France Apostille Service

Isarey is a specialist provider of Apostille and document authentication services in France. We certify French documents for legal use in the United Arab Emirates and abroad.

Document certification in France

We offer Apostille and consular attestation services to certify French Criminal Records, birth and marriage certificates, Kbis extracts, academic certificates and other documents.

Apostilles on French documents can normally be obtained in 1-2 weeks from the Court of Appeal. French documents required for countries that do not recognise apostilles, such as China or Qatar, are legalized by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and then at the respective embassy:

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    French Apostille Stamps
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    Attestation of French document at embassies and consulates in Paris
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    Free pre-check of your scanned documents to confirm eligibility
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    Expedited and urgent processing where available
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    Local assistance obtaining new and replacement copies of official French documents.
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    Worldwide collection and delivery of original documents by insured courier
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    Prior certification in the France by notaries, Chamber of Commerce, local authorities as required
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    Certified and sworn translations from French into all major languages
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    Secure processing of documents and data at every stage

For further information about certifying your documents in France
Contact us for a free quotation or to check that your documents are eligible for submission:

Each process in France is individually managed from start to finish by a dedicated certification specialist, who will stay in contact with you throughout the process until successful completion.

We’ll make sure that all your documents are correctly prepared and accredited for authentication, working locally in France with certified translators, notaries and specialist certification agents.

  • Apostille French birth certificates, death certificates and marriage records at the Court of Appeal.

    Civil status documents

    We apostille French birth certificates, death certificates and marriage records at the Court of Appeal. Civil status certificates are available from the Mayor’s Office in the municipality where the event took place and can also be ordered online.
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  • apostille French Criminal Record Extracts at the Court of Appeal of Rennes

    Criminal Record Certificates

    We apostille French Criminal Record Extracts (Extrait de Casier Judiciaire) at the Court of Appeal of Rennes. To obtain an apostille, we need the digital certificate issued by the Ministry of Justice – it should be no more than 3 months old.
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  • Apostille French university degrees and course transcripts, legalize at embassy of UAE and Qatar in Paris

    University Degrees

    To legalize French university degrees and course transcripts, certified copies are made. These can then be authenticated with an Apostille Stamp or by the Foreign Ministry and respective embassy.
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  • Apostille certified copies of French ID cards and passports

    Certified Copies

    Copies of documents such as French identity cards, passports and family records can be legalized or apostilled, when certified as true copies of an administrative document by a town hall, prefecture or notary.
  • Apostille French Kbis Extract

    French Corporate Documents

    Documents certified by the corporate register (Infogreffe), including Certificates of Registration (Kbis Extracts) and Articles of Association.
  • Apostille French certificates of origin, GMP compliance and certificates of origin

    Trade documents

    Apostille French certificates of origin, certificates of free sale, commercial invoices, product health certificates, GMP certificates and other trade documents

  • Sworn Translations

    Official translations must be performed by a sworn translator and accompanied by the French original. The sworn translator’s signature must be authenticated by the town hall or notary.
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  • Certificates of no impediment to marriage (certificat de célibat) can be authenticated when obtained from the local Mayor’s Office.

We work hard to make the certification process easy and affordable:

  1. send us a scan of your documents by email or using our Online Quotation Form
  2. we'll confirm that your scanned documents are eligible for certification in France and get back to you with a fixed price to complete the process and an estimate of how long it will take
  3. we'll arrange an insured courier to collect your documents if originals are required
  4. we complete the certification process in France
  5. we email you a scan of the certified documents and return the paper copies by insured courier (worldwide delivery)

In nearly all cases, we give a fixed total price in advance that includes all fees and disbursements - everything from collection of your original documents by insured courier to their return once certified. For most processes we require 50% payment upon receipt of the original documents, and 50% once the process is complete.

Corporate services

Isarey offers business and institutional clients a full range of certification and notary services in France, including certification of corporate and commercial documents. We also offer our clients the following services in France:Right arrowCertified TranslationsRight arrowInternational Background ChecksRight arrowInternational Document Verification

Please Contact us for further information or for a quote.

How we certify French documents

Depending on the country of use, French documents can be certified by means of an apostille or by consular legalization

Apostille Certification

Apostille Certification is a simplified procedure to certify French documents required for presentation in a country that is one of the Signatories to the Apostille Convention

An apostille is a special stamp affixed to the document in France by Ministère des Affaires Étrangères or other accredited authority. This apostille will be recognised directly by authorities in the recipient country as demonstrating the document’s authenticity, without need for further certification.

Apostille countries include: ES SpainSpain - IT ItalyItaly - PT PortugalPortugal - GR GreeceGreece - CY CyprusCyprus - SA Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia - DE GermanyGermany - CN ChinaChina

Consular Legalization

If the document is to be presented in a country that is NOT among the Signatories to the Apostille Convention then the document must be certified by consular legalization

Consular legalization is a 2-step process: First, the documents need to be certified in France by the Ministère des Affaires Étrangères; then documents need to be presented to the embassy or consulate representing the recipient country in France.

Non-apostille countries include: AE United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates - QA QatarQatar - TH ThailandThailand - TW TaiwanTaiwan - VN VietnamVietnam

Certified Translation

When the original document is in a language other than the official language of the country where it is to be presented, a certified translation is required. Depending on the situation, this can be done before certifying the original (in the country of issue) or afterwards (in the country of use).

Each country has different rules on certified translations, and a certified translation done in one country is generally not valid in another without additional certification. Likewise a certified translation, on its own, does not prove the authenticity of an original document issued abroad.

Isarey can arrange certified translations from French as part of the process of certifying French documents, ensuring that the translation is valid for its intended use.

Notarization

Certification by a notary is generally only recognised in the country where the notary is based and is not sufficient to certify documents that need to be used abroad. However, as part of the international certification process documents often need to be certified by a notary before they can be legalized. When documents need to be notarised locally, Isarey will arrange this as part of the certification process.

Get a Quotation for your Documents

We price each certification process individually, depending on the type and quantity of documents to be attested, the country of issue, the country of use and intended purpose, urgency, whether certified translations are required as part of the process and courier costs.

To receive a quote, you can upload your documents using our online quotation form or send us your documents by email. After reviewing your documents and requirements, we will get back to you with a quotation:

If you don’t have the documents available, just describe the documents you need to certify, and we will get back to you with an estimation of cost and delivery times.

Using our quotation form, your documents will be uploaded over a secure connection and immediately encrypted on our server. For added protection, you can upload password-protected files (PDFExternal link (opens in new tab), Microsoft Office 365: Save a password protected document to prevent unauthorized people from opening it. Office DocumentsExternal link (opens in new tab), WinRAR Encryption Frequently asked question (FAQ) RAR foldersExternal link (opens in new tab)) and provide us with the passwords separately.

PERSONAL DATA: If your documents contain personal data belonging to people outside your household, please ensure that you are authorised to share this data before uploading your documents. If your documents contain sensitive personal data, such as biometric data, medical data or data on criminal convictions, please ensure that you indicate this when prompted, upon submitting your documents. For further information on our processing of personal data contained in uploaded documents, please see:
Privacy Policy (Customer Inquiries)

For further information on confidentiality in our handling of document content please see:
Confidentiality (Client Content)

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