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Certified Lebanese Police Record Translation

eVerbary translates your Lebanese police record 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.

Issued by the Internal Security Forces, not a court

The Lebanese police certificate is the judicial record (سجل عدلي), which the State Department calls the Judiciary Police Record. It is issued by the Judiciary Police Department of the Internal Security Forces, under the Ministry of the Interior, and shows only final court decisions, final convictions and sentences, not arrests or pending cases. The State Department describes it as blue ink on blue paper with gold foil in the upper left corner. Lebanese authorities ask for it too, for example from candidates to the courts' roll of experts, who must file one less than a month old.

You apply in person in Lebanon with your Lebanese identity card. From abroad, the request goes through a Lebanese embassy or consulate, with what the State Department calls extremely long waits, or through a lawyer in Lebanon holding your power of attorney. There are no certified copies, so the record you send is the original; we translate it in full, stamps and foil seal included. See what the NVC asks for.

Erased sentences, amnesties and court records

After a sentence has been served, the Ministry of Justice can remove it from the record after three to ten years, depending on the crime. Lebanon also passed a general amnesty in 1992 for crimes committed before 1991, and another in 1996 for drug crimes committed before 1994. A clean certificate is therefore a statement of Lebanese law; US forms ask their own questions, so ask your attorney what to disclose.

If you were ever before a court, a consulate may also want the court record. Civil and military courts issue their own records, with the court's blue seal and the final decision, from their archive sections. We translate those as separate documents. For the power of attorney a lawyer needs, see the Lebanese power of attorney page and our Arabic 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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