PDF by email.
PRC bank transaction records 银行流水, many pages (Chinese)
Jian Guo W.
Shenzhen, China
They did my graduation certificate, degree certificate and four-page transcript together. Grades were kept as printed, not changed to another system, which my HR said was correct. Course names were translated word for word, so nothing looked made up. I checked the draft before it was stamped.
Chinese 毕业证书, 学位证书 and transcript (Chinese)
Lei Y.
Changi, Singapore
Needed both my SPM cert and result slip for PR. Every subject and grade was listed line by line, same as the original, and my binti name followed my passport.
SPM certificate and result slip (Malay)
Nurul Izzati H.
Woodlands, Singapore
My hukou book has many pages and some change stamps from when I moved city. They translated every page, even the small red seals at the side. My name was in the same pinyin as my passport, so I did not need to worry.
Hukou household register
Wang Li
Punggol
My father's name is Mohd on my passport but some papers say Muhammad. They followed my passport exactly and kept bin and binti correct. Now all my papers match each other.
Malaysian birth certificate
Nurul Aina R.
Woodlands
My certificate only shows my father as 'S.' but my passport has his full name. They translated it as printed and added a small note linking the initial to his full name. Simple, but it made me feel safer.
Tamil Nadu birth certificate
Karthik S.
Little India
Our Kartu Keluarga has nine people on it. Every row was done, with each NIK number checked. I compared them one by one and all were correct.
Kartu Keluarga (family card)
Dewi A.
Toa Payoh
My papers say Nguyễn but my passport says NGUYEN. They explained it is fine and wrote it the passport way. The phường and quận in my address stayed in the right order too.
Birth certificate and marital status paper
Nguyen Thi H.
Ang Mo Kio
After my wedding my surname changed, so my papers show two different names. They translated the name change paper too, so the officer can see it is the same person. Buddhist years were written with the normal year beside them.
Name change certificate and marriage certificate
Siriporn W.
Bukit Batok
Our Egyptian marriage paper has the witnesses, registrar and many details. They translated everything, not just a short summary. My son's birth certificate was done in the same order, with names matched to each passport.
Wathiqat zawaj (marriage record) and son's birth certificate
Ahmed F.
Novena
My husband is Singaporean and I needed my Koseki in English for my LTVP. I was worried because my name has old kanji that many people read wrong. They checked my passport and used the same spelling everywhere. I sent photos on WhatsApp in the morning and the draft came the next day for me to check.
Koseki Tohon (family register)
Yuki T.
Tampines, Singapore
I did not know there was a general and a detailed version of the Family Relation Certificate. They asked me which one the PR checklist wanted before starting, so I did not waste time. The English was easy to read and all the relation words like spouse and eldest daughter were correct.
Family Relation Certificate (detailed version)
Hye-won C.
Sengkang, Singapore
My copie intégrale has small notes in the margin about my marriage. I thought they might be skipped, but they translated every line, and the accent in my name stayed as it is in my passport. Got the notarised PDF within two working days.
Copie intégrale (full French birth certificate) with mentions marginales
Camille D.
Holland Village, Singapore
Sent our Eheurkunde in the morning and had the draft by evening. They reminded me to send the back page too because it had a stamp, which I had missed.
Eheurkunde (German marriage certificate)
Katrin H.
Bishan, Singapore
For our son's dependant's pass, his acta de nacimiento had to be in English. The draft came quickly, and they asked us to check both our names because we each have two surnames. Everything matched the passports.
Mexican acta de nacimiento
Valeria R.
Woodlands, Singapore
My new company in Shanghai needed my degree in Chinese for the work permit. They used Simplified Chinese, kept all my grades the same, and arranged the notary and SAL apostille for me. I did not have to run around.
Singapore degree scroll and transcript (English to Simplified Chinese)
Jun Hao L.
Ang Mo Kio, Singapore
My name has binti in it, and they kept it the same as on my MyKad and passport. The JPN stamp and the date were also translated. I was nervous about this step, but they explained it simply.
Borang K and JPN renunciation confirmation
Nur Aisyah binti R.
Yishun, Singapore
My lawyer needed my Chinese divorce judgment in English for a hearing here. I sent photos on WhatsApp in the evening and got the draft two days later. They kept the court names and dates exactly as written, and the notarised PDF came the next day.
Chinese divorce judgment
Wei Ling T.
Toa Payoh, Singapore
Got sick on a work trip to Bangkok and came home with a stack of papers in Thai. My insurer wanted English before looking at the claim. Sent everything as photos, and the translation kept all the medicine names and amounts the same as the original.
Hospital discharge summary and bill from Bangkok
Marcus L.
Bedok, Singapore
I was told my German licence needed an English translation for the conversion. They translated the front and back, including the vehicle class codes on the back that I did not even think about. Notarised PDF arrived in my inbox the next working day.
German driving licence
Lukas M.
Holland Village, Singapore
I am getting married in Italy and they wanted my birth certificate with an apostille. I had no idea where to start. They told me the right order of steps, did the notary part and arranged the SAL apostille. I collected everything at Suntec on the day they said.
Singapore birth certificate
Rachel O.
Tampines, Singapore
My bank in London wanted a certified copy of my passport, and I did not want to post the real one. A notary checked my original against the copy and signed it. Simple, and I kept my passport safe at home.
Passport copy
Daniel W.
Tiong Bahru, Singapore
My lawyer asked for a sworn translation and I spent a whole night searching for a government list. They explained there is no such list here, and that the translator signs a declaration in front of a notary. They then made it for me in two working days.
Indonesian birth certificate
Putri M.
Bishan, Singapore
Some WhatsApp voice notes had to be written down for my lawyer, and they were a mix of Hokkien and Mandarin. They gave me the Chinese transcript and an English version that matched line by line. Each speaker was marked and every message had a time mark, so it was easy for my lawyer to follow.
WhatsApp voice notes in Hokkien and Mandarin
Kelvin T.
Hougang, Singapore
I was scared of hidden costs. I sent one photo on WhatsApp and they replied with a quote showing translation and notary on separate lines. What I paid at the end was the same as the quote.
Malay marriage certificate
Farah I.
Yew Tee, Singapore
Two years ago I did my LTVP papers with another place and the spelling of my mother's name was different from my KK. This time I sent the old translation too, and they made everything follow one spelling. Small thing, but it made me feel much more calm for my PR upload.
Indonesian Kartu Keluarga and Akta Kelahiran (Indonesian)
Dewi K.
Sengkang, Singapore
In Tamil Nadu we write the father's initial before the name, but my passport has it at the back. I was worried this would look like two different people. They put my name exactly like the passport and kept the full father's name in his own box, so it reads clearly. Also translated the handwritten registration line at the bottom. My cousin had told me ICA can be strict about names, so I am glad I asked them first before ordering.
Tamil birth certificate with handwritten entries
Senthil K.
Jurong West, Singapore
For my mother's pass, ICA needed to see she is really my mum. My papers from China show her old name and the hukou shows her current one. They translated the name-change note on the hukou too, so the link is clear in English. Simple process, everything by WhatsApp.
Chinese birth certificate notarial certificate and mother's hukou page (Chinese)
Kelvin O.
Ang Mo Kio, Singapore
Honestly I thought my birth paper was too old to use. It was written by hand in the 80s and the ink is very light. They zoomed in, read almost everything, and asked me about the name of the hospital because one word was unclear. The English version looks neat and official.
Handwritten 1980s Chinese birth certificate, faded (Chinese)
Mei Hua Z.
Serangoon, Singapore
Very clear about what was needed. We sent both red booklets, and they translated the serial number and the red seal too, not only the names. The draft came the next morning and I just replied OK.
Chinese marriage certificate, two red booklets (Chinese)
Ming Jie W.
Bishan, Singapore
Another shop told me I needed SAL legalisation for my ICA file. When I asked here, they said SAL is only for papers going overseas, not for an ICA upload. That saved me a lot of running around.
Mainland China kinship notarial certificate (Chinese)
Ka Yan C.
Bukit Merah, Singapore
My wife's birth cert is from the 80s, half handwritten and quite faded at the bottom. I thought nobody could read it. They translated everything they could and marked one small word as unclear instead of guessing, which I liked. The registrar's note at the side was translated too. We got the notarised PDF two days later and uploaded it for her citizenship form.
Wife's 1980s handwritten Malaysian birth certificate (Malay)
Kelvin L.
Bukit Batok, Singapore
What I liked most was that the red seal and the small print next to it were translated, not just written as 'seal'. My name in pinyin matched my passport exactly. Draft came the same day, final notarised PDF the next morning.
PRC divorce certificate 离婚证 (Chinese)
Hao Z.
Clementi, Singapore
My koseki has some older entries in a very formal style. The English version was easy to follow, and my name in romaji was the same as my passport. ICA did not ask for anything more.
Japanese Koseki Tohon (Japanese)
Aiko M.
Bishan, Singapore
My passport has a note in Thai about my old name, and nobody here could read it. They translated that page and kept the English spelling from my data page. Now my PR papers tell one clear story.
Thai passport observation page (Thai)
Nattaya P.
Serangoon, Singapore
I sent three months of payslips plus my tax withholding slip as one set. The allowance and deduction items were all labelled clearly in English, not lumped together. Very tidy work.
Japanese payslips 給与明細書 and 源泉徴収票 (Japanese)
Takeshi I.
Tanjong Pagar, Singapore
My học bạ has handwritten comments from teachers every year. I thought they would skip those, but each comment was translated. Ordered from Vietnam by scan.
Vietnamese high school transcript học bạ (Vietnamese)
Minh Anh P.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
I applied for a part-time diploma and the school wanted my SPM in English. Mata pelajaran, gred and angka giliran were all clear. It was done the next day.
SPM certificate (Malay)
Wei Jie G.
Jurong East, Singapore
My Taiwan papers show year 82 and not 1993. I was scared the officer would get confused. The translator wrote the normal year and kept the Taiwan year in brackets beside it. Very clear and easy to check.
Birth certificate and household transcript
Lin C.
Bukit Timah
Court wording is hard, so I was happy they took time to get it right. It took one day more than a normal certificate, which they told me at the start. I sent everything by scan from Brunei and got the notarised PDF by email.
Syariah court order
Hj Amirul S.
Bandar Seri Begawan
My birth certificate is from the 1980s, written by hand and very faded. My brother took photos in daylight and sent them from Jaffna. They read almost everything. Where one word was too light to read, they told me honestly and did not invent anything.
Handwritten birth certificate (Tamil and Sinhala)
Tharshini P.
Jaffna
I only have one name, no family name. I worried they would add something strange. They wrote it just like my passport. They also saw a stamp on the back of the akta and asked me to send that side too.
Akta kelahiran (birth certificate)
Suharti
Hougang
My degree says Khá. They wrote Good in English and kept the Vietnamese word beside it so my new boss could understand. I sent scans from Saigon before I flew over.
University degree and transcript
Tran Minh K.
Ho Chi Minh City
I sent the cover and my name page of my blue house book from Bangkok. The amphoe stamps and the registrar title were all put into simple English. They gave me a date when I asked and kept to it.
Tabien Baan (house registration book)
Anan C.
Bangkok
All my dates were in Hijri. They changed them to normal dates and kept the Hijri in brackets. I sent it from Riyadh by scan and got the PDF two days later.
Saudi birth certificate with Hijri dates
Faisal A.
Riyadh
Clear English for my Japanese degree, and the Reiwa date was changed to the normal year so HR did not get confused.
Japanese university degree certificate
Kenji M.
Novena, Singapore
My family name is spelled Yi in my passport but Lee on my old school papers. They used Yi in the translation and added a short note, which made it simple for my employer to see it is the same person.
Korean degree certificate and transcript
Min-ho Y.
Jurong East, Singapore
Our Belgian marriage paper has both French and Dutch on it. They did both parts in one English version. Quick and neat.
Belgian marriage certificate (French and Dutch)
Thomas V.
East Coast, Singapore
My Austrian birth certificate came with an apostille page from Vienna. They translated that page as well, not just the certificate. The names were spelled the same as in my passport, including the umlaut. I checked the draft, said ok, and the notarised copy came soon after.
Austrian Geburtsurkunde with apostille
Florian G.
Kallang, Singapore
My Colombian birth record had the apostille on a separate page, and the apostille was in Spanish too. They translated both and put them in one notarised file, so I only had to upload one PDF. A friend told me to use them and I am glad I did.
Colombian registro civil de nacimiento with apostille
Andrés C.
Punggol, Singapore
We had a short deadline for a family visa to China. They told us to ask the office in China first what they accept, and the office was ok with a notarised and apostilled copy. The translation showed both our names in English and Chinese. My husband's family checked the draft and said it read well.
Singapore marriage certificate (English to Chinese)
Rachel L.
Toa Payoh, Singapore
Many people get confused by a/l in my name, but here they left it as it is. The whole Form K was translated, even the small side notes in Malay. I sent photos on WhatsApp after work and the notarised PDF was ready in two days. Good service from the Suntec office.
Borang K with JPN registration stamp
Suresh a/l K.
Bukit Panjang, Singapore
We sign a supply deal with a factory in Jakarta every year, and this time my partner wanted to read every clause himself. The translator asked me about two words that could mean different things, which I liked. Now we both understand what we signed.
Supplier contract in Bahasa Indonesia
Hendra S.
Jurong East, Singapore
My father moved here to stay with us, and his new doctor wanted his old hospital report from Osaka in English. The test values and units were kept exactly, and where one stamp was hard to read they marked it clearly instead of guessing. It was ready in two working days.
Father's hospital report from Osaka
Yuki N.
River Valley, Singapore
The name part worried me, because pinyin can be written in many ways. They used the same spelling as my passport, and I checked the draft before stamping.
Chinese driving licence
Li Na Z.
Punggol, Singapore
I was already living in KL when my new employer asked for apostilled copies of my Singapore work letters. The team handled it all and sent the papers by courier, so I did not need to fly back.
Singapore employment letters
Ravi P.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Australia asked me for certified true copies of my degree and transcripts for my visa. The notary stamped every page and joined them so no page can be swapped. The staff also answered all my small questions patiently.
Degree and transcripts
Nguyen V.
Ang Mo Kio, Singapore
I like that they were honest. They told me the embassy may have its own rules and I should check with them first. I did, and then they prepared the translation with the declaration and notary stamp.
Polish marriage certificate
Marta K.
Novena, Singapore
I had six interview recordings in Malay for my study. The transcripts were tidy and speaker names were clear. They gave me the ready date with the quote, which was a bit later than I wanted, but they kept to it exactly.
Malay interview recordings
Priya S.
Kent Ridge, Singapore
My bank statements had many pages, so I asked for the cost before anything. They looked at the photos, explained that busy pages take more work, and gave me one fixed price. No extra charges came later, and they also told me I did not need SAL for my use, so I did not pay for it.
Chinese bank statements
Zhang H.
Boon Lay, Singapore
I needed my old divorce decision and my son's birth certificate in English for our PR. The court stamp on my photo was too dark, so I had to send a clearer one and that took one extra day. After that it was smooth, and the red stamp is translated also.
Vietnamese divorce decision and child's birth certificate (Vietnamese)
Thu Trang N.
Woodlands, Singapore
Every Minguo year date on my household transcript was changed to the normal year correctly, and I checked each one in the draft.
Taiwan household registration transcript (traditional Chinese)
Pei Shan H.
Clementi, Singapore
After marriage I changed my surname, so I had two Thai papers to translate. They checked both against my new passport and old ID so nothing looked confusing. My husband did the LTVP upload with the notarised PDF the same week.
Thai marriage registration (Kor Ror 3) and name change certificate (Thai)
Siriporn K.
Bedok, Singapore
I live in JB and did not want to cross the causeway just for this. Sent my photo on WhatsApp on Friday night, so it was only done on Monday, but that was my timing. Both my parents' names and IC numbers matched perfectly.
Malaysian JPN birth certificate (Malay)
Nur Syafiqah A.
Johor Bahru, Malaysia
I scanned our Buku Nikah in Batam and sent it over. Every page was translated, even the page with the mahar and the stamp from the KUA office. My husband in Singapore got the notarised PDF and the hard copy, so we were ready before my next visit.
Indonesian Buku Nikah (Indonesian)
Putri A.
Batam, Indonesia
I only needed certified true copies of my diploma and transcript, no translation. Brought the originals to the Suntec office, the notary checked them against my copies, and I walked out with everything stamped. Short wait, friendly staff.
Philippine university diploma and transcript (certified true copy, English)
Maricel D.
Bugis, Singapore
Sent photos of both sides on WhatsApp from JB and never had to cross over. Even the stamp on the back got translated.
Malaysian birth certificate, front and back (Malay)
Muhammad Faris A.
Johor Bahru, Malaysia
They translated the akta cerai and the long court decision, including the part about who takes care of my daughter. I forgot to send one page at first so it took one extra day, but that was my mistake. They told me early, which helped. Clear English and polite staff.
Indonesian Akta Cerai and court decision (Indonesian)
Dewi Kartika P.
Yishun, Singapore
Taiwan passports use a different spelling from mainland pinyin, so I was nervous. They asked for passport copies of my whole family and used our own spellings for everyone. For a Taiwanese family this really matters.
Taiwan household registration transcript (Chinese)
Chih-Wei H.
Bedok, Singapore
My employer needed my Vietnamese ID card in English for the work pass. Fast, clear, and the ID number was copied exactly.
Vietnamese citizen ID card CCCD (Vietnamese)
Van Duc T.
Boon Lay, Singapore
My daughter is applying to study in Singapore, and I am in Bangkok. I sent my salary slips and bank page by WhatsApp. They kept the amounts in baht and explained what each line meant when I asked.
Thai salary slips and statement of account (Thai)
Pranee W.
Bangkok, Thailand
Course names matched the official English names my university uses, which I had sent them. Clean layout, same order as the original.
Korean university transcript and degree certificate (Korean)
Ji-hoon K.
Novena, Singapore
My new employer asked for my SPM in English before my start date. I sent photos from Melaka on WhatsApp and checked the draft on my phone. HR took the PDF with no questions.
SPM certificate (Malay)
Ahmad Danial R.
Melaka, Malaysia
From JB, I just sent photos on WhatsApp and they sorted it without me coming to Suntec. The draft took a few hours longer than I hoped because I asked late in the day. Translation itself was neat and correct.
Chinese school leaving certificate
Tan Mei Y.
Johor Bahru
My wife had a JPN letter that explains her late birth registration. I did not even know if it needed translating. They checked and said yes, better to include it. Taman and mukim names stayed in Malay with English beside. Hard copy collected at Suntec.
Malaysian marriage certificate and JPN letter
Faizal H.
Bedok
All subjects and marks were copied exactly. I had many pages so it was a bit more work for them and took two days, but that was fine for my job start date.
Class 10 and 12 mark sheets
Priya R.
Clementi
Our marriage book is from many years ago and the officer's handwriting is not easy. They managed it well and kept the KUA office name and numbers. We were still in Surabaya, so we did everything by phone photos. My wife also needed her school paper and they did both in the same order. Fast replies on WhatsApp the whole time.
Handwritten Buku Nikah (marriage book)
Rizky P.
Surabaya
The birth paper of my wife is a re-issued copy with a new date on it. I did not notice, but they did and translated that note too. The draft had one small spelling slip in her mother's name, fixed fast once I pointed it out.
Re-issued birth certificate (bản sao)
Jason L.
Pasir Ris
My work letter used my nickname Ploy, not my real name. They kept it as written and did not change it, which is correct.
School certificate and employment letter
Pimchanok S.
Geylang
Arabic names are long, with father and grandfather names after mine. They kept the full chain in the right order and spelled my part like my passport. My brother's passport says Mohammed but mine says Mohamed for our father, and they followed each passport for each person. Very patient when I asked many questions.
Jordanian family book
Rania K.
Holland Village
We had our son in Singapore and the city office in Osaka wanted his birth certificate in Japanese. They wrote the parents' names in kanji the way we use them, and the hospital name was also clear. I had to ask once for an update on the timing, but after that it was fine and the PDF looked very neat.
Singapore birth certificate (English to Japanese)
Aya S.
Bukit Timah, Singapore
I was in Seoul when my daughter got her school place here. I only had the online printout from the court website, and they said that was fine to translate. The drafts came by email, and I fixed one date I had typed wrong in my message. It took one day longer than I hoped, but it was ready before we flew.
Basic Certificate and Family Relation Certificate for a child
Seo-yun K.
Seoul, South Korea
The university asked for my bac results in English. My grades are out of 20 and they kept them that way, with 14,5 written clearly so nobody reads it wrong. The only reason for four stars is I had to resend one blurry page, but the work itself was very good.
Baccalauréat certificate and grade report
Léa M.
Dover, Singapore
Back in Zurich at the time, I only had scans, but that was enough. They knew Swiss papers use ss and not ß, and the course names were close to the real meaning. One course title needed a small change after I checked the draft, and they fixed it the same day without any fuss.
Swiss degree Urkunde and grade transcript
Nadine B.
Zurich, Switzerland
On my partida my full name is longer than in my passport, with my mother's surname added. I was scared this would cause questions. They kept the name as in my passport and added a short note to explain the second surname. I was abroad and paid online, all fine. Only thing, I had to resend one photo because the stamp was not clear, but that was my phone, not them.
Argentinian partida de nacimiento
Lucía F.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
We are opening a small office in Shenzhen and needed our ACRA profile in Chinese. They used the Chinese company name we already have, and all the numbers stayed exactly the same. It took a few working days with the notary and apostille, a bit longer than I first hoped, but they told me the timeline up front.
ACRA business profile (English to Chinese)
Bryan K.
Paya Lebar, Singapore
No need to go down, I did everything on WhatsApp and got a clean notarised PDF to upload.
Borang K renunciation papers
Chong Mei Ling
Bedok, Singapore
A power of attorney in Hindi had to be translated so my brother can handle our flat in Delhi. Translation was neat and the notary step was arranged for me, so I did not have to run around. It took one day longer than I hoped because the notary was busy, but they told me early.
Power of attorney in Hindi
Ananya R.
Sengkang, Singapore
My nursing course asked for my vaccination record in English. Some parts were in Filipino and some handwritten, and they still got it right. Only small thing, I had to send a clearer photo once because my first one was blurry, but they explained what they needed nicely.
Vaccination record from Manila
Joseph D.
Clementi, Singapore
My licence from Yangon is old and a bit faded. I only had my phone, so I sent two photos on WhatsApp. They told me which line was not clear and asked me to retake it near the window. After that it was smooth, and the final PDF was clear and complete.
Myanmar driving licence
Aung K.
Yishun, Singapore
My daughter is going to study in the Netherlands, and the school asked for her Singapore certificates with an apostille. They checked the stamps needed for that country before starting, which saved me a lot of worry.
Daughter's school certificates
Siti N.
Johor Bahru, Malaysia
My Kartu Keluarga needed a translation and also a certified copy. They did both in the same order, which was easy. The only thing is I had to bring the original in person, but that is normal for this kind of thing.
Indonesian family card (Kartu Keluarga)
Rina S.
Bukit Batok, Singapore
New employer asked for a sworn English translation of my old transcript in Tamil. Fast, clear and polite team. Draft came first for me to check spellings.
Tamil academic transcript
Arjun M.
Dhoby Ghaut, Singapore
Our family meeting about my late grandmother's flat was recorded in Mandarin. They wrote it down and translated it so my cousins overseas could read it too.
Recording of a family meeting in Mandarin
Benjamin L.
Katong, Singapore
We needed birth certificates for four of us. Their quote listed each document so we could see where the money was going. It took me two messages to explain which certificate was whose, but the quote was clear and did not change.
Birth certificates for the whole family
Rosa B.
Choa Chu Kang, Singapore
Part of my household list was handwritten by the ward office and even I find it hard to read. The translator asked me about two words on WhatsApp instead of guessing. Got the notarised PDF within two days.
Myanmar birth certificate and household member list (Burmese, partly handwritten)
Aung Min T.
Bukit Batok, Singapore
I messaged on a Sunday and the reply came only after a few hours, but on Monday things moved fast. They looked at the translations we used for PR years ago and kept the same spelling for our village name and my husband's long surname. Both Sinhala certificates were ready in two working days.
Sri Lankan birth and marriage certificates (Sinhala)
Dilani P.
Pasir Ris, Singapore
I was still in Dhaka and my husband was in Singapore, so I sent scans and they handled everything with both of us. I sent my files very late at night and the quote came only next afternoon. The Bengali Nikah Nama with all the witness names came out clean and easy to read.
Nikah Nama (Bengali)
Nusrat J.
Dhaka, Bangladesh
They translated my son's Hindi birth certificate next day, even the round municipal seal and the registrar's signature line.
Hindi birth certificate from Uttar Pradesh (Hindi)
Ankit S.
Sembawang, Singapore
Different from most people here, we needed our Singapore marriage cert put into Chinese for my husband's hukou update in China. They used the correct Chinese characters for both our names, not only pinyin guesses, and told us we might need SAL for overseas use. Helpful and patient.
Singapore marriage certificate (English into Chinese)
Shu Fen L.
Yio Chu Kang, Singapore
My name change affidavit and gazette notice are in Gujarati, and both had my old and new names. The translation kept them clearly apart, which is important for ICA. The PDF was ready next day. I wanted the hard copy as well and had to come in on a weekday to collect it, a bit hard with my office hours, but it was ready and waiting.
Name change affidavit and gazette notice (Gujarati)
Hetal P.
Toa Payoh North, Singapore
Good work overall. My father's name has 'a/l' and they kept it the same as his IC. There was one small typo in the draft date, but I pointed it out and they fixed it within the hour. Only reason for 4 stars is the reply on Sunday was slow.
Malaysian birth certificate (Malay)
Kavitha S.
Jurong West, Singapore
Sent a photo of my Thai divorce paper on Tuesday and had the notarised PDF by Thursday, all names matching my passport.
Thai divorce registration certificate (Thai)
Kanokwan P.
Hougang, Singapore
I told them my form was due in three days and they finished within two. The photo I sent was a bit dark and they asked for a new one, which slowed the start. Otherwise very smooth, and the KK number and every family member was there.
Indonesian Kartu Keluarga (Indonesian)
Andika S.
Woodlands, Singapore
I asked for a passport translation, but after reading my form they told me I only needed a certified true copy from a notary. I was surprised they did not just take the bigger job. The true copy was done the same week and the overseas office accepted it.
Singapore passport certified true copy
Darren L.
Queenstown, Singapore
Six months of slip gaji and bank statements is a lot of pages. It took three working days, a bit longer than I hoped, but they told me that at the start. All the numbers were exact and the notary part was arranged for me.
Indonesian slip gaji and bank statements (Indonesian)
Rizky H.
Tampines, Singapore
New hospital job needed my ijazah in English, and it came back within two days with the notary stamp.
Indonesian nursing diploma ijazah (Indonesian)
Fitri W.
Sembawang, Singapore
My SPM from 1998 has faded ink and a stain on one corner. They still read every subject and grade. I took off one star because I had to remind them once about the hard copy, but the PDF came on time and the work was careful.
1998 SPM certificate (Malay)
Saraswathy M.
Choa Chu Kang, Singapore
The marriage paper we have is old and in traditional characters. They read it easily and kept our Cantonese name spelling like in our passports, not normal pinyin.
Marriage certificate (Traditional Chinese)
Chan K.
Tampines
One letter had a short Jawi part at the top that I could not read myself. They translated it too, plus both sides of my IC.
MyKad (both sides) and religious office letter with Jawi
Siti Z.
Sengkang
My mother does not use WhatsApp much, so I sent her papers and passport page for her. They spelled her name the passport way, not the long Tamil way. She was happy when I showed her the draft.
Mother's Indian marriage certificate
Ganesh M.
Yishun
HR asked for a staff member's police certificate in English. Translation was clear and the notarised PDF came as promised. Would be nice to get a quote a little faster on weekends.
Indonesian police certificate (SKCK)
Daniel K.
Tanjong Pagar
Mine are Vietnamese papers and my husband's are Thai. They took both in one go, so I didn't need to find two companies.
Vietnamese marriage certificate and Thai birth certificate
Le Thu A.
Serangoon
We moved back from Chiang Mai and the school here wanted our daughter's report in English. Subjects and grades were all correct. The handwritten teacher comment took a bit longer to read, but they got it in the end.
Child's Thai school report
Marcus O.
Queenstown
We needed our contract in Arabic for a partner in Dubai. The terms were careful and exact. A long contract takes time, so plan a few days, but they told us the date up front.
Distribution contract (English to Arabic)
Wei Jie T.
Raffles Place
For our PR form we needed both my Juminhyo and our marriage acceptance certificate. I liked that they told me to check the issue date on my Juminhyo first, because mine was a bit old and I ordered a new one from Japan. Both translations came with the notary stamp, and the names and addresses matched on every page. Even the seal on the marriage paper was also noted in English. ICA did not ask for anything more.
Juminhyo and marriage acceptance certificate
Haruto N.
Robertson Quay, Singapore
Some of the names on my certificate were in Hanja, not only Hangul. The translator handled both and the dates were written as day, month and year in English. Very polite team on WhatsApp too.
Marriage Relation Certificate with Hanja names
Dong-hyun C.
Clementi, Singapore
The bank wanted my French tax notice in English and I had no idea who to ask. I sent a photo on WhatsApp and got a fixed quote back fast. The numbers and the tax year were exactly the same as the original, and the boxes on the form were easy to follow in English. I also asked if they could do it for France, and they were honest that offices there may want a sworn translator from France. Good to know.
Avis d'imposition (French tax notice)
Julien R.
Tiong Bahru, Singapore
Three Arbeitszeugnisse and my diploma, all translated as written, clear and fair, with company names left in German.
Arbeitszeugnisse (employer reference letters) and diploma
Markus W.
Pasir Ris, Singapore
Every page of our libro de familia was done, including the handwritten parts, and the layout followed the original so it was easy to compare.
Libro de familia (Spanish family book)
Pablo M.
Marine Parade, Singapore
I have no Chinese name, so they suggested characters that sound like mine and let me approve them first. My English name stayed exactly as in my passport next to it.
Singapore birth certificate (English to Chinese)
Daniel S.
Sembawang, Singapore
I got my papers back from the High Commission with many stamps and Malay words I did not fully understand. They translated all of it and also told me to check the registration number and date before they finalised. The registration number on my first draft had one digit wrong, and they fixed it within the hour. Overall I am happy with it.
Stamped Borang K returned via the Malaysian High Commission
Faizal bin H.
Jurong West, Singapore
Quick and correct. My Vietnamese court decision on my name change was translated and notarised for my PR forms, and my old and new names were spelled just like my passport.
Vietnamese court decision on name change
Thu H.
Woodlands, Singapore
Before my son started at his new school, the school nurse asked for his clinic records from Seoul. The team explained what they would do, sent me a draft to check, and the final copy looked clean and easy to read. Very thoughtful service when you are a worried parent.
Son's clinic records in Korean
Min-jun K.
Bukit Timah, Singapore
Good service for my Japanese licence translation. The back side notes were also included. I gave four stars only because I asked for hard copy too and it came one day after the PDF, but that was fine for me in the end.
Japanese driving licence
Haruto S.
Tanjong Pagar, Singapore
Opening a branch in France meant our Singapore company documents needed an apostille. The steps were explained in simple words and the paperwork was correct. It took a little longer than a plain translation, which they had warned me about, so no complaint really.
Company certificate of incorporation
Pierre D.
Robertson Quay, Singapore
I'm retired and not good with these forms. They told me exactly which originals to bring and had the certified copies ready for my pension office back in Perth.
NRIC and marriage certificate copies
Margaret H.
Pasir Ris, Singapore
Our koseki covers me, my husband and both kids, and they translated every entry, including the small notes about where each of us was registered.
Japanese koseki tohon (family register, Japanese)
Yuki M.
River Valley, Singapore
We had nine pages for the family, so I sent all the photos in one go on WhatsApp and got one fixed quote. When the drafts came, I saw my son's birth date was typed wrong in one place. I told them in the evening and the corrected draft was back in less than an hour. Names are the same on every single page, which was my main worry. The notarised PDFs were easy to upload.
Chinese hukou, marriage certificate and university degree (Chinese)
Jianhua Z.
Punggol, Singapore
Got my Korean marriage relation certificate in English with the notary stamp, done in two days, and ICA did not ask us for anything more.
Korean marriage relation certificate (Korean)
Ji-yeon P.
Toa Payoh, Singapore
Our twins were born in Shanghai and their two certificates look almost the same except the names, times and serial numbers. I was afraid of a mix-up. Each translation has the right name, right birth time and right serial number, and they labelled the PDFs clearly so we know which is which.
Two Chinese Medical Certificates of Birth for twins (Chinese)
Grace L.
Bukit Panjang, Singapore
Our marriage certificate is from a small sub-registrar office in Andhra Pradesh and part of it is in Telugu. I was not sure if a bilingual paper needed translation at all. They explained ICA wants every non-English word in English, then translated the Telugu parts with both our names spelled like our passports. The notarised copy was ready within two days. My upload went through, and I have already shared their WhatsApp number with two friends from my building.
Indian marriage certificate (Telugu and English)
Lakshmi R.
Sengkang East, Singapore
The NRC card is small and the Burmese writing is tiny, but nothing was left out, even the issue office and my father's name on the back. Each page had the translator's declaration and the notary seal attached as one set.
Myanmar NRC card and school leaving certificate (Burmese)
Kyaw Zin H.
Geylang, Singapore
Needed my daughter's birth cert in English for school registration, and it was ready the next day with no fuss.
Daughter's Malaysian birth certificate (Malay)
Jia Hui O.
Sengkang, Singapore
Not many places can do Burmese well. In the draft I noticed the university name used an old spelling, so I asked them to use the one on the university website. They changed it quickly and sent the final notarised copy after I said ok. Good that we could check before the stamp.
Myanmar university degree certificate (Burmese)
Thiri A.
Geylang, Singapore
When I checked the draft I saw one digit wrong in my son's 18-digit ID number. It was my blurry photo, not their mistake. I told them on WhatsApp and they fixed it in maybe ten minutes. Only after I said okay did it go to the notary. Glad they make us check first.
Notarial birth certificate for child
Zhou Hao
Jurong West
This was a hard paper for me to send. They were kind, kept it private, and translated every line and stamp of the court ruling.
Divorce court ruling
Lina H.
Kallang
I got a job offer in Santiago and they wanted my NUS degree in Spanish. The team told me to check with the employer about extra stamps first, which saved me a second trip. Clear Spanish, nice format.
Singapore degree certificate (English to Spanish)
Daniela O.
Queenstown, Singapore
Form K and my old Malaysian birth certificate both had to be in English at the same time. They did both together so the names and dates matched on all pages. The team answered my many questions patiently, even late in the evening.
Borang K and Malaysian birth certificate
Tan Siew Hoon
Serangoon, Singapore
For a job offer in Dubai I needed my degree to go through the notary and SAL. One message on WhatsApp and they told me what to send and when to come. Everything was ready in the time they promised.
Singapore university degree
Grace C.
Serangoon, Singapore
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