Birth certificate translation with official validity in Panama

The birth certificate is one of the documents most often requested in Panama when it comes from another country. If your certificate is in English and you will file it with a Panamanian institution, you need an official translation into Spanish: one made by an Authorized Public Translator, with their signature and seal. This is also called a certified translation or sworn translation in Panama.

The most common cases are residency and permit applications with the National Immigration Service (for example, to include children as dependents), registering births and marriages with the Civil Registry, school enrollment, banking and insurance procedures, and family matters. We also provide Spanish to English translation in Panama when you need to present a Panamanian certificate abroad.

For immigration filings, documents issued abroad must be apostilled, or authenticated by the Panamanian consulate in the issuing country and by Panama's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The best approach is to apostille the original certificate first in the country that issued it and then have it translated: that way the apostille is translated too and the document is complete. More details in apostille and translation.

For English to Spanish translation in Panama, a birth certificate is a general document: $15 per page with standard delivery (48–72 h) or $20 per page rush in 24 h. Most certificates have one or two pages, plus the apostille.

1. Send us a clear photo or a PDF of the certificate (with its apostille) on WhatsApp. 2. We confirm the final price. 3. You pay and we translate. 4. You receive the signed and sealed translation, ready to file. As your English Spanish translator in Panama, we carefully check names, dates, places and registration numbers, which is where a mistake can delay an entire process.