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Certified Lebanese Legal Separation Document Translation

eVerbary translates your Lebanese legal separation document 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 matter for the community's court

Lebanese family law is the law of each of the 18 recognised religious communities, applied by state-appointed sectarian courts, and there is no civil procedure for marriage or divorce. A separation, where a community's law provides for one, is therefore decided by that community's court, not by a civil judge, and its effects on custody, maintenance and residence are set in that court's decision.

For a US file, the key question is whether the marriage still exists. A separation leaves the couple married; a divorce, executed by the civil registry, ends the marriage; an annulment declares it void. These are different documents with different consequences, so we translate the title and wording of the decision exactly and do not turn one into another. See the Lebanese divorce certificate page and our Arabic page.

What US offices may ask for

If you remarry, or claim that a marriage has ended, a US officer will want proof that the earlier marriage was dissolved. A separation decision alone may not show that; the civil registry divorce certificate or a current family extract usually does. Ask the office handling your case what it needs before ordering translations. If the separation was later followed by a divorce, the divorce documents are usually what an office needs.

Separation decisions can be long and handwritten, and some are partly in French. We translate everything on the pages you send, including stamps, and add a note where a phrase cannot be read. The spouses' names are transliterated as printed and follow your passport spelling on request. For visa cases, see what the NVC asks for. See also the Lebanese marriage certificate 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.

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