French documents, translated into English that gets accepted.
Certified French-to-English translation for U.S. immigration filings — civil status records, court documents and full petition packages. Every order includes a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy.
Eleven years specialising in French-to-English immigration documents, since 2015. Delivered from France, accepted in the United States.
USCIS does not ask for a notary. It asks for a translator who signs.
Filing a French-language document without a compliant translation is one of the most common reasons a package is stalled or returned. The requirement is specific, and it is met by a named human being signing their own work.
- Complete translation — nothing summarised or skipped
- Certificate signed by the translator, not rubber-stamped
- Formatting that mirrors the original document
- Translator name, address, signature and date on every certificate
Any foreign-language document submitted with a benefit request must include a complete English translation, and the translation must be certified by the translator as complete and accurate, with the translator certifying that he or she is competent to translate from the foreign language into English.
Every French document a U.S. petition tends to require.
Civil status, judicial and administrative records — including the awkward ones that other services return without translating.
Birth certificates
Acte de naissance, with or without marginal annotations, and full copies.
Marriage & divorce
Actes de mariage, jugements de divorce, livrets de famille.
Family record books
Livret de famille, including all entries and handwritten updates.
Criminal records
Bulletin n°3 du casier judiciaire and extracts.
Court judgments
Judgments, rulings and certified copies with procedural text.
Affidavits & statements
Sworn statements and declarations accompanying a filing.
Identity documents
Passports, identity cards, residence and domicile certificates.
Academic records
Diplomas, transcripts and attestations for credential evaluation.
Full petition packages
I-130, I-485, N-400 and I-864 support documents translated as one set.
Fixed, published rates. No quote haggling, no surprise invoice.
The certificate, formatting and a print-ready PDF are part of the price — not extras.
| Service | Per page | Per word |
|---|---|---|
| StandardDelivery in 3–5 business days | $24 | $0.10 |
| PriorityDelivery in 48 hours | $32 | $0.13 |
| ExpressDelivery in 24 hours | $40 | $0.16 |
| Volume20+ pages or recurring work | from $18 | from $0.07 |
A page is up to 250 words of source text; documents under one page are billed at the single-page rate. Handwritten, poor-quality scans and illegible documents are quoted individually before work begins. Notarisation, physical copies by courier, apostille referrals and currency conversion for financial documents are available on request and quoted separately.
Three steps, and none of them require a phone call.
Scan or photo by email
A clear scan or phone photo of each page is enough. You get a fixed price and a firm delivery date back within a few hours.
Half up front, balance on delivery
New clients pay 50% to start. Established clients are invoiced on delivery. Payment in USD or EUR.
Print-ready PDF, certified
The translation, the signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy, and a one-page revision if anything needs adjusting.
- Eleven years in French-to-English translation
- Since 2015 specialising in U.S. immigration documents
- Native French, long-term resident of the United Kingdom
- Based in Auvergne, France
Translation is the easy part. Knowing what an officer expects is the skill.
For eleven years I have translated almost nothing but French immigration paperwork — the birth certificates, family record books, divorce judgments and criminal record extracts that accompany U.S. immigration filings.
I began in November 2015 with CreditEval, a U.S. credential evaluation service, translating the French academic records that underpin credential reviews — then moved into immigration documentation proper, spending seven years as the principal French-to-English translator for one of the largest providers in that market.
That produces a particular kind of competence: knowing that a livret de famille cannot simply be rendered as "family book", that marginal annotations on an acte de naissance are part of the document and not decoration, that a divorce judgment's procedural boilerplate still has to be translated in full because someone will read it.
I lived in the United Kingdom for many years, so the English reads as English rather than as French wearing a coat. And because I work only in this niche, I know which phrasings pass without comment and which invite a request for evidence.
Every document is translated and certified by me personally. Nothing is farmed out, and nothing is machine-translated and signed without review.
What clients ask before their first order.
Does the translation need to be notarised?
No. USCIS requires a certified translation, not a notarised one. The certificate must be signed by the translator, who certifies completeness, accuracy and their own competence. Notarisation is available on request if another authority asks for it, but it is not a USCIS requirement.
What exactly is a "page"?
A page is up to 250 words of source text. A short one-page certificate is billed as one page regardless of word count. Longer or unusually dense documents are priced from the word count, confirmed before work starts.
How fast can you deliver?
Standard is three to five business days. Priority is 48 hours and Express is 24 hours, subject to availability — if a deadline is tight, say so in your first email and I will tell you honestly whether I can meet it.
Can you translate from other languages?
I work French into English only. That focus is deliberate: it is what makes the output reliable in this specific document type. For other language pairs I am happy to point you elsewhere.
What about handwritten or damaged documents?
They are welcome and they are common — many French civil status records carry handwritten marginal notes. Send a scan and you will get an honest answer on legibility and a price before anything is charged.
Do you sign a confidentiality undertaking?
Documents are treated as confidential by default and deleted on request after delivery. A signed NDA is available if your attorney's office requires one.
Send a scan, get a price and a date.
Email is the fastest route and the best place to send documents. Include the document type, the number of pages and your deadline, and you will have a fixed quote back the same day.
Email Joël ServyTraduction certifiée français → anglais pour l'immigration américaine (USCIS) : actes de naissance, actes de mariage, livrets de famille, jugements de divorce, casier judiciaire. Certificat de traduction signé inclus.
- Emailjoelservy@proton.me
- Phone+33 6 64 94 80 80
- Address17 avenue Michelet, 03330 Bellenaves, France
- LanguagesFrench → English
- CoverageUnited States · USCIS filings