# Certified Translator Montreal: Translations for IRCC | Roxo

> Certified translator in Montreal: when IRCC accepts a translator’s affidavit, when an office asks for an ATIO member and how we work. Order online.

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## Certified Translator in Montreal

- A certified translator in Montreal is, by Quebec law, a member of OTTIAQ, the professional order that grants the reserved title of traducteur agréé (certified translator). For IRCC you can also use a translator who is not certified in Canada, when the translation comes with the translator’s affidavit sworn before a notary public outside Canada, which is how we work: online, with the translation sent by email.

## Translations for Montreal, signed by professional translators

- A translator native in the target language, and a second translator checking every page
- The translator’s affidavit sworn before a notary public in Florida, USA, as IRCC accepts
- Roxo is a Corporate Member of the American Translators Association (ATA)

## Do you need a translator certified in Quebec?

- For IRCC, no. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada accepts a translation by a member of a professional association in Canada or abroad, or a translation with the translator’s affidavit sworn before a notary public outside Canada, with a certified copy of the original. It does not ask for a translator in Montreal.
- Montreal trains translators: the Université de Montréal’s Département de linguistique et de traduction runs the Baccalauréat spécialisé en traduction, Concordia University offers the BA Specialization in Translation and the MA in Translation Studies, and McGill University also has translation programs recognized by OTTIAQ. OTTIAQ, the professional order that certifies translators in Quebec, has its office in Montreal.
- Some offices in the city ask for more, such as the marriage licence and some courts. Roxo is not a member of OTTIAQ or of any Canadian association: our credential is membership of the American Translators Association (ATA). If an office asks for an OTTIAQ-certified translator, check with them before you order.

## Notaries and affidavits in Montreal

- In Quebec, the notaire is a civil law jurist and a public officer who drafts authentic acts, a different role from the notary public of the rest of Canada and the United States. An affidavit is sworn before a commissioner for oaths (commissaire à l’assermentation), appointed by the Minister of Justice, or before a lawyer, a notaire or a court clerk. A commissioner cannot certify that a copy is true to the original.
- IRCC asks for the affidavit to be sworn before a notary public outside Canada when the translator is not certified in Canada. Ours is sworn before a notary public in Florida, USA, at no extra cost (see notarized translation). If an office in Montreal asks for a Quebec notary (notaire), check with them before you order.

## How to choose a certified translator in Montreal

- Whether the translator works in Montreal or online, check that:

- The office that receives the document accepts that kind of translator: OTTIAQ member, or translator with an affidavit
- The translation is complete, with the translator’s name and signature, and the affidavit sworn before a notary
- The translator is native in the target language and a second person reviews the translation
- You can see the price and the delivery date before you pay, and nobody in your family translates the documents

## Your translator for Montreal, online

- Upload your documents, see the price and the delivery date in the instant quote and receive the IRCC translation by email as a PDF, with a printed copy by mail to any Montreal address on request. See also our translation services in Montreal, the certified translator in Canada and the prices on our pricing page.

- Upload your documents and see the price and the delivery date before you pay
- Pay online by card
- Receive your certified translation by email as a PDF