Sworn Translation in Stuttgart for Your Foreign Documents

What Stuttgart offices say about translators

Stuttgart offices use slightly different German words, but they all mean the same: the translator must be sworn or admitted in Germany. Here is what official Stuttgart pages say about foreign documents, quoted in German and explained in English.

Rules can change. Check the office's own website for its current document list.

Why a translation from your home country is usually not enough

German offices usually do not accept translations made abroad, even when a notary in Istanbul, Kyiv, Moscow or Delhi has stamped them. They want a translator sworn by a German court, because a German court has sworn in that translator. You can check any translator in the official register at justiz-dolmetscher.de.

The apostille or legalisation of your original is a separate matter. It confirms the document, not the translation. For example, a Turkish Nüfus Kayıt Örneği or a Russian ZAGS certificate usually needs an apostille, while Iraqi and Afghan documents cannot be legalised and the office decides. Indian documents may need a verification instead.

Beglaubigte Übersetzung Stuttgart: your offices and our pages

In Stuttgart, residence and citizenship both sit in the Amt für öffentliche Ordnung (public order office), the Standesamt handles weddings and births, and the Regierungspräsidium handles health recognition. Use this table to find the right page for your case.

New in 2026: since May 2026, Stuttgart's Einbürgerung team works as its own unit, separate from the Ausländerbehörde. Both units sit in the Amt für öffentliche Ordnung. If you wrote to the Ausländerbehörde about citizenship before, check who now handles your file.

Working in health care anywhere in Baden-Württemberg

The Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart handles recognition for the whole state of Baden-Württemberg. This covers the Approbation (licence to practise) for doctors, dentists, pharmacists and psychotherapists, plus nurses and other health jobs (Gesundheitsfachberufe). So even if you live in Karlsruhe or Freiburg, your health file goes to Stuttgart. For other jobs, the portal Anerkennung in Deutschland shows the right office.

Degrees and transcripts by country

Living near Stuttgart?

Many people work in Stuttgart but live in Böblingen, Esslingen, Ludwigsburg or another nearby town. Your Ausländerbehörde or Standesamt may then be your own town or district office, not the City of Stuttgart. Your letter tells you which office is yours. We post to any address in Germany.

The Welcome Center Stuttgart gives international professionals information and advice. It is part of the Welcome Service Region Stuttgart. For your application itself, follow your office's list.

Four steps from your home in Stuttgart

1. 1Upload. Usually a clear scan or photo is enough. Some offices want the translator to see the original, so check your letter.
2. 2Get your fixed price. You see the price and the date before you pay.
3. 3Check the PDF. It comes in 3 working days, or 1 working day with express.
4. 4Receive the original. We post the signed translation to your address, usually within 1–3 working days.

Names stay exactly as on your document, with your passport spelling in a note. Read the step-by-step process, or sworn translation explained.

Prices for sworn translation in Stuttgart

All prices shown are starting prices incl. VAT and postage within Germany. Your exact fixed price comes in a written quote after upload, before you pay.

Your files are transferred encrypted and deleted after 30 days (GDPR).

If your office asks for a change to our translation, we correct it free of charge.

See our full price list.

Living in another German city?

Not in the Stuttgart region, or moving soon? We also have local guides for Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Cologne. Ordering works the same way from every German address.

Frequently asked questions about sworn translation in Stuttgart