Asylum Document Translation Prices

Our full price list

Every price below is a starting price and includes VAT.

Prices shown are starting prices and include VAT. The final price depends on your documents, and we confirm your exact price in a written quote before any work starts.

Certified translation price per page

Most people ask us one question first: how much is certified translation for Home Office use? The answer depends on how many pages you have and how much text is on each page. Every price below includes the signed certificate the Home Office asks for.

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

What counts as a page?

One side of an original document is one page. A two-sided ID card, such as a Pakistani CNIC, is usually charged as one short document. If a page is very long or very dense, such as a closely typed court record, we tell you before you pay.

How we compare

Across the UK, published prices for certified translation are usually about £26 to £40 per page (our review of UK translation websites, September 2026). So the certified translation cost per page UK providers charge varies quite a lot. Some offer low prices but do not translate stamps, handwriting or margin notes. We always include these, because a caseworker may need them.

If you are searching for cheap certified translation asylum services, remember that cutting corners can cost you later. A missing stamp or a wrongly converted date can raise questions at interview. Our aim is a fair price for a complete translation.

Urgent and same-day prices

Sometimes the interview letter arrives late, or a solicitor needs evidence for a hearing next week. For these cases we offer urgent delivery.

Prices shown are starting prices and include VAT; your written quote confirms the exact price.

Same-day delivery is possible for most short documents: order by 12:00 noon UK time, Monday to Friday, for delivery by 8:00pm the same day. Longer or handwritten documents may need more time. We confirm the delivery date in writing before you pay. Read more about urgent asylum document translation.

Notarisation and posted hard copy prices

Most people do not need to pay for these extras. The Home Office, the Tribunal and HM Passport Office accept certified translations sent as a PDF or a printout.

Prices shown are starting prices and include VAT, and are confirmed in your written quote.

Notarisation means our translator signs a declaration in front of a UK notary public. It adds one working day as well as cost. See notarised translation for refugees to check whether you really need it.

We also arrange related notary services. A certified true copy service for refugees confirms that a copy matches the original. A statutory declaration for name spelling can explain why your name or date of birth differs between documents. An apostille translation service prepares documents for use abroad. Solicitor certified copies start from £15 per document, statutory declaration drafting from £25 (plus the commissioner for oaths fee of £5 per declaration and £2 per exhibit, fixed by law), apostille from £75 per document with the FCDO fee included, and embassy legalisation from £95 plus the embassy's own fee. These are starting prices including VAT; we confirm the exact price in a written quote.

Bundle and legal aid pricing for solicitors

For immigration solicitors, IAA-regulated advisers and refugee charities, we quote per bundle. You get one written quote covering every page, which you can use in your file or in an application to the Legal Aid Agency.

Legal aid translation rates

The Legal Aid Agency treats translation as a disbursement. Its expert fees guidance (version 7, 2022) does not set a fixed rate for translators. Prior authority is needed where translation costs more than £100 per 1,000 words. Please check the LAA website for the latest version of the guidance before relying on this figure.

Our legal aid translation rates are designed to sit within this framework where possible. If a bundle is above the threshold, we give you a written, itemised quote to support your prior authority application. We then invoice the firm directly with your client reference, so your client pays nothing upfront.

See our translation services for immigration solicitors for firm accounts, staged delivery and bundle formatting.

Charity rate

15% off all translations. Our charity rate is available to UK registered charities, refugee community organisations, law centres and individuals referred by one of these organisations with a referral letter or email.

What is included in every translation

Every certified translation we deliver includes the following, at no extra cost:

• Certificate of accuracy. A signed statement that it is a "true and accurate translation of the original document", with the date, the translator's full name, signature and contact details, as GOV.UK asks (opens in a new tab).
• Translator credentials. The translator's qualifications, and we are members of the ITI, CIOL and ATC. We never use machine translation for certified work.
• Stamps, seals and handwriting. Every stamp, signature, seal and handwritten note is translated or described in brackets.
• Date conversion. Solar Hijri, Ethiopian or other calendar dates are kept as written, with the Gregorian date added in a note.
• Second-linguist check. Names, dates and numbers are checked against the original before delivery.
• One free correction. If a name or date is spelled differently from your eVisa or passport, tell us and we correct it free of charge.
• PDF by email. A signed PDF you can print or forward to your solicitor.

Sample

Certified translation

Birth certificate (example of a short page)

Urdu → English

Full name

redacted

Date of birth

redacted

Place of birth

redacted, redacted province

Father's name

redacted

Mother's name

redacted

Registration number

redacted

Issuing authority

redacted registration office

• [Round stamp: registration office, partly illegible]
• [Signature]

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

Price examples

These examples show how a quote is worked out. They use our starting prices, which include VAT; the final price always depends on your actual pages and is confirmed in a written quote.

Example 1: one Afghan Tazkira (1 page)

A paper Tazkira is a single page in Dari and Pashto. It often shows an age in a Solar Hijri year rather than a date of birth. We translate it and add a note with the Gregorian year. Price: from £15. See Tazkira translation for more on this document.

Example 2: FIR and court summons (6 pages)

A Pakistani FIR is often handwritten in Urdu. With a court summons and police stamps, this might be 6 standard pages. Price: 6 pages at our £18 starting rate, so from £108. If the hearing is in three days, add our urgent charge, from £10 per document. See FIR translation for how we handle handwritten reports.

Example 3: 40-page appeal bundle

A solicitor sends 40 pages of mixed evidence for a First-tier Tribunal appeal. The bundle rate applies: 40 pages at our £14 starting rate, so from £560. We deliver paginated PDFs, and staged delivery is possible for tight directions. Our asylum appeal bundle translation page explains the format.