Certified translation in Brighton for use in Iraq
Iraq conducts its official business in Arabic, so an English paper will not be read as it stands. What you need is a certified translation for Iraq: the Arabic text, plus a signed statement from the translator saying the two versions carry the same meaning. Your English paper is never altered. It stays exactly as Brighton & Hove Register Office issued it, and only the Arabic version carries a signature and a date.
The language Iraq requires
Arabic is the language Iraqi offices read, so that is the language your file must reach them in. A certified translation into Arabic in Brighton covers the whole page — headings, seals, marginal notes and the registrar's handwriting — not only the parts that look important. Personal names are the delicate part: an English name can be written several ways in Arabic script, so one spelling is chosen and then used across every page of the file.
Certification Iraq accepts
The accepted form here is a certified translation: the Arabic pages plus a certificate of accuracy signed and dated by the translator. No court oath is involved on this route, because Iraqi consulates and ministries look for the named translator's own certificate rather than a court endorsement. That certificate states who translated the text, from which language into which, and confirms that nothing was added, dropped or smoothed over.
Per-page cost and turnaround
Pricing is per page, at about £25 a page, so a two-page birth record costs far less than a long company file. Count every side that carries text, a stamped reverse included. Standard turnaround is 3–5 business days from the moment a clean scan of each page arrives. Where a date in Iraq is close, an express run of 48 hours is open to you. The scan is worth taking care over, since the clock starts there.
Acceptance in Iraq
An official Arabic translation in Brighton is judged in Iraq on three points: that the language is Arabic, that every page of the source is present, and that a named translator has signed for the wording. Keep the Arabic set clipped to a copy of the English page so a clerk can lay them side by side. Iraqi offices differ in the format they set out, and where one states a format, that stated format wins.