PR Application Document Translation Services in Singapore

Plan for notarised. ICA accepts an embassy translation, a translation by a notary in Singapore or the issuing country, or a private translation that a notary has notarised or the embassy has attested. ICA does not endorse any translation company, so a company stamp alone is not enough. A self-made, Google or ChatGPT translation is not one of these routes. We do the translation, the notary and the SAL step in one order.

A certified translation starts at S$40 a page. The ICA version, with translation, notary and SAL, starts at S$202.20 for a 1-page document, and each extra page adds S$40. A typical spouse set of birth, marriage and household papers comes to S$686.60. Same-day translation adds S$20 a page. Send all your papers for one fixed, itemised price within an hour.

You do not need a separate step. When a Singapore notary signs your translation, SAL must authenticate it, and since 16 September 2021 it does this with an apostille. We arrange it, and the S$87.20 fee is included in our notarised price. For ICA, nothing more is needed after that.

Often, yes. The translation can be ready the same day if you send short documents before 11am on a weekday. The notary and SAL steps depend on their schedules and usually add a few working days. Message us on WhatsApp with your deadline today, and we will tell you honestly whether it can be done.

A clear photo or scan is enough to start, and your originals stay with you. You get one PDF per document, with the copy of the original, the translation and the notary and SAL pages, ready for the ICA e-Service upload. Notarised sets also come on paper, because the notary signs a real page. Collect it from our office, or we courier it for a small fee.

Only the ones that apply to you and are not in English. That usually means overseas birth and marriage certificates, past divorce papers, degrees and transcripts, and payslips from overseas. Documents issued in Singapore in English need no translation. Send us everything you plan to upload, and we tell you for free which papers need work.

Yes. ICA asks you to upload certified true copies of your originals, and a translation for each one that is not in English. They are two different things. A certified true copy proves the copy matches the original. The translation puts it into English. We can arrange both in the same order, so the set goes in together.

Usually not. Many Malaysian and other bilingual forms print the labels in English but fill in the names, places and remarks in Malay or another language. ICA needs those details in English too. The same applies to a marriage paper with only some English on it. We translate the parts that are not in English and keep the layout, so the officer can compare both.

Upload the old and new papers together. ICA's checklist asks for the deed poll or religious certificate for a change of name. We translate each paper as it is written, never changing old records, and add a translator's note that links both names to one person. Send your passport too, so the spellings match it.

Usually not. A notarised translation has no expiry date of its own, so you can usually reuse it when you reapply, and later for citizenship. Papers that change, such as payslips, an employer letter or a new marriage or birth, need new translations. We keep your file unless you ask us to delete it, so new papers can match the old spellings.