Bank Statement Translation

Prism Language Solutions translates foreign bank statements and bank letters into English and certifies them for the I-864 affidavit of support, Form I-134, student visa financial evidence and mortgage lenders. Every page and every transaction line is rendered, the layout mirrors the statement, and balances stay in the original currency with the currency named; the translator does not convert them. Multi-page statements are priced per page or per word, quoted up front.

Last reviewed September 11, 2026 by Sarah J, Prism Language Solutions

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Bank Statement Translation for the I-864 Affidavit of Support

A sponsor whose income falls short of 125 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines may use assets, and the I-864 instructions allow the sponsor’s assets, a household member’s assets on Form I-864A and the intending immigrant’s own assets to be combined. The intending immigrant’s assets count wherever they live, which is how a Brazilian savings account or an Indian fixed deposit ends up in a US filing. Only assets that can be turned into cash within a year without serious loss count, and the total must reach five times the income shortfall (three times for a US citizen sponsoring a spouse or adult child).

The owner of each asset must show a description, proof of ownership and the basis for its net cash value, and a statement in Portuguese or Hindi has to arrive with a full English translation and a signed translator certification under 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3). We translate the statements as they are, with our USCIS translation certificate on top; the attorney decides how much history to file.

Bank Letter Translation for Form I-134

Form I-134, the Declaration of Financial Support, asks for something different from a stack of statements: a statement from an officer of the bank giving the date the account was opened, the total deposited over the past year and the present balance, alongside an employer letter and a tax return. Foreign banks produce these letters in their own format and language, with a stamp, a reference number and a signature block that all have to be carried across. We translate the letter and any statements sent with it, so the figures can be checked against each other. The same supporter usually needs an employment letter translation.

Bank Statement Translation for Student Visas and the I-20

A school cannot issue a Form I-20 until its designated school official has seen proof that the student can pay for up to a year of study, and family bank statements are the most common proof, with sponsor letters and scholarship letters. Admissions offices set their own rules on how recent the statement must be and how many months it must cover, so ask the school before you order. Parents in China, India, Vietnam and Korea produce most of the statements we see for this purpose; see the Chinese, Hindi, Vietnamese and Korean pages.

Bank Statement Translation for Mortgage Lenders

Lenders selling to Fannie Mae follow its Selling Guide, which is direct about foreign money: funds from assets outside the US must be documented as exchanged into US dollars and held in a US or state-regulated institution before closing, and any document of foreign origin must be in English or carry an attached translation that is complete and accurate. In practice the underwriter wants to trace a large deposit back to its foreign source: the foreign statement showing the withdrawal, the wire confirmation and the US statement showing the arrival all have to line up.

That tracing is where a summary translation fails. The underwriter needs the exact transaction line, its date, its description and the balance after it, in the original currency, so we keep the transaction table intact. Loan officers with a closing date can ask for rush translation.

Foreign Currency Figures in a Translated Bank Statement

We do not convert currency, and you should be wary of anyone who does. A translator who turns 250,000 rupees into dollars has picked a rate and a date the reader cannot check, and has put a figure on the translation that is not on the original. The translation shows the amount as printed, with the currency named in full where the original uses a symbol or code, so there is no confusion between yen and yuan or between the various dollars; the applicant or attorney adds the conversion in a cover note. Thousands separators and decimal commas are normalized to US convention (1.250.000,00 becomes 1,250,000.00) with a translator’s note saying so, because a misread decimal is the most expensive mistake on this document.

Redaction and Completeness in Certified Bank Statement Translation

Clients often ask to leave out the pages of small purchases, or to black out the account number, before translating. The rule is simple: the translation must correspond to the copy that will be filed. If the attorney files a statement with the account number partly redacted, we translate that copy and mark the redaction, so the reader sees the same blanks on both. What we will not do is translate a complete statement and quietly drop pages, because a certified translation of a twelve-page statement that runs to seven pages invites a Request for Evidence.

Completeness also means the boring parts: bank and branch, account type, statement period, opening and closing balance, the fee schedule on the reverse, and every stamp. Where a bank issues a stamped printout, as many Chinese and Indian banks do, the stamp text is translated.

• Send every page of every statement, front and back, one file per account
• Tell us the receiving office (USCIS, school, consulate, lender) and the deadline
• If you redact, redact the copy you will file, then send us that copy

Bank Statement Translation Cost per Page

Statements are priced per page, or per source word for long, dense printouts; we quote whichever is cheaper for the file. As a guide, certified translation of short official documents in the US market starts at around $24.95 per page, with the signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy and second-linguist review included, and a twelve-month set is quoted as one fixed figure up front. Notarization is added only if a lender or foreign consulate asks; see notarized translation and the pricing page. Upload the file through the quote form and a fixed price comes back within the hour on business days. If the same filing needs pay slips translated, send them in the same batch.

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