Portuguese is the second foreign language in Roscommon homes, a larger share than in most Irish counties. Brazilian and Portuguese residents from Ballaghaderreen to Roscommon town need certidões, CNH licences and diplomas in English for registrars, employers and insurers. We translate them with a signed Certificate of Accuracy, stamp and reference number, including any apostille. Everything is ordered online, and the certified PDF comes back by email.
According to Census 2022, 1,056 people in Co. Roscommon speak Portuguese at home, a figure for the whole county that places Portuguese second only to Polish.
Roscommon's Portuguese speakers are mainly Brazilian, with many working in food processing and agriculture and many families with young children. As non-EU citizens, Brazilians face additional steps: civil registrars may ask for their certidões to be apostilled in Brazil. Common requests are birth and marriage certidões, CNH driving licences for insurers, school certificates and qualifications for employers or QQI.
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Couples marrying in the county give notice in person to a civil registrar at least three months ahead. We translate a Brazilian birth certidão with its apostille, so the notification is not delayed.
Brazilian parents may order an Irish birth certificate for a child and need it in Portuguese for the Brazilian consulate. We translate from English, but Brazil often requires a tradutor juramentado, so check first.
Public transport is limited in much of the county, so many residents drive to work. Insurers may ask for a Brazilian CNH in English, which we translate at the standard rate.
Families enrolling children at schools in Ballaghaderreen, Castlerea or Roscommon town may need a certidão and earlier school records translated. We keep names and grades exactly as issued.
Diploma de Bacharel em Enfermagem
Brazilian nurses aiming for wards in Roscommon town register with NMBI, which wants translations signed and stamped with the translator's contact details. We translate the diploma, histórico escolar and clinical hour records so every module is visible.
Registro Geral (RG)
Some Irish forms need your parents' names, which the Brazilian RG shows in the filiação field. We translate front and back of the card, including the CPF number and issuing state, for a Roscommon school, bank or council office.
Certidão de Óbito
When a relative in Brazil dies, a Roscommon family may need the certidão de óbito in English for a bank, pension provider or solicitor. We translate the cause and place of death, the cartório details and any averbação.
Brazilians in Co. Roscommon often need papers from cartórios in different Brazilian states, and each document gets its own apostille from Brazil. Ask for recent inteiro teor copies, then send them to us together. For your visa application, our translation is certified and signed in the EU, inside the EEA, so the translation itself needs no apostille; visa papers must reach ISD as hard copies, so add one.
€29.95 per page (300 source words) for certified Portuguese translation, with free delivery by email. Add a hard copy by tracked post (€14.95) or an apostille for use abroad (from €149.95) at checkout. See all services.
