Divorce Certificate, Talaq Nama and Khula Translation

Divorce certificate translation for your case: what you receive

Refugees often need to prove that an earlier marriage has ended: to marry again in the UK, to show family details to the Home Office, or to explain who is in their household. Divorce papers from abroad are rarely one simple certificate. There may be a notice, a Union Council certificate, a court decree and a NADRA record, all for the same divorce.

For each document you receive:

1. A full translation of every printed and handwritten entry.
2. Both spouses' names spelled the same way as in your passport, eVisa or Home Office letters, if you tell us.
3. Dates as written, with Solar Hijri or Hijri dates converted where they appear.
4. Case numbers, Union Council references, stamps, signatures and witnesses translated or described.
5. A certification statement with the wording from GOV.UK's certifying a document (opens in a new tab) page: "true and accurate translation of the original document", the date, and the translator's full name and contact details, with signature. We are members of the ITI, CIOL and ATC.
6. A PDF and an optional posted copy.

Sample

Certified translation

Divorce certificate / decree

Source language as on original → English

Husband

redacted

Wife

redacted

Date of marriage

redacted

Date of divorce

redacted

Issuing court / authority

redacted

Decree number

redacted

Grounds

redacted

• [Round stamp: court seal]
• [Signature]
• [Translator's note: dates are converted to the Gregorian calendar where the original uses another calendar.]

Translator's statement

I confirm that this is a true and accurate translation of the original document.

Date

DD/MM/YYYY

Translator

Full name

Signature

Divorce documents we translate

Talaq Nama translation

A Talaq Nama is usually handwritten or typed in Urdu on stamp paper. Our Talaq Nama translation covers the stamp paper details, the wording of the talaq, each witness and every signature or thumbprint. In Pakistan, notice of talaq is sent to the Union Council, which may later issue its own certificate. We translate both and show how their dates and references connect.

Khula translation

Khula is a divorce at the wife's request, usually granted by a family court. Our Khula translation includes the court's name, the case number, the parties, the order and any terms about returning mahr. If there is also a Union Council certificate afterwards, we translate it in the same order.

If your marriage papers need translating too, see our pages on Nikah Nama translation and Shenasnameh translation.

Divorce and remarriage in the UK

If you want to marry or form a civil partnership in the UK and you were married before, the register office will usually ask for evidence that the earlier marriage ended. Where that evidence is not in English, you will need a translation.

A divorce obtained outside the British Isles must be checked before notice of marriage can go ahead. The superintendent registrar may consider it locally, or refer the papers to the General Register Office, and there is a separate fee for this consideration (register offices currently list £50 for local consideration and £75 where the General Register Office considers it). This can take time, so it helps to have your divorce decree translation for register office appointments ready early. Whether a particular foreign divorce is recognised in UK law is a legal question. We translate the papers; a solicitor can advise on recognition.

Where your translated divorce certificate is used

• Register office: giving notice of a new marriage or civil partnership.
• Home Office: asylum claims and appeals where your family history is relevant, and applications where marital status is asked for.
• Family applications: to show which relationship is current. New refugee family reunion applications have been paused since 4 September 2025 and remained paused in March 2026. Check GOV.UK for the latest position.
• Settlement and citizenship: see our page on refugee ILR and citizenship translation.

Our main guide to marriage certificate translation for family reunion covers the marriage side of the same story. We do not give legal advice; speak to a solicitor or an IAA-regulated adviser about your case.

Languages for divorce certificate translation

• Urdu: Talaq Namas, Union Council certificates and Khula decrees from Pakistan. See Urdu asylum document translation.
• Arabic: court decrees from Iraq, Sudan, Syria and other Arabic-speaking countries. See Arabic asylum document translation.
• Farsi, Dari, Pashto, Kurdish, Bengali, Tigrinya and more: ask us for a quote.

Divorce certificate translation price and delivery time

A single certificate is priced as one short document, from £15. A court decree may run to several pages, from £18 per page. We give you a fixed total before we start, based on the pages you send.

• Standard delivery: 1 working day for a certificate, 2–3 working days for longer decrees
• Urgent delivery: same day or within 24 hours, from £10 extra per document

Prices shown are starting prices and include VAT. We confirm your exact price in a written quote before any work starts.

If your register office appointment is close, tell us the date when you ask for a divorce document translation quote. Uploads are encrypted, handled under UK GDPR and deleted after delivery.

Notarised divorce certificate translation for use abroad

The Home Office does not ask for notarised translations. Some foreign embassies and authorities do, for example if you need to register your divorce or a new marriage in another country. We can arrange notarisation with a UK notary public, from £45 per bundle (a starting price including VAT, confirmed in your written quote), allowing one extra working day. See our notarised translation for refugees page, and check with the receiving authority first.