Translation Services in Victoria

Translation services in Victoria for official use: we translate your documents into English or French, or into more than 30 other languages, with the translator’s affidavit sworn before a notary public, the format IRCC accepts for immigration and citizenship. Everything is done online, and the translation arrives by email.

Certified translations for IRCC, the courts and universities

• Certified translation with the translator’s affidavit, sworn before a notary public
• Human translation, checked by a second translator
• Sent as a PDF by email, with a printed copy by mail to any Victoria address on request

IRCC, and the offices in Victoria with rules of their own

For IRCC, a translation by a translator who is not certified in Canada is accepted when it comes with the translator’s affidavit, sworn before a notary public outside Canada, and a certified copy of the original. That is our IRCC translation.

Two B.C. offices have rules of their own. The Vital Statistics Agency may ask for certified translations of documents not in English when you apply for a legal change of name. ICBC, which exchanges foreign driver’s licences, decides by country whether a translation is needed: a licence from Brazil does not need one, while licences from Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Chile and Peru do, and the translation must come from an ICBC-approved translator or a consulate in B.C.

Check with ICBC or the office that will receive your document before you order: ICBC works with translators it has approved, other B.C. offices may ask for a translator certified in B.C., and Roxo is not a member of STIBC.

Did you know? Victoria

As the capital, Victoria is where B.C. civil records are sent by mail: requests for B.C. birth, marriage and death certificates go to the Vital Statistics Agency at a Victoria post office box, though they can also be made online or at Service BC.

Victoria speaks far more English at home than the mainland cities: 6.1% of residents speak a non-official language most often at home, against 35.0% in Burnaby and 34.9% in Surrey.