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Certified Ivorian Paternity Acknowledgment Translation

eVerbary translates your Ivorian paternity acknowledgment 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.

Acknowledgment or judgment

Under the 2019 filiation law (Law 2019-571), a child born to a married couple has the mother's husband as father. For a child born outside marriage, the mother's filiation follows from the birth itself, but the father's can be proved only by an acknowledgment (reconnaissance) or by a court judgment. The acknowledgment can be made when the birth is registered or later, and it is then noted on the birth record.

The State Department adds a practical point: where the parents are not married, only the father can register the birth. We translate the birth record, any separate acknowledgment and any note on the record, with the register number and date exactly as written. If the acknowledgment was made in a separate act after the birth, it is noted on the birth record, and we translate both the act and the note. See our French page.

Where it matters in a US case

When a father petitions for a child born outside marriage, the US office looks for legal proof of paternity under Ivorian law: the acknowledgment, the margin note on the birth certificate, or a judgment establishing paternity. Send the full copy (copie intégrale) rather than the short extract, since the full copy shows both parents and any notes.

If the parents later married, the child's status may change, and the marriage certificate belongs in the file. Under the filiation law the father of a child born in marriage is the mother's husband, so the dates of the birth and the marriage both matter. A DNA test done for a US case is a separate document, usually already in English. What the US agency accepts as proof is its decision; ask the office.

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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