Certify documents issued in France for official use in the United States and abroad - apostille stamps from the Court of Appeal and Legalization of documents at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Apostilles on French documents can normally be obtained in 1-2 weeks from the Court of Appeal. French documents required for countries that do not recognise apostilles, such as Qatar, Vietnam, UAE or Taiwan, are legalized by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and then at the respective embassy:
FAQs - France Apostille Services
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Certify international documents for use in France
French Documents that can be authenticated with Apostille Stamps
Civil status documents
We apostille French birth certificates, death certificates and marriage records at the Court of Appeal. Civil status certificates are available from the Mayor’s Office in the municipality where the event took place and can also be ordered online.
France Civil Status ExtractsCriminal Record Certificates
We apostille French Criminal Record Extracts (Extrait de Casier Judiciaire) at the Court of Appeal of Rennes. To obtain an apostille, we need the digital certificate issued by the Ministry of Justice – it should be no more than 3 months old.
France Criminal Record CertificatesUniversity Degrees
To legalize French university degrees and course transcripts, certified copies are made. These can then be authenticated with an Apostille Stamp or by the Foreign Ministry and respective embassy.
French academic diplomasCertified Copies
Copies of documents such as French identity cards, passports and family records can be legalized or apostilled, when certified as true copies of an administrative document by a town hall, prefecture or notary.French Corporate Documents
Documents certified by the corporate register (Infogreffe), including Certificates of Registration (Kbis Extracts) and Articles of Association.- Certificates of no impediment to marriage (certificat de célibat) can be authenticated when obtained from the local Mayor’s Office.
We will review your documents to ensure that everything is correctly prepared for submission to the Court of Appeal or Ministry of Foreign Affairs, avoiding unnecessary delays and expensive rejections. If you need help obtaining original French documents, such as birth certificates, criminal extracts or court document, please contact us. We are here to help and happy to advise.
We also provide Apostille and legalization services for documents issued in French overseas departments and territories, as well documents issued in 
Monaco - Andorra
Isarey provides document attestation services in France to private, corporate and institutional clients worldwide. To find out about certifying French documents for use in the United States and abroad, use our online quotation form or email us a scan or description of the documents you need to certify. We will get back to you directly with a quotation and details of how to proceed:
6 steps to certify document issued in France
- Our experts will pre-check your documents to ensure that they are eligible for Apostille certification or consular legalization in the country where they are issued, and we’ll assist you locally in preparing them if required.
- We’ll send you a quotation with the total cost of the process (final price including all fees, certified translation when required and courier costs) and an estimation of how long the process will take to complete.
- We’ll arrange a secure courier to collect your original documents (where electronic versions are not sufficient).
- As soon as we receive your documents, we will confirm your order and proceed with the attestation process. Where appropriate, we will arrange certified copies for the attestation process so that we can return your originals directly.
- We return the attested documents to you by secure international courier.