French Asylum Documents Translation
French asylum documents translation for an I-589 file or an immigration court hearing. Most of what we see is evidence from francophone Africa and Haiti: a convocation from the police, a certificat médical, a mandat d'arrêt, a party membership card, a letter from a pastor. Some of it is a decision France already made on the same claim. Each gets a certified English translation.
- Up to 250 words per page
- $25 per page
- Standard turnaround
- From 24 hours
- Certificate of accuracy
- Signed & stamped
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Written for French asylum documents records
Evidence in French, from three different places
A US asylum officer reads the translation beside the applicant's own account, so every date, place and name has to match what the French original says, and nothing else.
Convocations, mandats and procès-verbaux
The papers that show a person was wanted come from the police or gendarmerie and the courts: a convocation to appear, an avis de recherche, a mandat d'arrêt or mandat d'amener from a juge d'instruction, a procès-verbal d'audition from a commissariat. Cameroon, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, the DRC and Burkina Faso all use these titles, with a round stamp, a registration number and a handwritten date. We translate the stamp text and the letterhead in full, because the issuing office is part of the proof, and we note where a stamp or signature is unreadable rather than guess at it.
Letters, cards and medical certificates
A certificat médical from a hospital or a cabinet privé describes the injuries and the date of the visit, and a billet de sortie or ordre de mise en liberté shows a release from custody. Attestations from a pastor, an imam, a village chief or a party official, and a carte de membre of the MRC in Cameroon, the UFDG in Guinea or the UDPS in the DRC, carry the signer's title and role. We keep those titles exactly as written, since the officer weighs who wrote the letter, and we translate the printed text on the back of a card as well.
A claim France already decided
Someone who asked for asylum in France first carries OFPRA paperwork: the attestation de demande d'asile from the préfecture, the OFPRA decision granting the statut de réfugié or the protection subsidiaire, or a rejet with its motifs, and the CNDA ruling if there was an appeal. A US officer asks about any earlier claim, and a grant in France raises the question of firm resettlement, which is for your attorney. We translate the decision in full, reasoning included, and give the full title of OFPRA and the CNDA beside the acronym on first use.
Who is asking for your French asylum documents translation?
The translation is the same. What changes is whether the recipient wants anything added to it.
USCIS asylum offices
USCIS asks for a complete English translation of every foreign-language document and a signed certification from the translator. No notarization is needed.
Immigration courts
An immigration judge expects each exhibit translated in full and certified, filed with the original. Courts refuse summaries, so every page you file is translated whole.
IRCC
Refugee claims in Canada accept a certified translation with the translator's affidavit. Order the certified translation and add notarization if your application guide asks for it.
Before you upload
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a French asylum documents.
Send every page, including the envelopes
Police reports, threat letters, medical reports and newspaper clippings each count. Postmarks and envelopes show when and where a letter was sent, so scan them too.
Keep handwritten pages readable
Letters and notes are often handwritten. Photograph each page flat in good light, and tell us any names or places that are hard to make out.
Give us the names as your application spells them
Your I-589 fixes the English spelling of your name and of each family member. Tell us that spelling so every document in the file matches.
Details and pricing
What is included in a French asylum documents translation
One price per page covers the translation and its certification. A page is up to 250 words, and the quote tells you the page count before you pay.
Everything on the asylum documents is translated, including stamps, seals and handwritten notes. Tell us the English spelling you use for each name when you order.
Certified Translation
Word-for-word translation with a certificate of accuracy for official use.
$25
USD / page
up to 250 words per page
Included
- Signed & stamped certification of translation accuracy
- Certified by a professional translator
- Digital delivery via PDF
- Review and approve final translation
- 100% Guaranteed Acceptance
- Standard turnaround starting at 24 hours
Optional services
- Expedited turnaround
- Priority handling when your deadline is shorter than the standard turnaround.
- By deadline
- Notarization
- A notary public signs and stamps the certification statement.
- $20 per order
- Physical copy
- A wet-ink original of your translation, mailed by express courier.
- $35 per order
- Apostille
- Authenticates the notary’s signature and seal for use in Hague Convention countries.
- $180 per document
What the certificate of accuracy states
Your translation arrives with a Certification of Translation Accuracy issued by ImmiTranslate. It is the page the receiving organization checks first.
- The translation is complete and accurate.
- The document title and the language pair.
- The translator is competent in both languages.
- A signature and the ImmiTranslate certification stamp.
- Our American Translators Association corporate membership.
Our translation process
Our goal is to make the translation process as simple as possible for you. Our service is streamlined specifically for documents of this nature.
French Asylum Documents FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- My documents are from Haiti. Are they French?
- The official ones usually are. A Haitian police convocation, a jugement, a certificat médical from the Hôpital de l'Université d'État d'Haïti or an attestation from a juge de paix are written in French. Threatening messages, a pastor's letter or a neighbour's statement are often in Kreyòl instead. Send the whole set in one order; the certification lists each document and the language it was written in.
- Do you translate my own written statement into English?
- Yes. Many applicants write their récit in French before an attorney shapes the declaration. We translate it as written, keeping the tense, the order of events and the names of places and people exactly, without tidying or shortening, because the officer compares it with your interview. If a word is unclear or a place name has several spellings, we keep the one you wrote and note the alternatives.
- I am applying in Canada. Do I need a translation?
- Usually not for a French document. The IRB and IRCC work in both official languages, and a French decision, convocation or medical certificate can be filed as it is. Translation is needed only for evidence in another language, and the Refugee Protection Division accepts English or French, so a Lingala, Wolof or Kreyòl document needs one of the two. We provide the English version with a signed certification; check the division's rules with your counsel before ordering.
- How much does a certified translation cost?
- Certified translation is $25 per page, with a page counted as up to 250 words. Notarization, a mailed physical copy and an apostille are optional and priced separately.
- How long does a certified translation take?
- Standard turnaround starts at 24 hours and depends on the length and language of your documents. If you have a deadline, include it in your quote request.
Other French documents we translate
Asylum documents translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's asylum documents records.
Sending it with an application? Read the USCIS translation requirements, IRCC translation requirements before you order.