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Certified Lebanese Paternity Acknowledgment Translation
eVerbary translates your Lebanese 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.
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Filiation is a personal status matter
In Lebanon, filiation belongs to personal status law, which is the law of each recognised religious community and is applied by the sectarian courts. Birth registration itself rests on the parents' marriage: the State Department notes that to register a child's birth, parents submit their executed marriage or divorce certificate to the district civil registry. A child's link to the father is therefore normally shown by the birth certificate and the family civil registration extract, which lists the members of the family.
Where filiation was disputed or established later, the document is usually a court decision, and which court decided it depends on the family's community. We translate the decision in full, including the court's name, the case number and the operative part, and keep each community's terms rather than replacing them with US ones. If the family has obtained a new civil registration extract since the decision, send it too, so the officer sees the current record. See our Arabic page.
Adoption and guardianship are different documents
Lebanon has no civil adoption authority. According to the State Department, Christian religious courts issue a court order granting adoption, while Muslim and Druze courts issue an order granting legal guardianship, which does not create filiation. A US officer looking at a child's relationship needs to know which one you hold, so we translate the title and wording of the order exactly.
For immigration based on a parent-child relationship, USCIS looks at the birth record first; DNA testing is a separate US procedure. If the family extract was updated after a court decision, send the current extract too. If the child was born abroad and registered through a Lebanese consulate, those consular documents are translated the same way. For visa cases, see what the NVC asks for. See also the Lebanese marriage certificate 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.
Frequently asked questions
The court order says guardianship, not adoption.
For Muslim and Druze families, guardianship is what the courts grant. We translate the word exactly.
My father is listed on the family extract.
That extract is usually the proof of filiation. We translate it in full.
Which court decided my case?
It depends on the community. We translate the court's name as printed.
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