Why Embassies and Government Offices Reject Translated Documents
Most translation rejections come down to a small set of recurring issues: the translator was not registered/certified in the way the specific authority requires, the certification statement was missing or incomplete, the translation did not include a rendering of stamps/seals/signatures that appeared on the original, formatting did not visually mirror the original document's layout (which some authorities specifically check), or names were transliterated inconsistently with the spelling already on the applicant's passport.
None of these are really about translation quality in the everyday sense — they are about matching the specific procedural expectations of the receiving office. This is exactly why we confirm the destination (which embassy, which court, which authority) before starting a certified translation, rather than producing a generic certified translation and hoping it fits.