Sworn translation in Vitoria-Gasteiz

Vitoria-Gasteiz is the capital of the Basque Country, home to the Basque Government and the Basque Parliament (Eusko Legebiltzarra). That gives the city an unusual administrative weight: regional government, a heavyweight industrial base led by the Mercedes-Benz plant, and the Álava campus of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) all sit within a few kilometres of one another. When a foreign document has to take effect before any of these bodies, whether it is a degree, a criminal-record certificate or a birth certificate, the administration will want it accompanied by a sworn translation. That is where we come in.

We work entirely online, so the distance from our office makes no difference. You upload the document to the quote tool, get a fixed price on the spot and, once you have paid, receive the sworn translation as a digitally signed PDF, valid for the vast majority of procedures. If the receiving office insists on a copy on official State-stamped paper (papel timbrado), we print it, stamp it and send it to Vitoria by certified courier within a few business days. We translate from English and French into Spanish under MAEC accreditation.

Thanks to the MAEC accreditation, our translations carry full legal effect in Spain, and in Vitoria-Gasteiz they are accepted before:

• The Basque Government (Eusko Jaurlaritza) and its departments, and the Basque Parliament.
• The Sub-delegation of the Government in Álava and its Immigration Office.
• The University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Álava campus.
• The Civil, Property and Commercial registries of Vitoria-Gasteiz.
• The courts, the Provincial Court of Álava and the High Court of Justice of the Basque Country.
• The notaries of the Notarial College of the Basque Country.
• Important: a MAEC sworn translation certifies validity in Spain; if your document is bound for an administration in another country, always confirm the requirement with the receiving body.

The procedures our clients in Vitoria-Gasteiz request most often:

• Recognition of foreign degrees (homologación) to study or practise, at the UPV/EHU Álava campus.
• Immigration paperwork (NIE, residence, citizenship) before the Sub-delegation of the Government in Álava.
• Digital Nomad Visa with apostilled criminal records: FBI (USA), ACRO (UK) or B3 (France), translated for the consulate or from within Spain.
• Corporate documents for local industry, around Mercedes-Benz and its suppliers: powers of attorney, contracts, ISO certificates and due diligence.
• Registration in the Civil Registry of marriages and births that took place abroad.
• Notarial translations of deeds and powers of attorney with effect in Spain.

Vitoria-Gasteiz was European Green Capital in 2012, an award that fits its character: an orderly city with its green belt, one that moves at its own pace and looks after quality of life. Behind that calm image, though, runs an economy that is wide open to the outside world. The Mercedes-Benz plant, running since 1954, has just started building the new all-electric VLE van here —the worldwide debut of the brand's VAN X architecture— with around 5,000 employees. That activity, and that of its supplier network, drives a constant flow of technical, contractual and quality documentation that often arrives or leaves in English or French.

That contrast is exactly where we fit. The international professional who settles in Vitoria for its quality of life needs a degree or a criminal-record certificate translated for the NIE; the company in the industrial belt needs a power of attorney or a contract with legal force in Spain. In both cases we deliver a sworn translation the Basque administration accepts without friction. And the usual reminder: our MAEC accreditation guarantees validity in Spain; if the document is intended for an administration in another country, it is best to confirm the exact requirement beforehand with the receiving body.