Sworn translation in Vigo

Vigo is the most populous city in Galicia and the one that never sits still. The ría reaches right into the centre, the port unloads fish at first light while half the city clocks out of the Balaídos shift, where Stellantis has spent decades building cars that end up across Europe. Thirty minutes from Portugal, with people crossing the Miño in both directions every day, the place is part border town, part Atlantic city, and never asks which it should be. Add the Universidade de Vigo, its As Lagoas-Marcosende campus full of exchange students, and a Latin American and Portuguese community that put down roots generations ago. Sooner or later, nearly everyone lands in the same spot: a folder of foreign documents that no Spanish authority will accept until a sworn translator has signed off on them.

Textualia works with residents and newcomers in Vigo entirely online. Upload your document, see the final price on the spot and, once you pay, get your sworn translation as an electronically signed PDF — fully valid before the Vigo immigration office, the Government Sub-delegation in Pontevedra, registries, notaries and UVigo itself. Need it on paper? We courier the copy on official State-stamped paper to anywhere in the city or the province.

A sworn translation signed by a translator accredited by Spain's MAEC is valid throughout Spain. For clients in Vigo, we use it routinely before:

• The Vigo immigration office (Extranjería) and the Government Sub-delegation in Pontevedra (residence, visas, NIE, TIE).
• The Civil Registry of Vigo (births, marriages, nationality).
• Notaries and Land Registries across the city and the province (property sales, powers of attorney, inheritance).
• The Universidade de Vigo (UVigo) and the education authorities of the Xunta de Galicia (enrolment, credit equivalence and degree recognition).
• Courts and any public body anywhere else in Spain.
• The document is bound for use outside Spain — neighbouring Portugal, for instance: check first what kind of translation that authority expects, because our certification covers Spanish territory.

• Digital Nomad Visa: apostilled criminal-record certificate (FBI in the US, ACRO in the UK, B3 in France) and often your degree or contract, translated into Spanish.
• Recognition and equivalence of foreign degrees before UVigo or other Galician universities.
• International hiring in the automotive cluster (Stellantis Vigo and its Ceaga supplier network) and in the shipbuilding and fishing sector: qualifications, technical certificates and employment paperwork.
• Residence and family reunification for the Latin American and Portuguese community.
• Getting married in Spain and registering births at the Civil Registry.
• Spanish nationality through residence.

Few Spanish cities are at once this industrial and this much from elsewhere. The Stellantis plant in Balaídos and the Ceaga automotive cluster bring in engineers, technicians and managers every year who land with a signed contract and discover that step one is to translate their degrees, technical certificates and employment papers into Spanish. Down by the ría, the fishing port and the shipyards keep crews and professionals from across the world in motion; meanwhile the Universidade de Vigo takes in exchange students and foreign faculty who, to enrol or have credits recognised, hand over transcripts and diplomas with a sworn translation.

Then there is the border, which here is no metaphor. Vigo lives right up against Portugal: people cross the Miño to work, to shop and to be home for dinner, and plenty of families are split between the two banks. For any of them, we translate the already-apostilled document where needed, deliver it signed and ready to upload to the application and, if the procedure calls for paper, it reaches Vigo in a day or two. One caveat worth flagging: this validity applies within Spain; if the document is headed for Portugal or another country, confirm first what kind of translation that authority requires.