Translate an Israeli immigrant certificate (Teudat Oleh) to English

teudat oleh (תעודת עולה). Upload the original and get it back in English with the same layout: every stamp, table and number stays where it is.

Hebrew → English
Asked for in 1 use case
Public document
Issued by Ministry of Aliyah and Integration

Translate your immigrant certificate How we translate it

Sample Israeli immigrant certificate (Teudat Oleh) — **Sample immigrant certificate.** Shown for layout only; the details on it are not a real person's. Source: commons.wikimedia.org.

What it is

Issued to new immigrants on arrival. Proves aliyah date and immigrant status; used in citizenship-by-descent files to link family lines.

Key fields

What appears on the document and must come through in the translation.

Name
ID
aliyah date
country of origin
file number
status type

How we translate it

These rules go to the translation engine when you upload an immigrant certificate, on top of the general rules for Israeli documents.

Keep the country of origin in its standard English name.
Translate the status type with fixed terms (New immigrant, Returning resident, Returning minor).
Keep the file number and aliyah date.

Common mistake: Translating עולה as "climber" or similar literal errors.

Glossary

Terms on the document and the English we use for them.

Hebrew	English
עולה חדש	New immigrant
תושב חוזר	Returning resident
קטין חוזר	Returning minor
ארץ מוצא	Country of origin

Who asks for it

Use cases where an translated immigrant certificate is on the list.

EU citizenship by descent (Germany, Austria, Poland, Portugal) sometimes

Apostille and validity

Public document: can be apostilled in Israel. Foreign authorities often want a certified or sworn translation of it.

Samedoc gives you an English copy in the original layout. You're responsible for checking it before you submit it, and a professional manual review is available at extra cost. Where an authority requires a certified or sworn translation, a qualified translator signs it; the Samedoc copy gives them a ready draft. Check the official source for your destination.

Questions

Who asks for a translated immigrant certificate?

It is on the document list for EU citizenship by descent (Germany, Austria, Poland, Portugal).

Does a translated immigrant certificate need an apostille?

Public document: can be apostilled in Israel. Foreign authorities often want a certified or sworn translation of it.

Will the numbers and stamps stay the same?

Yes. Samedoc keeps every number, date, ID, amount, stamp and signature exactly where it is and only replaces the text, so the English copy can be checked against the original line by line.