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Certified Lebanese Marriage Certificate Translation

eVerbary translates your Lebanese marriage certificate 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 religious marriage, executed by the civil registry

There is no civil marriage in Lebanon. Every marriage is celebrated by one of the country's 18 officially recognised religious communities, and the husband then submits the religious marriage certificate to the Vital Statistics Bureau (Civil Registry Office) of the district, under the Directorate General of Civil Status of the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities. The State Department notes that the date of that execution is the date the marriage takes effect under Lebanese law. The bureau's certificate is a table of personal details in Arabic with Ministry of Interior stamps, signed by the local civil registry officer.

A Lebanese couple's file can therefore hold two documents: the religious contract or certificate from the church, mosque or Druze authority, and the civil registry marriage certificate. Most US offices want the civil one; if both are in your file, we translate both and say which is which. The same marriage then appears in the family civil registration extract (إخراج قيد عائلي), which lists the members of the family under its register number. See our Arabic page and the Lebanese birth certificate page.

Marriages abroad, older marriages and names

Lebanon recognises civil marriages celebrated abroad, whatever the spouses' religions. A US marriage is registered in Lebanon through a Lebanese consulate: the form asks for each spouse's name in Arabic and English, father's name, mother's maiden name, place and number of registry, and religion. Once registered, the marriage shows on the family extract. Marriages before 1943 may never have been registered; the bureau can then issue a statement of non-existence, which we translate as such.

Names follow the chain of given name, father's name and family name, and the same family name can be romanised several ways (Khoury, Khouri, El Khoury). We transliterate as printed and follow each spouse's passport on request. For a spousal petition, a previous divorce certificate or a former spouse's death certificate is often needed too. Lebanon is not party to the Apostille Convention, and USCIS does not ask for an apostille or legalisation.

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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