Financial translation

Where financial translations end up

• Visa financial requirement: Turkish bank statements, payslips, employment letters, SGK service records, tax certificates (vergi levhası), rental income and tapu title deeds as evidence of income, savings or assets under Appendix FM-SE and for Skilled Worker and Student maintenance.
• Mortgages and lending: UK lenders assessing Turkish income, rental income or the sale of a Turkish property as a deposit source.
• HMRC and DWP: foreign income, Turkish pension and dividend statements for self-assessment, residence and benefit claims.
• Probate and family proceedings: Turkish account statements, valuations and pension entitlements in estate and financial-remedy cases.
• Turkish side: UK bank statements and reference letters for opening a Turkish account or a residence permit, P60s and HMRC records for SGK yurtdışı borçlanması, pension statements for duty-free vehicle import, UK accounts and confirmation statements for Turkish tenders and company formation.

Numbers, formats and what caseworkers check

A financial translation is read against the original line by line, so layout matters as much as language. We reproduce statements as tables in the original order, keep account numbers, IBANs and transaction references exactly, and translate transaction descriptions (havale, EFT, maaş, kira, FAST) into plain English with the Turkish term in brackets on first use. Turkish uses a decimal comma and a thousands point; we convert to UK notation and say so in a translator’s note, and we never convert currencies, because the caseworker applies the exchange rate on the date of application. Bank stamps, e-signature blocks and “bu belge elektronik imzalıdır” footers are translated so that a reader can see the document was issued by the bank rather than printed at home. For UKVI, remember that statements must usually cover a set period and be recent; we flag gaps in dates when we see them, though the sufficiency of evidence is for you or your adviser to judge.

Certification for UKVI

Appendix FM-SE requires translations to confirm accuracy, be dated, give the translator’s name and contact details and, for leave to remain and ILR, include certification by a qualified translator with the translator’s or company’s credentials. Our certification statement carries all of these. Document pages: Turkish bank statement, SGK service record, tapu.

What it costs

From £10.00 per page Turkish to English and £6.50 per page English to Turkish, on 1,000 characters of source text. Bank statements are counted on the characters they contain, so a sparse two-page statement is often a single billable page while a dense six-month statement may be several. We quote a fixed price for the whole set before starting and show the page count per document. Certification is included; economy and express tiers apply. No UK VAT is charged.

Turnaround

A set of three months’ statements and payslips in 1–2 working days; six-month sets and company accounts in 2–4 working days; same-day for a single statement received before 11:00 UK time.

Turkish authorities

UK financial documents going to SGK, a Turkish bank, a tax office or a tender must be translated and notarised in Türkiye, usually with an FCDO apostille on any public document (HMRC letters, DWP pension statements). We prepare these in Ankara as notarised translations and can send them straight to your accountant or bank in Türkiye.