Sworn translation of a passport
A sworn translation of a passport is the official translation of your travel document, signed and stamped by a sworn translator appointed by the MAEC. You do not need it to travel — the passport is valid as it is — but notaries, banks, registries and courts require it whenever the passport must appear in writing in a file: inheritances, property purchases, marriages, bank accounts or visas. We translate into 39 languages, with a fixed quote before we start, on the agreed date — and only the pages your procedure actually needs.
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What must be visible in the copy you send us
The sworn translation reproduces every included page in full — machine-readable zone included. Before sending, check the following:
- Complete data page: photograph, fields and the two lines of the machine-readable zone (MRZ), which are transcribed as well.
- Legible stamps and visas, if your procedure requires them: dates and authorities must be clearly distinguishable.
- No glare or fingers covering the passport number, the dates or the bottom characters.
- PDF or high-quality photo — the physical passport stays with you at all times.
Which parts of the passport are translated?
A passport is translated page by page, according to what the authority requires. That way you pay exactly for what your procedure needs:
Name, nationality, number, issue and expiry dates and machine-readable zone. It is what notaries, banks and registries ask for in 90 % of cases.
Entries, exits and stamped visas: they prove stays and deadlines before immigration offices and consulates. Only the pages with content are translated.
Validity extensions, mentions of children or observations by the issuing authority, when the file requires the complete document.
Passport and national ID do not compete: they complement each other. In many files with a foreign element — an inheritance, a property purchase, a power of attorney — the notary identifies the signatory with the passport and also with the identity document of their country. If your procedure asks for both, send them together: we translate them as a single order, with one deadline and a better total price. The Spanish passport is issued by the Directorate-General of Police (Ministry of the Interior); the sworn translation is on us.
How we translate your passport
Without parting with the document: you keep travelling, we translate your copy.
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Send the pages you need
Photo or PDF of the data page — and of the stamps or visas if the procedure requires them — via the quotation form, by email or on WhatsApp, stating the target language.
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Receive your fixed quote
A fixed price per document, with no obligation. The data page alone is among the most affordable translations. The sworn translator starts once you confirm.
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Your translation, on the agreed date
You receive it as a digitally signed PDF — valid on any electronic filing platform — and, if you need it on paper, by courier or collected in Adeje, Seville or Málaga.
Why a sworn translation and not a standard one? Because notaries, banks, registries and courts only accept translations bearing the signature, stamp and accreditation number of a sworn translator appointed by the MAEC. An ordinary translation, however accurate, has no official validity: the file is returned and the procedure starts over. Translations into English are signed by our in-house translator, appointed by the MAEC.
Frequently asked questions about translating a passport
How much does it cost to translate a passport?
It depends on how many pages your procedure needs: the data page alone is among the most affordable sworn translations; if stamps, visas or extensions must be added, they are quoted on their actual volume. You will always receive a fixed price before deciding, with no obligation.
Do I have to translate the whole passport or just the data page?
Only what the authority requires. For most procedures — notary, bank, registry — the biographical page is enough; immigration files may also ask for entry and exit stamps or visas. Tell us the procedure and we will confirm which pages to include, so you do not overpay.
Do I need to translate my passport to travel or at the airport?
No. The passport is an international travel document and border authorities accept it as it is. The sworn translation is only required when the passport must be added to a written file: a deed, an inheritance, a marriage, a bank account or court proceedings.
Do I have to send the original passport?
No. We work from a photo or scan: you keep the passport and can keep travelling. We only ask that the data page be fully visible, with the machine-readable zone (the two lines of characters at the bottom) legible, because it is transcribed too.
Does the sworn translation of a passport expire?
The translation does not expire: it certifies the document as of the date it was translated. But if you renew your passport, the number changes — and the authority will ask for a translation of the new one, because the one on file no longer matches. Translate the passport you will sign the procedure with.
In which format will I receive the translation?
As a digitally signed PDF from the sworn translator, with the same legal validity as paper, and optionally on paper by courier anywhere in Spain or collected at our offices in Adeje, Seville and Málaga.