Political Party Card and Letter Translation for Asylum

Political party card translation for the Home Office: what you receive

If your claim is based on political opinion, party documents can help show your membership, your role and how long you were involved. Caseworkers and judges read these documents closely, so every name, date and title needs to be translated consistently.

You receive:

1. A full translation of the card or letter, front and back, including printed slogans and headings.
2. Membership numbers, unit or ward numbers and dates copied exactly.
3. The party's name given in its own official English form, with the original in brackets the first time.
4. Positions translated, with the local title kept in brackets, such as "Organising Secretary (Sangathonik Sompadok)".
5. Logos, photos, stamps and signatures described, with readable text translated.
6. A certification statement following GOV.UK's certifying a document (opens in a new tab) wording: "true and accurate translation of the original document", the date, and the translator's full name and contact details, with their signature. We are members of the ITI, CIOL and ATC.

Sample

Certified translation

Political party membership card, front and back

Bengali → English

Party name

[Official English name of the party] (original in brackets)

Member's name

redacted

Father's name

redacted

Membership number

redacted

Position held

[Local title kept in brackets, with English meaning]

Unit or ward

redacted ward, redacted district

Date joined

redacted

• [Party logo and printed slogan: translated]
• [Round stamp of the party office; signature of the general secretary]
• [Photo of the member]

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

Party documents we translate

We also translate party documents that are part of wider evidence, such as a letter describing threats. Our threat letter translation for asylum page covers threats from opponents, officials or armed groups. For posts on Facebook, WhatsApp or other platforms showing your political activity, see our page on translating WhatsApp and social media evidence.

Party names and positions in translation

Getting names right is essential. A party name translated word for word can look different from the name the Home Office knows from its country information.

• Official English names: we use the name the party uses in English. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party is "BNP", Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is "PTI", and the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan is "KDPI". The original name appears once in brackets.
• Wings and branches: student, youth and women's wings keep their own names, such as Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the BNP's student wing, with an English explanation the first time.
• Positions: titles such as "Joint Secretary" or "Ward President" are translated, with the original term in brackets, so nothing is lost.
• Levels: we keep whether a role is at ward, union, upazila, district or central level, as written.

We never upgrade or downgrade a title to make it sound more or less important. The translation says what the document says.

Where your translated political party card is used

• In your Home Office claim, alongside your statement about your political activity.
• In a Tribunal appeal, where every document not in English needs an English translation. See asylum appeal bundle translation.
• With a fresh claim, if new party documents arrive after a refusal.

The Home Office or the judge decides how much weight party documents receive, and they may consider how the document was obtained. We translate; we do not assess whether a document is genuine and we do not give legal advice. Speak to a solicitor or an IAA-regulated adviser about your case.

Languages for political party card translation

• Bengali: BNP, Jubo Dal, Chhatra Dal and Jamaat-e-Islami documents from Bangladesh. As a BNP membership card translation example, we keep the ward and upazila units exactly as printed. See Bengali asylum document translation, and our Bangladesh document translation for asylum page.
• Urdu: PTI, PML-N, MQM and other Pakistani party papers. A PTI membership letter translation often includes a PTI letterhead, a union council or constituency reference and a signature block. See Urdu asylum document translation.
• Kurdish: KDPI, Komala and other Kurdish party documents from Iran and Iraq. For KDPI membership translation we check whether the text is Sorani or Kurmanji. See Kurdish asylum document translation.
• Farsi, Arabic, Tigrinya, Pashto and more: ask us for a quote.

Political party card translation price and delivery time

A membership card is usually one page, from £15 per document. Letters and minutes are priced from £18 per page, and we give you a fixed total before we start.

• Standard delivery: 1 working day for a card, 2–3 working days for longer letters and minutes
• Urgent delivery: same day or within 24 hours, for an extra £10 per document (starting price)

Prices shown are starting prices and include VAT. We confirm your exact price in a written quote before any work starts. See our translation prices page. Your files are uploaded through an encrypted link, handled under UK GDPR and deleted after delivery. We never share your documents or political details with anyone outside our translation team.