Sworn translation in Córdoba

Córdoba lives at its own pace. It was once the capital of half the known world, and it still carries that weight: the maze of the old Jewish quarter, the whitewashed courtyards that throw open their doors in May, the Mosque-Cathedral that draws more than a million and a half visitors a year. Behind that postcard Córdoba, though, a quieter one keeps growing. The lecturer signing on at the University of Córdoba, the British couple buying a village house out in the campiña, the French researcher at the Rabanales 21 science park, the non-EU healthcare worker applying to have a qualification recognised. People who put down roots. And who, before any Spanish authority will move their file forward, need a sworn translation.

Textualia works online with residents and newcomers across Córdoba. Upload your document, see the final price on the spot and, the moment you pay, get your sworn translation as an electronically signed PDF — valid before the Córdoba immigration office, the Government Subdelegation, the University of Córdoba, registries and notaries. If your procedure calls for paper, we courier the copy on official State-stamped paper anywhere in the province, from the capital to the campiña or the Subbética highlands.

A sworn translation signed by a translator accredited by Spain's MAEC is valid throughout Spain. For our clients in Córdoba, it is typically submitted to:

• The Córdoba immigration office (Extranjería) and the Government Subdelegation (residence, visas, NIE, TIE).
• The University of Córdoba (UCO) and the Andalusian education authorities (degree recognition, enrolment, academic records).
• The Civil Registry of Córdoba (births, marriages, nationality).
• Notaries and Land Registries across the province (property purchase, powers of attorney, inheritance).
• The medical association (Colegio de Médicos) and other professional bodies, to register with a foreign qualification.
• Courts and any other public body elsewhere in Spain.

• Digital Nomad Visa: apostilled criminal-record certificate (FBI in the US, ACRO in the UK, B3 in France) and often your degree or employment contract, translated into Spanish.
• Recognition and homologation of degrees before the UCO and the Ministry — common with healthcare and agricultural qualifications.
• Property purchase in the city or the campiña villages: title deeds, powers of attorney and certificates.
• Non-lucrative residence and family reunification.
• Marriage in Spain and registration of births at the Civil Registry.
• Spanish nationality through residence.

When UNESCO listed Medina Azahara in 2018, Córdoba reached its fourth entry on the World Heritage List, alongside the Mosque-Cathedral, the historic centre around it and the Courtyards Festival. That status counts for far more than tourism: it pulls in a steady stream of people who come to work and end up staying. Archaeologists and art historians signing on with institutions, exhibition curators, researchers landing at the IMIBIC institute attached to the Reina Sofía University Hospital, hospitality professionals arriving with a foreign qualification. Almost all of them hit the same hurdle before they can start: getting their degree, their work history or their criminal record translated.

That part is ours to handle. We translate your degree, your criminal-record certificate — apostilled when the procedure requires it — your contract or your academic file, and hand it back as a signed PDF, ready to submit to the relevant online portal. If the institution asks for paper, we send the copy on official State-stamped paper to your address in Córdoba. And it bears repeating: our MAEC sworn translation is valid in Spain; to use it before an authority in another country, check the requirements with them first.