Urdu is spoken in hundreds of Laois homes, and Urdu documents from families in and around Portlaoise often need English versions for Irish offices. We translate the Nikah Nama, NADRA certificates, court decrees and education records, including the handwritten Urdu parts of bilingual forms. Each translation is signed and stamped with a reference number, and delivered online.
Co. Laois had 487 Urdu speakers at home in Census 2022, a county-wide figure rather than one for Portlaoise town.
Urdu speakers in Laois are largely Pakistani families, many of whom have lived in Portlaoise for years, some running local businesses and raising children who now attend Laois schools. Their documents are often bilingual, with English headings and Urdu entries. Typical requests include the Nikah Nama for family matters, NADRA family registration certificates for passports and citizenship, and family court decrees. Pakistan is a member of the Hague Apostille Convention, and some Irish processes ask for apostilled originals.
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Pakistani residents in Portlaoise applying for naturalisation translate birth, marriage and family registration documents. We translate each with names spelled exactly as on the applicants' passports.
A Nikah Nama may be needed for a child's Irish passport, civil registration or a Laois County Council housing file. We translate every entry, including witnesses, mehr and conditions.
A Circuit Court family case in Portlaoise may rely on a Pakistani divorce decree or talaq deed. We translate the decree or talaq deed in full. Court rules require a translator's affidavit, which your solicitor can advise on.
Pakistani-owned businesses in Portlaoise sometimes need Urdu contracts, partnership deeds or bank letters in English for an accountant or lender. We translate them keeping the original layout.
طلاق نامہ
A partner divorced in Pakistan who gives marriage notification in Laois must show the divorce took effect. The talaq deed alone is rarely enough, so bring the Union Council Arbitration Council certificate too; we translate both and every Urdu endorsement.
شناختی کارڈ، ب فارم
Pakistani identity cards and the children's B-Form show parents' names and family numbers that help ISD link a household. Most fields are in English, but addresses and some names appear in Urdu only, and we translate those while noting the English parts.
وفات کا سرٹیفکیٹ
Following a death in Pakistan, Portlaoise families often need an English version of the Union Council certificate for their solicitor, bank or registrar. We translate the Urdu handwriting on it and keep the registration number unchanged.
Pakistani civil documents for Laois applications are best ordered in the NADRA computerised form where you can, because handwritten Union Council versions vary in spelling. Where the HSE registrar or ISD wants the original apostilled, Pakistan issues that apostille, and we then translate the certificate and its apostille in one order.
€29.95 per page (300 source words) for certified Urdu 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.
