Melbourne, Victoria
NAATI translation in Melbourne
You can order a NAATI translation in Melbourne on our website. NAATI is the Australian body that tests and certifies translators. Send photos of the pages, and we email you the finished PDF. Four Victorian offices name NAATI in their rules, and this page shows what each one asks for.
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Ordering from Melbourne
Where to get a NAATI translation in Melbourne
You can get a NAATI translation in Melbourne from us online, with no office to visit and no appointment to book. We are a Brisbane-based service in Queensland, and we work only online, for customers all over Australia.
How the order works
Take a clear photo of each page, or both sides of a card, and upload it on the order page. Then pick the NAATI option or Standard, choose a speed and pay. Standard is a translation by a translator or AI tools. It has no NAATI translator’s statement that it is true, and no NAATI stamp on the PDF. Choose it only when nobody has asked you for NAATI.
Translation starts from $19.99 per page. Our page on NAATI translation costs shows how the price is made up.
Finding a NAATI translator in Melbourne
We give every NAATI order from Melbourne to a NAATI-certified translator for your language, so you don’t need to find one yourself. NAATI’s rules are the same across Australia, so the translator’s city makes no difference. They add a certification statement, which is their written word that the translation is true to the original. They also add a NAATI digital stamp, a mark on the PDF that shows their name, NAATI number and a QR code. Our guide on how to check a NAATI translator explains each part.
Paper copies for a Melbourne office. We send every translation as a PDF, and nothing comes by post. If an office in Melbourne wants paper, print the PDF at home or at a library. On the NAATI option, the QR code on the digital stamp still scans from the printout. Keep the email, and you can print a fresh copy any time you need one. Our guide PDF or hard copy? compares the two.
We translate to and from English: licences, birth certificates, transcripts and much more. Our services page lists every document type. Our page on what a NAATI translation is explains how NAATI and Standard differ. If we get something wrong, we correct and re-issue it at no charge.
Victorian offices
Official translation in Melbourne: what each office asks for
An official translation in Melbourne is usually a NAATI translation, and we do them online. Four Victorian offices name NAATI in their rules. They are VicRoads (the licence office), BDM Victoria (birth, death and marriage records), VTAC (uni entry) and VIT (teachers). We quote BDM, VTAC and VIT word for word, with the date we read it.
For a licence, pick the NAATI option. That covers swapping it for a Victorian one, driving here on it and hiring a car in Victoria. Our page on licence translation for Victoria quotes VicRoads’ rule. Before a VicRoads visit, read what VicRoads asks for at the counter. Driving here as a visitor? See driving in Victoria on an overseas licence. For a hire car, our worked example shows a Japanese licence at a Melbourne hire desk.
Births, deaths, marriages and names
Translations for Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria
Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria (BDM) keeps the state’s birth, death and marriage records and handles name changes. Here is what it asks for, in its own words.
Who can translate for BDM
BDM Victoria needs a NAATI translator for any document that is not in English when you apply from inside Australia. In its words: “If you apply to the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria (BDM), all documents must be in English. If the originals are not in English, they must be translated into English.” And: “If you are in Australia, a NAATI translator must do the translation.”
There is one exception: “You don’t need a translation if your document is written in more than one language, and one of them is English.”
Source: Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria, translated documents (updated 26 September 2024; checked 22 October 2026)
Changing your name in Victoria
A name change in Victoria for someone born overseas needs a certified translation of any document that is not in English. A certified translation has the translator’s statement that it is true. For adults, BDM says: “Documents must be in English. Any documents not in English must be accompanied by a certified translation.” For a child born overseas, BDM asks for the birth certificate: “You need to send us a certified copy (with certified translation if it isn't in English).” A certified copy is a copy that a trusted person, such as a Justice of the Peace (JP), has checked against the original.
Source: BDM Victoria, adults and children born overseas (both updated 1 July 2026; checked 22 October 2026)
A death overseas
A death overseas usually does not need registering in Victoria. BDM says: “If a Victorian resident dies overseas, you usually don’t need to register the death in Victoria.” Sometimes a death overseas can still be registered in Victoria. Then the overseas death certificate is part of the proof you send. BDM adds: “For documents in a language other than English, provide an English translation by a qualified translator.” BDM’s page on deaths overseas links to its rules for translated documents. Those rules ask for a NAATI translator if you apply from inside Australia. See death certificate translation.
Source: Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria, overseas deaths (updated 1 July 2026; checked 22 October 2026)
For BDM Victoria, choose the NAATI option. Birth certificate translation and marriage certificate translation cover those two documents in full.
Uni, TAFE and teaching
Translations for study and teaching in Victoria
VTAC and VIT ask for NAATI for documents that are not in English, and Monash University says it prefers NAATI. Here is each rule in its own words.
Applying through VTAC
VTAC, the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre, handles many uni and TAFE applications. VTAC’s evidence page gives a NAATI rule first: “If your documents are not in English, you must provide a certified translation from a NAATI translator.” Further down, it says the school that issued the document, or a government agency, can translate it instead. It still calls NAATI “the preferred provider for translations.” For qualifications from China or India, VTAC also takes a translation from a notary office in that country. A notary office is an official office that can stamp a translation as correct.
Send both versions: “All documents must be submitted in both the original language and in English.”
Source: VTAC, providing evidence (updated 21 September 2026; checked 22 October 2026)
Applying to Monash University
Monash University asks for an official translation of any document not in English, and it prefers NAATI. Its words: “official translation of that document (Monash prefers NAATI qualified translations).” Monash wants certified copies of both the original and the translation. Its undergraduate entry page says the same: “If your qualification results are in a language other than English, please supply certified translated copies.”
Applying direct with a Chinese qualification? Monash says: “You can request that CSSD create an English version of the document, which can then be submitted to Monash.” CSSD is the Chinese education ministry’s student records centre.
Source: Monash University, if your documents aren’t in English (updated January 2025) and undergraduate entry (updated August 2021); both checked 22 October 2026
Registering as a teacher with VIT
The Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT), which registers teachers in Victoria, needs a NAATI translator’s certified translation of any document not in English. VIT asks teachers who send papers in another language for “translations prepared and certified as correct by a translator accredited by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters Ltd (NAATI).” “Accredited” is NAATI’s old word for certified. Our page NAATI accredited or certified? explains the change.
VIT says documents from overseas get an extra check, to make sure the translation meets NAATI standards. Allow extra time for that step.
Source: VIT, how to register (updated 30 June 2025), registration timeline (updated 13 August 2024); both checked 22 October 2026
All three ask for NAATI or say they prefer it, so choose the NAATI option. Academic transcript translation and degree certificate translation cover study papers in full.
NAATI translations don’t expire
NAATI answers this in one line of its FAQ: “Translations don’t expire.” That covers translations by a NAATI-certified translator, so it applies to our NAATI option and not to Standard. You can keep the PDF and use it again while the document stays the same. A renewed licence or a new certificate needs a fresh translation. Our guide Do NAATI translations expire? has more detail.
Common questions
Questions about ordering from Melbourne
Official Translation has no Melbourne office or shopfront, and you don’t need one: you order online and we email you the PDF. We are an online service run from Brisbane, Queensland. You can call, text, WhatsApp, email or order 24/7.
NAATI is the Australian body that tests and certifies translators, and it works the same way in Melbourne as everywhere else. Our page on NAATI translation explains what NAATI does.
Orders from Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo and the rest of regional Victoria work just like orders from inner Melbourne, because the whole process is online. The PDF reaches your inbox wherever you live.
Our delivery estimates are in Brisbane time, which is one hour behind Melbourne during Victoria’s daylight saving. This season, that runs from 4 October 2026 to 4 April 2027. Queensland has no daylight saving, so for the rest of the year both cities show the same time. So during daylight saving, an estimate of 5pm on the order page means 6pm in Melbourne. We do not deliver on Sundays, so an estimate that falls on a Sunday moves to Monday. How it works lists the three speeds.
Ordering for someone in another state? Our location pages cover every state and territory.