French Bank Statement Translation
French bank statement translation for a visa interview, an I-864 or I-134, a university's proof of funds, a US mortgage underwriter or a landlord, and into French for a préfecture, a Québec immigration file or a French bank. We translate the relevé de compte, the RIB and the attestation de solde from banks in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Québec, Haiti and West Africa, with a signed certification.
- 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 bank statement records
What is on a French relevé de compte
A French statement is laid out as a ledger with separate débit and crédit columns, and a US reader misreads mostly the layout and the abbreviations.
Débit, crédit and the decimal comma
Amounts carry no sign; a debit sits in the Débit column and a credit in the Crédit column, with a space between thousands and a comma before the centimes, so 1 234,56 is one thousand two hundred thirty-four euros and fifty-six cents. The closing line reads solde créditeur or solde débiteur, and a debit balance is an overdraft on which the bank charges agios. The account appears as an IBAN beginning FR76 with the RIB codes beside it. The translation keeps every figure as printed, writes EUR, CHF, CAD, HTG or XOF beside the balances and never converts to dollars; the reader converts at their own rate.
The libellé on each line
French banks compress each operation into a libellé: VIR SEPA for a transfer, PRLV SEPA for a direct debit, PAIEMENT CB with the merchant and a date written FACT 120325, RETRAIT DAB for a cash withdrawal, CHEQUE with its number, FRAIS and COMMISSION D'INTERVENTION for charges. Salary arrives as a virement with the employer's name and often the word SALAIRE or PAIE; a monthly credit from the CAF is a family benefit, and lines to URSSAF or DGFIP are social contributions and tax, which a lender wants labelled as such. We translate every libellé and keep the counterparty names in French.
Québec, Switzerland, Haiti and the CFA franc zone
A Desjardins or Banque Nationale relevé is in Canadian dollars with a folio and a transit number; a Swiss relevé from UBS, PostFinance or a cantonal bank is in francs with an IBAN beginning CH. Haitian statements from Unibank, Sogebank or BUH often show a gourde account and a US dollar account side by side, and the translation keeps the two apart. Statements from Ecobank, SGBCI or CBAO in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire and Mali are in francs CFA, written F CFA or XOF, and we leave the figures as printed with the currency named on every page.
Who is asking for your French bank statement translation?
The translation is the same. What changes is whether the recipient wants anything added to it.
USCIS and the National Visa Center
Affidavit of support and consular processing cases take bank statements with a complete English translation and a signed certification. No notarization is needed.
UK Visas and Immigration
UKVI asks for a certified translation of any document not in English, with the translator's details and the date on it. Statements for the maintenance requirement are the usual request.
Lenders and landlords
A mortgage lender or a landlord checking income accepts a certified translation of your statements. Digital delivery as a PDF is usually enough; ask for a hard copy if they want one.
Before you upload
Three things that save a day of back and forth on a French bank statement.
Download the statement rather than photographing it
A PDF from online banking is sharper than a photo and keeps every figure legible. If you only have paper, scan each page flat with the header and the closing balance in frame.
Send a complete period
A consulate or a lender names the months it wants. Send every page of each month, including pages with no transactions, so the running balance reads without gaps.
Tell us whose account it is
Give us the account holder's name as the passport spells it. Account numbers, amounts and the currency are copied exactly as printed; the headings and descriptions are translated.
Details and pricing
What is included in a French bank statement 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 bank statement 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 Bank Statement FAQ
Most questions about pricing and turnaround can be answered faster by requesting a quote.
- Is the PDF from my espace client enough, or do I need a stamped paper statement?
- The PDF is what consulates, USCIS and most lenders take, as long as the bank's name, your name and the IBAN sit in the header. French banks have largely stopped posting paper, and the PDF carries no stamp or signature; that is normal. If a recipient insists on something signed, a branch will issue an attestation de solde or an attestation bancaire on letterhead with a cachet, and we translate that as a separate page.
- How many pages is a French statement?
- A page is up to 250 words of text, and a month of card payments on a compte courant can run past that on a single sheet, so one busy sheet may count as two pages. A Livret A or LDDS statement with four lines is one page. Send the PDFs and we confirm the count before you pay.
- I need my US statements in French for a visa de long séjour, a titre de séjour or a Québec application. Can you do that?
- Yes. The French consulate asks for proof of resources for a visiteur or retraité visa, the préfecture wants the same at renewal, and Campus France wants a student's proof of funds; Québec asks for proof of financial self-sufficiency in a CSQ file. We translate US statements into French with a signed certification. Some préfectures want a traducteur assermenté, and we are not sworn in France, so ask 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
Bank statement translation in other languages
Each of these pages is written for that language's bank statement records.
Sending it with an application? Read the USCIS translation requirements, IRCC translation requirements before you order.