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Certified Ivorian Power of Attorney Translation

eVerbary translates your Ivorian power of attorney 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.

Notarial or private, with a legalised signature

An Ivorian power of attorney (procuration) is either drawn up by a notary as an authentic act or written privately and signed by the principal. For a private document, the signature is usually legalised at a mairie or sous-préfecture, which certifies that the signature is the principal's own. Many Ivorian transactions, such as land, inheritance or bank matters, need one form or the other, and the receiving office will say which.

We translate the whole document: the parties' identities and ID numbers, the powers granted, their limits and duration, and every stamp, including the legalisation stamp and its date. Scope matters, so we translate each power precisely rather than summarising. A notarial power of attorney also carries the notary's references, which we keep. See our French page and the general power of attorney page.

Using it across borders

An Ivorian living in the US who needs to act at home, for example to sell land or collect an inheritance, often signs a power of attorney in English that must be translated into French for Ivorian use, and we translate in that direction too. Ask the notary or office in Côte d'Ivoire what form and authentication it requires before you sign.

Côte d'Ivoire is not a party to the Apostille Convention, so authentication between the two countries goes through legalisation rather than an apostille. The receiving Ivorian office decides what authentication it needs, so ask before the document is signed, because redoing it from abroad takes time. Keep the original with its stamps; we work from a scan. For land, see the property deed page; for companies, the articles of incorporation 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.

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