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Certified French translation matched to your document's specific country of origin, accepted by USCIS, UKVI, IRCC, and ECFMG.
French is spoken officially in more countries than any other language on this hub, and civil registry document formats vary a lot between France, Quebec, and francophone Africa and the Caribbean. We match your order to a translator experienced with your document's specific country of origin, not just the French language in general.
French is spoken officially in more countries than any other language on this hub, more than 25 in total. US Census Bureau data confirms French remains among the more commonly spoken non-English languages in the US, including through its francophone African and Caribbean speaker communities.
Across the 20 languages on this hub, French has the broadest range of distinct origin-country civil-registry formats of any single language. This isn't a small detail. One of our staff translators has personally translated more than 1,800 pages of documents across 16 different francophone countries, and that range of experience is exactly why French warrants its own page here rather than being treated as one uniform language with one uniform document style.
Every French translation comes with these guarantees, on every order, every time.
No machine or AI translation, ever. Every document is handled by a linguist with real experience in your document's country of origin.
Included on every order, signed and ready to submit, referencing your document's specific country of origin.
12 hour rush available for $7 more per page, whether your document is from France, Quebec, or francophone Africa.
Accepted at USCIS, UKVI, IRCC, and ECFMG, whether your document is from France, Quebec, or francophone Africa.
Your documents stay confidential, from an acte de naissance to a rental contract.
If your translation is ever rejected, no matter which francophone country's format it follows.
France's own civil registry system is different from Quebec's, which runs separately from France's under Canadian provincial authority. Formats from Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Haiti each follow their own conventions again, shaped by decades of separate administrative history since decolonization.
We match your order to a translator with actual experience in your document's country of origin, not just general French fluency. An acte de naissance from Paris and one from Dakar are both French, but they're not the same document, and treating them as if they were is where translation mistakes happen.
| Country or region | Common documents |
|---|---|
| France | Acte de naissance and acte de mariage, issued through the civil registry |
| Quebec | Certificates from the Directeur de l'état civil, a separate system from France's, relevant to IRCC cases |
| Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, DR Congo | State-issued civil records, formats vary by country |
| Haiti | Civil records, sometimes issued in French, sometimes in Haitian Creole |
Whichever francophone country your document is from, we match you with a translator who has actually worked with that country's format before, not just someone who speaks French.
Pro Translation Service uses the same four-step process for every French document, from upload to certified PDF delivery within 24 hours.
Send your French document, whether from France, Quebec, or francophone Africa or the Caribbean.
We assign a translator with actual experience in your document's country of origin, whether France, Quebec, or francophone Africa.
Terminology and formatting are checked against your country's specific conventions, then the Certificate of Accuracy is prepared and signed.
Your certified PDF lands in your inbox within 24 hours, ready to submit to USCIS, UKVI, IRCC, or ECFMG.
French uses standard Latin script, so there's no direction or character-set issue here.
France and Canada are established Hague Apostille members, so authentication for documents from either is generally straightforward.
Status for other francophone countries is genuinely inconsistent, and this is worth being direct about. During research for this page, public sources disagreed with each other on the current Hague status for several African francophone countries and Haiti. Rather than publish a specific per-country breakdown that might be wrong, we recommend confirming your country's current status directly before starting the authentication process. Our Countries We Cover page has a fuller regional breakdown.
One flat rate covers your French document in full, matched to your document's country of origin.
No hidden fees. Free revisions until your French translation is accepted.
If your USCIS, UKVI, IRCC, or ECFMG application is delayed or rejected because of our French translation, we revise it at no cost until your document is accepted, or refund your order in full within 14 days. No fine print. No time limits on revisions. Every French translation comes with a signed Certificate of Accuracy that meets the receiving authority's published standards, whether your document is from France, Quebec, or francophone Africa or the Caribbean.
One thing worth knowing if your document is from Haiti: the country has two official languages, French and Haitian Creole, and civil documents can be issued in either one. Let us know which one your document is actually in when you order, so we match you with the right translator.
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Apostille and authentication rules by country of origin
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