Moving to Australia: preparing document translations

Build your document list from the application

For a move from the Netherlands to Australia, first identify the application or organisation requesting your records. Separate immigration documents from requests by a school, employer or professional body. Ask each recipient for its current checklist and translation instructions.

The Department of Home Affairs explains in its guidance on attaching documents that the application form tells you which records to attach and when. Keep your own copies: supporting documents cannot be accessed in ImmiAccount after upload.

Check the instructions for your visa stream

Translation instructions should be checked on the page for the application you are actually making. For example, the Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) guidance requires non-English documents to be translated into English and supplied with the source documents.

That guidance distinguishes translators in Australia, who must have NAATI accreditation, from translators outside Australia. For the latter, it requires the translator’s full name, address and telephone number, qualifications and relevant language experience, all in English. Send us your applicable instructions so we can confirm the arrangements for your document set.

Identify the records that need translation

Translate the documents requested for your situation, rather than treating every record you own as a requirement. If civil-status records are needed in English, our birth certificate translation and marriage certificate translation services provide relevant enquiry routes.

For education records, use our diploma and transcript translation service. Give the receiving institution’s instructions separately if the same records will also be used for admission or recognition.

Prepare clear files and consistent details

Include all requested pages and make sure names, dates, signatures and stamps are readable. Flag any differences in names across the records, and supply the spelling used in your application as reference material.

Use our document preparation checklist before sending the files. Explain the required delivery format and any copy or authentication requirement, together with the deadline for the complete document set.

Request a quote for the confirmed document set

Request your no-obligation quote with the documents, language combination, Australian recipient, application instructions and deadline. Urgent Vertalen will confirm the translation work we can arrange, price and delivery time before you order.

For the broader preparations when leaving the Netherlands, see our moving-abroad document guide. Use the Australian authority’s guidance or an authorised adviser for questions about your eligibility and application.