FD-258 Fingerprint Card · France
FD-258 Fingerprint Card Apostille for France
How to authenticate a FD-258 Fingerprint Card Submission for use in France: the exact route, translation requirements, and full-service handling from West Palm Beach.
Your FD-258 Fingerprint Card needs one certificate from the U.S. Department of State to be valid in France — no embassy step.
Sending a FD-258 Fingerprint Card to France — commonly for residency, marriage, long-stay visas — requires authenticating the document so France authorities accept it. Because France is a Hague Convention member, the route is a single apostille. Here is exactly what applies to this document and destination.
- Route to France
- Apostille
- Issuing agency
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Getting the document
- We can obtain this document for you
- Translation
- Certified French translation typically required.
How to apostille a FD-258 Fingerprint Card for France
- Send us your FD-258 Fingerprint Card details and confirm the destination is France.
- Ship the document to us, or drop it at our West Palm Beach office.
- We submit it to the U.S. Department of State for apostille.
- The apostilled FD-258 Fingerprint Card returns to you or your recipient in France.
Translation
Certified French translation typically required. Where required, we coordinate certified translation with your order.
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