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Certified Divorce Decree Translation, French to English
A certified French to English translation of a divorce decree costs $24.95 per page, where one page is up to 250 words of the source document. A typical divorce decree runs 1 to 10 pages, so most orders come to $24.95 to $249.50. Certified orders are delivered in 2 to 3 business days as a PDF containing the complete translation and a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy from the qualified professional translator who completed or reviewed the work, prepared for official use including USCIS filings.
Pricing
Exact prices, shown before you pay
Short-form divorce certificates from civil registries run 1 to 2 pages of 250 words, while full foreign judgments with custody, property, and support terms commonly run 4 to 10. Certified translation is $24.95 per page, so a typical order of 1 to 10 pages comes to $24.95 to $249.50. The exact total is measured from your real document and shown before payment.
Standard
$19.95 per page
3 to 5 business days
A professional translation with digital delivery.
Certified
$24.95 per page
2 to 3 business days
A certified translation accepted for official use.
Premium
$39.95 per page
1 to 2 business days
A certified translation, translated first.
One page is up to 250 words.
Requirements
What reviewers require for a certified divorce decree translation
- Any foreign-language document submitted to USCIS must be accompanied by a full English translation that the translator has certified as complete and accurate, together with the translator's certification that they are competent to translate from the foreign language into English (8 CFR 103.2(b)(3)).
- For consular processing, NVC requires evidence of the termination of every prior marriage as an original or certified copy of a final legal divorce decree, death certificate, or annulment papers, and documents not written in English or in the official language of the country where the applicant is applying must be accompanied by certified translations with a signed translator statement.
- The translation must be complete and word for word. Every page and every section of the decree must be translated, including custody, property, and support provisions. A summary or extract translation does not meet the USCIS full-translation requirement.
- The translation must show that the divorce is final. The finality language and the effective date of dissolution in the decree are the elements adjudicators look for, so they must be rendered exactly as written.
- All seals, stamps, registrar annotations, and marginal or handwritten notes on the decree, including any on the reverse side, are translated or described in square brackets, for example [round seal of the Civil Registry Office], and signatures are noted as [signature] rather than reproduced.
- Personal names are transliterated exactly and consistently, and should match the spelling in the person's passport and other filed documents wherever the source document allows. Dates and case numbers are reproduced exactly, with the original calendar values preserved.
- Portions of the decree that cannot be read are marked [illegible] in the translation rather than guessed at or omitted. This is standard professional practice for certified translations.
Common reasons translations get rejected
- Partial or summary translations trigger RFEs. USCIS requires a full English translation of the entire document, and decrees where only the operative ruling was translated are a common RFE cause.
- The document submitted does not show a final divorce. Interim or provisional decrees, such as a decree nisi in two-stage systems, do not prove the marriage was legally terminated. NVC specifically requires the final legal divorce decree.
- The translator certification is missing, unsigned, or does not state competence and completeness, which fails the 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) requirement.
- Untranslated seals, stamps, or registrar annotations, especially entries on the back of the decree, leave the translation incomplete and can prompt a request for a corrected translation.
- Name spellings in the translation that do not match the passport or other filed documents cause identity questions, especially with transliteration from non-Latin scripts.
Good to know
About French-language divorce decrees
France has two distinct divorce records. Contested divorces produce a jugement de divorce from the tribunal judiciaire (before 2020, the tribunal de grande instance). Since 1 January 2017, mutual-consent divorces are usually completed by a private deed countersigned by the spouses' lawyers and deposited with a notaire, so the proof is the notaire's attestation de dépôt rather than a court judgment.
A French divorce is also recorded as a mention marginale on the acte de mariage and on each spouse's acte de naissance, so an updated birth or marriage extract can serve as corroborating evidence of the divorce.
US federal rule for translations: 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) states that any document containing foreign language submitted to USCIS shall be accompanied by a full English language translation which the translator has certified as complete and accurate, and by the translator's certification that he or she is competent to translate from the foreign language into English.
France keeps civil status records ('état civil') locally. The mairie of the commune where the event occurred issues certified copies, and the Service central d'état civil (SCEC) in Nantes issues records for events involving French citizens that occurred abroad.
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Step 3
Reviewed for accuracy and certified
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Questions
Common questions
- My decree is long. How is the price calculated?
- Certified translation is 24.95 USD per page, and a page is up to 250 source words. A long decree is priced by its actual word count, so a 2,000-word judgment is billed as 8 pages. You see the page count before you pay.
- Does the translation need to be notarized for USCIS?
- No. USCIS requires a signed translator certification of completeness, accuracy, and competence, not notarization. Every certified order from Eagle Translate includes a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy with the name and signature of the qualified professional translator, plus a QR verification page.
- I have a two-stage divorce with an interim and a final decree. Which one should be translated?
- The final decree. NVC and USCIS require evidence that the marriage was legally and finally terminated, so the document showing finality and the effective date is the one that matters. If your file contains both stages, translating the final decree is essential and the interim order can be included if an officer asks for the complete record.
- The names in my decree are spelled differently from my passport. What does the translator do?
- A certified translation renders the document exactly as written, so the translator cannot change a spelling in the source. If you have a preferred transliteration that matches your passport, tell us before work starts. Where the source script allows it, the translator applies a consistent transliteration. If the source itself is inconsistent, fixing it means correcting the original document, not the translation.
- My divorce decree was issued in France. What should I know before ordering?
- France has two distinct divorce records. Contested divorces produce a jugement de divorce from the tribunal judiciaire (before 2020, the tribunal de grande instance). Since 1 January 2017, mutual-consent divorces are usually completed by a private deed countersigned by the spouses' lawyers and deposited with a notaire, so the proof is the notaire's attestation de dépôt rather than a court judgment.
A translation error is ours to fix
If your certified translation is rejected because of a translation error we made, we correct it at no charge, and if the corrected translation is rejected again for that same error we refund what you paid for it. Our Refund Policy sets out the conditions and what it does not cover. Your documents are encrypted and kept confidential from start to finish.
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