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Certified French Lease Agreement Translation
eVerbary translates your French lease agreement into English for $24.95 per page with no word cap, by a professional human translator, with a signed certification. Most orders are delivered within a few hours. Accepted by USCIS and by US universities, colleges and schools, or your money back.
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The French residential lease
Residential leases (bail d'habitation) are governed by the law of 6 July 1989 and follow a standard model contract set by decree. An unfurnished lease runs at least 3 years if the landlord is an individual and 6 years if it is a company, or as little as 1 year with a stated reason. A furnished lease runs 1 year, or 9 months for a student, and a bail mobilité for 1 to 10 months.
The lease names both parties, the property, the rent and charges, the deposit (dépôt de garantie) and its start date. It comes with annexes: an energy performance diagnosis and other technical reports, the move-in inspection (état des lieux) and, for furnished housing, an inventory. In some rent-controlled cities, among them Bordeaux and Lille, the lease must also state extra rent information. We translate the annexes you include.
Leases as US evidence
For a marriage-based petition, a lease in both spouses' names is common evidence of a shared home; for other cases it proves an address abroad. Rent receipts (quittances de loyer) and the landlord's statements are often filed with it and are translated the same way. A furnished student lease of 9 months ends without renewal, so its end date is printed, and officers often compare such dates with the address history on your forms.
Amounts stay in euros with the French notation explained, and dates stay in day-month-year order. Signatures, initials on each page and handwritten additions are all marked in the translation. We do not need the original lease: a scan of every page is enough. See the general lease agreement page, the French property deed page, the Haitian page and our French page.
What USCIS requires
Under 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3), a foreign-language document must be accompanied by a complete English translation and the translator's certification that it is accurate. Every seal, stamp and marginal note is part of the document, so every one is translated.
State agencies set their own rules — see government agencies — and what our certification states is on this page.
How it works
Upload a photo or a scan of your document, pick the language pair and check out online. You never have to mail originals: a legible copy is all we need.
A professional human translator, never machine translation, translates the document word for word and mirrors the layout of the original. Every certified translation ships with a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy that meets the requirements of USCIS, courts and universities.
Your translation is delivered digitally, usually within 24 hours for documents of one to three pages, and same-day delivery is available. If anything needs adjusting, we revise it.
Certified vs. standard translation
A certified translation is a word-for-word translation accompanied by a signed statement attesting to its accuracy and completeness. It is what official bodies require: USCIS, courts, universities and government agencies. Certified translations are $24.95 per page, where one sheet of your document is one page, with no word cap.
A standard translation is the same professional human translation without the certificate, for when you only need to understand the content or for internal or informal use. It is billed at the same $24.95 per page with no word cap.
Frequently asked questions
My lease is a furnished one-year bail.
That is the standard furnished lease. We translate it and the inventory if you include it.
Do I need the état des lieux translated?
Only if you submit it. USCIS requires a translation of every foreign-language page you file.
Can I add rent receipts?
Yes. Quittances de loyer are translated with the lease.
Ready to get started?
Upload your documents and receive your certified translation, typically within 24 hours.