If you are planning to immigrate or invest in Portugal, ensuring that your documents are accurately translated is crucial. Many legal processes require a certified translation service to guarantee that official documents are recognised by authorities, embassies, and financial institutions. In this article, we will explain what certified translation is, which documents require this service, and how a translation company like AP | PORTUGAL can help you avoid legal and bureaucratic complications.
A certified translation service involves the official translation of documents that must maintain legal validity. In Portugal, only qualified translators can provide this type of translation, ensuring that the translated document is accurate and accepted by official institutions.
This service is required for various procedures, including:
Without a sworn translation, authorities may reject your documents, leading to delays or even the refusal of your application.
Depending on the purpose of your application, different documents may need an official translation. Below are some of the most commonly required ones:
Essential documents for immigrants:
Key documents for investors:
Whether you are handling an immigration process or formalising an investment, using a certified translation service ensures that your documents are legally recognised and processed without delays.
Ensuring that your documents are properly translated can be the difference between a successful or delayed application. In Portugal, institutions such as the Agência para a Imigração, Mobilidade e Asilo (AIMA), embassies, and financial authorities require certified translations to validate foreign documents.
For investors, legal translation of contracts and financial statements is essential to ensure compliance with Portuguese regulations. Errors in translations can cause legal complications, delays, or even result in an application being rejected.
Beyond official translation, AP | PORTUGAL also provides interpreting services, both in-person and remotely, to assist with meetings, interviews with authorities, and legal proceedings.
AP | PORTUGAL is a translation company with extensive experience in certified translation, legal translation, and official document translation. We ensure that your translated documents meet the legal requirements for acceptance by national and international authorities.
By choosing AP | PORTUGAL, you benefit from:
If you require birth certificate translation, criminal record translation, visa translation, diploma translation, or corporate document translation, we guarantee a fast, secure service that ensures your documents are accepted without issue.
Whether for immigration or investment, a certified translation service ensures that your documents are legally valid and accepted without complications.
At AP | PORTUGAL, we provide a professional, high-quality service tailored to your needs.
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AP | PORTUGAL is the expression of service and vision in the fields of communication technologies, event management, translation, interpretation, and audiovisual communication.
With offices in Lisbon and Porto, it is the only Portuguese company certified by both International Quality Standards ISO 17100, ISO 18587 and ISO 23155, and also by DGERT as a training entity. Internationally renowned for its skills in the areas of translation, interpretation, transcription, localization, subtitling, video production, artificial intellingence solutions and proofreading, the company is also specialized in event and conference management, audiovisual equipment rental, and VRI - Video Remote Interpreting.
The company’s intervention extends to the area of creative content production in any language, allowing AP | PORTUGAL to support companies and organizations through its Copywriting platform, also focusing on text, audio or video solutions based on Artificial Intelligence.
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