Translate Documents near Allentown, Pennsylvania

Who needs a translator in Allentown

Allentown is one of the more multilingual places we work in. Of 116,463 residents aged five and over, 31,595 report speaking English less than very well, which is 27.1% of the city. Demand for certified translation here is steady rather than occasional.

Spanish dominates: 47,059 speakers, 88% of everyone in Allentown who speaks a language other than English at home. If you are looking for a Spanish translator here, that is why.

Languages spoken at home in Allentown, and how many speakers report limited English

Language group	Speakers	Limited English
Spanish	47,059	28,609
Arabic	1,782	904
Other Indo-European languages	1,129	567
Other Asian and Pacific Island languages	677	424
Other and unspecified languages	635	364
French, Haitian, or Cajun	621	289
Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)	378	24
Vietnamese	327	212
German or other West Germanic languages	323	61
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages	224	91
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)	163	13
Korean	58	37

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-Year Estimates, table C16001. "Limited English" is the Census category for speaking English less than very well. Several rows are combined groups rather than single languages, so the totals cover a family of languages. We translate the individual languages inside each group.

Getting a document certified from Allentown

There is no walk-in office here and none is needed. You upload the file, we return a PDF you can print, and the certification carries the same weight whether the translator sat in Pennsylvania or in New York. Our office at 55 Broadway in New York handles paper in person if you prefer that.

What a certified translation has to contain, what USCIS accepts, and what it costs are the same everywhere, so they are covered once on the pages that own them rather than repeated here:

• How certified translation works, including the wording USCIS requires
• Birth certificates, the most common document in an immigration file
• Marriage certificates and divorce decrees
• Diplomas and transcripts for credential evaluation
• Apostilles, a separate step that is often mistaken for certification

Nearest USCIS office

Allentown has no USCIS office of its own. The closest one is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, about 43 miles away: Application Support Center - Philadelphia, PA, USCIS Application Support Center, 10300 Drummond Road, Suite 100, Philadelphia, PA 19154.

An Application Support Center handles biometrics, not interviews. Translations are filed with your paperwork either way. Address from USCIS; check your own appointment notice before travelling.

Apostilles for Pennsylvania documents

For documents issued in Pennsylvania, the competent authority is Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth. Not us: an apostille authenticates the original document, while certification covers the translation. How the two fit together.

Authority per the Hague Conference registry, which is not the Secretary of State in every state.

Languages most asked for in Allentown: Spanish, Arabic, other Indo-European languages. We cover more than 100 languages in total, listed on the languages page.