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Certified Ivorian Divorce Decree Translation

eVerbary translates your Ivorian divorce decree 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.

A court judgment, not a registry certificate

Divorce in Côte d'Ivoire is pronounced only by a court. The document is the jugement de divorce of the court of first instance, signed by the judge; the register is kept by the court clerk (greffier), who issues further copies. According to the State Department it is printed with an orange, white and green stripe and closes with a round blue seal naming the tribunal. The judgment becomes final when the winning party serves the official copy (expédition) and a month passes without appeal.

Under the 1998 amendment to the 1964 divorce law, a spouse could ask for divorce for adultery, cruelty or serious insults, a conviction harming the family's honour, or abandonment; and couples married at least two years could divorce by mutual consent, with a written agreement the judge approves after a three-month reflection period. A new divorce law, Law 2022-793 of 13 October 2022, replaced that text. See our French page.

What a US officer reads in it

A judgment states the court, the case number, the parties, the grounds or the approved agreement, and the orders on custody, support and property. We translate the reasoning and the operative part (dispositif) in full, with every stamp. If you also have the certificate that no appeal was filed, or the notice of service, send it: those papers show when the divorce became final, which is the date a remarriage depends on.

Ivorian law forbids a new marriage until the divorce is noted in the margin of the marriage record and of both spouses' birth records, so a recent copie intégrale of the marriage certificate or birth certificate normally shows the note. We translate the margin note as part of the record. Without that note the registrar cannot celebrate a new marriage, so it is often the quickest proof a US office can check that the earlier marriage really ended.

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.

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