Resources for Documents We Do Not Notarize

Notarials

See below on how to obtain commonly requested documents and services provided by other organizations.

Certified Copies of Birth, Death, Marriage, or Divorce Certificates

If you need an English document translated into French, you can use a translator from this list of certified French translators.
If you need a French document translated into English, you can use a translation service from the U.S. or France. If you use a translator in France, you then may need to have the translation apostilled, or authenticated, by the appropriate Court of Appeals (the French translator can provide more information).

U.S. Embassies and Consulates do not have the authority to affix an Apostille pursuant to the Hague Convention.
See below to obtain an Apostille on:
- U.S. Federally issued documents (passports, Consular Reports of Birth Abroad)
- U.S. State issued documents (birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates, driver’s licenses and driving records)
- French documents (birth, death, marriage, divorce)

Contact the educational institution which issued the document.
For further information, visit the Department of State’s Authentication of American Academic Credentials for Use Abroad.

A Medallion Signature Guarantee can only be performed by an authorized representative of a financial institution participating in a medallion program approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The U.S. Embassy is not authorized to collect fingerprints.
Obtain fingerprints for FBI background check
FBI official website page
You should confirm if the French requesting agency requires the results of the background check to be translated to French and/or apostilled.
- Visit the website of the French courts by district in order to obtain a list of certified translators (traducteurs assermentés).
  - Individual lists are also available at French city halls.
  - Posted translators in Paris
- To obtain an apostille, you can send the FBI search results to the U.S. Department of State Office of Authentication.

Emergency Assistance

U.S. Citizens with Emergencies

Please call: 01.43.12.22.22

Outside of Office Hours, contact: 01.43.12.22.22

Outside of France: 011.33.1.43.12.22.22

Aide d’urgence

Citoyens américains en situation d’urgence

veuillez appeler le: 01.43.12.22.22

Outside of Office Hours, contact: 01.43.12.22.22

En dehors de la France, veuillez appeler: 011.33.1.43.12.22.22