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Certified Ivorian National ID Card Translation

eVerbary translates your Ivorian national ID card 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.

The CNI and the NNI

The Ivorian national identity card (carte nationale d'identité, CNI) is issued by ONECI, the national civil registration and identification office. The State Department describes it as an orange, wallet-sized card with the holder's photo on the left and the coat of arms over the outline of the country on the right. Biometric cards have been issued since February 2020. A first application needs a recent birth record and a certificate of nationality; a married woman adds proof of the marriage.

The biometric card carries the national identification number (NNI), which ONECI's checklist treats as the reference for a duplicate. Since a 2019 decree, the NNI is given free on registration in the national register of natural persons (RNPP), at the declaration of a birth, an ID application or entry into the country. We copy it character by character and never correct it. See our French page.

Older cards still in drawers

Earlier cards remain in family files: the 2009 cards, valid ten years and extended by decree to 30 June 2021, and the 2015 cards, also valid ten years. If your card has expired, it can still help a US office link your names and dates, but it may not count as current ID. Send both sides of whichever card you hold; the back carries data the front does not.

A married woman applying for the card adds proof of her marriage, so her card can show details her birth record does not. The order of surname and given names also differs between some documents, so we keep the order of each one rather than rearranging it. If your card, passport and birth certificate spell a name differently, we translate each as printed and can add a note that they refer to you.

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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