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Certified translations £39.99/page. 24 hours for 1-3 pages. Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique.

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Why Certified Portuguese Translation?

Certified Portuguese-English translation for UK official use. PT and BR variants matched to the source.

PT & BR Terminology

Translation that handles both PT institutional terminology (Conservatoria, IRN, AIMA, Autoridade Tributaria) and BR equivalents (Cartorio, Ministerio da Justica, Receita Federal, INSS), and with the UK receiving authority's expectations.

Portuguese & Brazilian Legal Systems

Sentenca judicial, escritura publica, procuracao, contrato social. Both civil-law systems (Portugal and Brazil) translated with a plain-English equivalent.

Translation for UK Visa Applications

Portuguese and Brazilian civil-status documents for Spouse (Appendix FM), Skilled Worker, ILR, British Citizenship (Naturalisation) and Portuguese/EU legacy status applications.

Business & Regulatory PT/BR

Conservatoria comercial (PT) and Junta Comercial (BR) extracts, balanco patrimonial / situacao financeira, contratos de sociedade and estatuto social for Companies House filings, HMRC evidence bundles and UK contract enforcement.

What we translate

Portuguese Documents We Translate

Certified translation of Portuguese and Brazilian documents

Personal Documents

Certidão de nascimentoBirth Certificate (PT / BR)
Certidão de casamentoMarriage Certificate (PT / BR)
Certidão de óbitoDeath Certificate
Certidão de divórcioDivorce Decree
Passaporte português / brasileiroPortuguese / Brazilian Passport
Cartão de cidadão (PT) / RG (BR)National ID Card

Educational Documents

Diploma de licenciatura (PT) / graduação (BR)University Diploma
Certificado do ensino secundário (PT) / médio (BR)High School Certificate
Suplemento ao diplomaDiploma Supplement
Certidão de habilitações (PT) / Histórico escolar (BR)Academic Transcript
Declaração de matrículaCertificate of Studies
Certificado profissionalProfessional Certificate

Legal Documents

ProcuraçãoPower of Attorney
TestamentoWill / Testament
Escritura públicaNotarial Act / Public Deed
Sentença judicialCourt Judgment
ContratoLegal Contract
Registo criminal (PT) / Antecedentes criminais (BR)Criminal Background Check

Business Documents

Certidão comercial (PT) / Contrato social (BR)Business Registration
Balanço patrimonialFinancial Statement
Contrato de sociedadePartnership Agreement
Licença profissionalProfessional License
Certificado ISOISO Certificate
Estatuto socialArticles of Incorporation

Medical Documents

Cartão de utente (PT) / Cartão do SUS (BR)Health Card
Resultados de análises / examesMedical Test Results
Boletim de vacinas (PT) / Cartão de vacinação (BR)Vaccination Record
Atestado médicoMedical Certificate
Histórico médicoMedical History
Receita médicaMedical Prescription

Employment Documents

Carteira de trabalho (BR)Employment Record Book
Declaração de vínculo (PT) / Comprovante de vínculo (BR)Employment Certificate
Contrato de trabalhoEmployment Contract
Recibo de vencimento (PT) / Comprovante de renda (BR)Salary Certificate
Certificado de qualificaçãoProfessional Qualification
Carta de recomendaçãoEmployer Reference

Immigration

Portuguese Documents for UK Immigration

Certified translations for Portuguese, Brazilian, Angolan and Mozambican families in the UK.

Common UKVI Application Routes

  • Spouse Visa (Appendix FM)

    Portuguese and Brazilian certidão de nascimento (birth), de casamento (marriage), de divórcio (divorce), registo criminal / antecedentes criminais (police clearance) and Appendix FM financial evidence.

  • Skilled Worker Visa

    Portuguese diploma de licenciatura or Brazilian diploma de graduação, suplemento ao diploma / histórico escolar, employer references and Certificate of Sponsorship supporting documents for UK employer sponsorship.

  • Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR)

    Continuous-residence evidence, Life in the UK and English language proofs, and translated Portuguese or Brazilian civil documents for the 5-year and 10-year ILR routes. Portuguese/EU legacy status transitions covered.

  • British Citizenship (Naturalisation)

    Portuguese and Brazilian birth and marriage certificates, criminal-record certificates (registo criminal PT / antecedentes criminais BR) and referee ID documents for Form AN naturalisation applications.

UKVI Requirements for Portuguese Documents

  • Certified English Translation

    Every Portuguese or Brazilian document must be accompanied by a certified English translation for UKVI, HM Passport Office and UK court submission (UKVI Para 39B).

  • Signed Statement of Accuracy

    Translator provides a signed statement of accuracy confirming the translation is a true and accurate rendering of the Portuguese or Brazilian source document.

  • Translator Details Included

    Translator's full name and signature appear on the translation, together with the date of translation.

  • Source-Formatting Mirrored

    Pagination, stamps, seals and apostille of the Portuguese or Brazilian source are preserved and clearly noted, so the caseworker can cross-check against the original.

Challenges

Why Portuguese English Certified Translation Is Not Trivial

What separates a certified translation from a machine-translated draft.

PT vs BR: More Than Spelling

European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese differ on vocabulary (comboio PT / trem BR), grammar (voce with third-person BR / tu with second-person PT in many regions), address structures and legal terminology. A generic machine translation flattens both variants and produces documents that a UK caseworker will query.

Legal & Civil Terminology

Conservatoria do Registo Civil (PT), Cartorio de Registro Civil (BR), IRN, AIMA, Autoridade Tributaria, Tribunal de Justica, Ordem dos Advogados. These institutions have no exact UK equivalent, and they are rendered with a Home Office-recognisable gloss.

Date & Address Formats

Both PT and BR dates are DD/MM/YYYY. PT addresses use rua / numero / andar / codigo postal (NNNN-NNN); BR addresses use rua / numero / bairro / cidade / CEP (NNNNN-NNN). Both are normalised for UKVI evidence bundles without losing the source information.

Administrative Divisions

PT distrito / concelho / freguesia and BR estado / municipio / bairro hierarchies have no direct UK county/borough equivalent. Annotated in-line so UK caseworkers can validate geography. Angolan provincia / municipio and Mozambican provincia / distrito handled the same way.

Education (UK ENIC)

PT ensino basico / secundario / licenciatura / mestrado (Bologna-aligned) and BR ensino fundamental / medio / graduacao / mestrado are rendered with the source name kept alongside, for UK ENIC (formerly NARIC) and university applications.

Professional Qualifications

Portuguese and Brazilian professional titles (medico, advogado, engenheiro, contabilista) are rendered with the closest UK title plus the source, supporting GMC / NMC / GTC / SRA recognition applications.

Good to know before you order

Portuguese / English: Both Directions Covered

Certified translation runs both ways from this page, in both European Portuguese (PT) and Brazilian Portuguese (BR) variants. Portuguese civil-status documents (certidão de nascimento, de casamento, de divórcio, de óbito) render into English for UKVI, the Home Office, HM Passport Office, UK courts, UK ENIC (formerly NARIC) and Russell Group admissions. UK-issued documents render into Portuguese for Conservatoria do Registo Civil filings in Portugal, Cartorio de Registro Civil filings in Brazil, tribunal proceedings, Portuguese or Brazilian employers, medical registration (Ordem dos Medicos / CRM) and citizenship or dual-citizenship files. The statement of accuracy is issued in the target variant when the receiving authority requires it, and in English by default.

PT vs BR: How We Handle the Two Variants

Portugal and Brazil produce documents on structurally similar but terminologically distinct templates. A Portuguese certidão de nascimento issued by a Conservatoria do Registo Civil in Lisboa uses different vocabulary from a Brazilian certidão de nascimento issued by a Cartorio in São Paulo, even when both record the same event. We keep the source terminology in the translated document (bilhete de identidade for older PT documents, carteira de identidade RG for BR; carta de conducao for PT, carteira de habilitacao CNH for BR) and add an English gloss the UK caseworker will recognise. Angolan, Mozambican, Cape Verdean, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé, Timor-Leste and Macau documents in Portuguese follow the PT template with local institutional names annotated in the target text.

Turnaround by Document Length

Standard delivery covers documents of one to three pages within 24 hours. Longer bundles run to 36 hours for four to six pages, 48 hours for seven to ten pages, and are confirmed individually beyond eleven pages so we can match the right translator to the volume. All delivery windows are calculated from the moment a clean, legible scan is received.

Fixed price

Portuguese Translation Pricing

Portuguese English (per page, PT or BR)£39.99
English Portuguese (per page, PT or BR)£39.99
Handwriting supplement+£9.99/page
Hard-copy postal delivery (UK)+£19.99 flat
Prioritised (12-hour aim)£59.99 / page

Fixed price, no hidden fees. Every certified translation carries a signed statement of accuracy. PT and BR variants priced identically.

How to order

How to Order Your Portuguese Translation

  1. Send Your Portuguese Document

    Upload a scan or clear phone photo via SmartQuote™, WhatsApp or email. Every corner of the source must be legible, including stamps, seals, apostille and Conservatoria or Cartorio margin annotations.

  2. Fixed Quote

    £39.99 per page, both directions and both variants. We confirm exact page count, expected turnaround and any handwriting or hard-copy add-ons up front.

  3. Translation

    A translator translates the document and signs the statement of accuracy.

  4. Certified PDF Delivered

    The certified PDF and signed statement of accuracy are emailed within the agreed window. Optional hard copies are posted by An Post from Ireland.

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Professional Portuguese translation services with fast UK turnaround, covering both European (PT) and Brazilian (BR) variants plus Lusophone Africa. Simple, fast quote; upload documents if available. Tell us the direction (Portuguese to English, or English to Portuguese), the variant (European PT / Brazilian BR / Angolan / Mozambican / Cape Verdean / other Lusophone), the document type (Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Divorce Decree, Diploma / Supplement, Academic Transcript, Employment Documents, Legal Documents, Company Filings, or Medical Records), and the UK use: UKVI Spouse (Appendix FM), Skilled Worker, ILR, British Citizenship (Naturalisation) or Portuguese/EU legacy status; UK court exhibit (Crown, County, Family, Employment Tribunal); UK ENIC (formerly NARIC) academic recognition; Russell Group admissions; DVLA driving-licence exchange; DBS enhanced check; NHS registration; HMRC / Companies House filing; or personal use. We count the pages of your document as you upload it: a one-page certificate is one page, and blank pages are free. Add any specific requirements, terminology preferences and context about your Portuguese documents that will help. By submitting, you agree to the Privacy Policy and consent to processing your Portuguese documents under UK DPA 2018 & GDPR.

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Questions

Portuguese Translation for UK Use: FAQ

Do you translate both European (PT) and Brazilian (BR) Portuguese?

Yes. Both variants are translated in the terminology of the source. PT and BR terminology differs materially on civil, legal and educational documents (bilhete de identidade PT vs carteira de identidade RG BR; carta de conducao PT vs carteira de habilitacao BR), and we render each document in the terminology of the source authority.

Which Portuguese and Brazilian institutional documents do you translate?

PT: Conservatoria do Registo Civil, Instituto dos Registos e do Notariado (IRN), Ordem dos Advogados, AIMA (former SEF), Tribunais judiciais, Autoridade Tributaria. BR: Cartorio de Registro Civil, Ministerio da Justica, Receita Federal, Tribunais de Justica. Angolan, Mozambican and Cape Verdean civil-registry documents can be translated.

How do you handle Portuguese diacritics on UK forms?

Portuguese diacritical marks (ã, õ, á, à, â, é, ê, í, ó, ô, ú, ç) are preserved in the translation across both PT and BR variants. Where a UK form does not accept them (e.g. legacy Home Office fields), we add a transliteration alongside.

Are your Portuguese translations prepared for UKVI applications?

Every Portuguese certified translation is prepared to the requirements UKVI publishes (Para 39B) and carries the translator's signed statement of accuracy.

Do you translate documents from Angola, Mozambique and other Lusophone countries?

Yes. Angolan, Mozambican, Cape Verdean, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome, Timor-Leste and Macau civil, legal, academic and business documents in Portuguese can all be translated. Colonial-era and post-independence issuing authorities are annotated so a UK caseworker can validate them.

Do you understand Portuguese and Brazilian administrative structures?

Yes. PT distrito / concelho / freguesia divisions and NIF / NISS identifiers, and BR estado / municipio divisions with CPF / RG / CNPJ identifiers, are annotated in-line so UK caseworkers, court staff and admissions teams can validate them.

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