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French On-Site Interpretation for Green Card Interviews
French interpreters experienced in green card interviews at USCIS field offices, for couples and for family and employment applicants. Get your quote in seconds, place your order, and you're all set.
Starting at $92.91
Per hour
Court-certified
Interpreters
HIPAA-aligned
All clinical sessions
Medically credentialed
CCHI and NBCMI certified interpreters
Match
Interpreter matched to the setting
Our dispatcher looks for an interpreter near the field office who has sat through USCIS interviews before, and you see the name ahead of the interview.
Confirmed in your dashboard and by email
On-site
Interpreter at your venue
The interpreter meets the applicant at the field office at the booked time and stays for the hours you booked.
In person, for the booked hours
The price shows before you book. Every session is covered by an NDA; clinical sessions are handled in line with HIPAA.
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Getting French right
Interpretation skews heavily toward asylum interviews and immigration court for West / Central African applicants (Cameroon, DRC, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Guinea), plus corporate and diplomatic assignments.
Typical French bookings
- Asylum interviews and immigration court (DRC, Cameroon, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire)
- Hospital appointments for West African refugees
- International commercial arbitration and M&A
- Diplomatic meetings and UN-adjacent events
- Aerospace and energy negotiations
- Parent-teacher conferences in Maine, Minnesota and Ohio
- U.S. speakers
- 1.2M+
- Booked most in
- New York, Miami, Washington DC
- Varieties
- Metropolitan, Québécois, West / Central African
Who is interviewed
On-site interpreters for green card interviews for marriage-based, family-based and employment-based cases
The questions depend on how the green card application was filed. We interpret for all three kinds of applicants at the field office.
Marriage-based applicants
The officer asks the couple about their marriage and their life together, and the spouses are usually interviewed together. If both speak the same language, one interpreter works for the couple.
Other family-based applicants
Applicants sponsored by a relative, such as a parent or a sibling, are interviewed on Form I-485 as well. The officer reviews the original documents that show the family relationship.
Employment-based applicants
Some employment-based applicants are called in for an interview. The officer asks about the application and about the applicant's job, and the interpreter interprets each question and answer.
Green card interviews
What to know about green card interviews with an interpreter
When an interpreter comes
A green card interview takes place at the USCIS field office named in the notice, in person. The applicant, and often the petitioning spouse, go to the office on the day, and an interpreter we send meets them there. We send interpreters to these interviews on-site only. In areas with few interpreters for the language, the dispatcher may send one from another city, and the extra trip is its own line in the quote.
Who takes part
The officer interviews the applicant about the application and looks through the original documents. In a marriage-based case the petitioning spouse is interviewed too, usually together with the applicant. If an attorney represents the applicant, the attorney attends. The interpreter works between the officer and whoever is being interviewed, for the length of the interview.
At the table5
- OfficerInterviews the applicant, reviews original documents
- ApplicantAnswers questions about the application
- Petitioning spouseInterviewed too when the case is marriage-based
- AttorneyAttends with a represented applicant
- InterpreterInterprets for whoever is interviewed
OfficerInterpreterApplicant
The interpreter's role
The interpreter makes the interview as clear as it would be in English, so the applicant answers the question the officer actually asked. The interpreter speaks in the first person and interprets everything in both directions, without shortening an answer or tidying it up. The interpreter is neutral, keeps the interview confidential, and gives no opinion on the case.
Spouses together
QuestionInterpretedAnswerInterpreted
Spouses one at a time
First spouseInterpretedSecond spouseInterpreted
Spouses interviewed apart
The officer usually interviews a couple together, but may interview the spouses separately. The interpreter then interprets for each person in turn, so the hours you book should allow for both interviews. Add a note to the booking if you expect the officer to see the spouses apart.
On-site, video or phone
Green card interviews are booked on-site
A green card interview is held in person at the field office, and Texliff sends interpreters on-site only. The other settings are for the sessions around it.
On-site
The interpreter goes to the field office named on your notice and stays with the applicant through the whole interview.
Video (VRI)
Not offered for this sessionWe provide interpreters for USCIS interviews on-site only. Video fits a talk with your attorney while the application is being prepared.
Phone (OPI)
Not offered for this sessionWe provide interpreters for USCIS interviews on-site only. Phone fits a short call with your attorney, for example about a missing document.
How it works
How to book an on-site interpreter for a green card interview
Enter your details and get your instant quote
Enter the interview date, the time from the notice, the field office address and the applicant's language. The price for the booked hours shows right away.
Place your order
Pay online to confirm. In the dashboard, add notes such as whether the spouse will attend and the names of anyone else coming.
Dispatcher runs and assigns an interpreter
Our dispatcher assigns an interpreter who has sat through USCIS interviews before, starting with those closest to the field office, and sends you the name.
The interpreter arrives at your venue
The interpreter arrives at the field office at the booked time, is sworn in, and interprets for the applicant until the booked hours end.
What you receive
- The interpreter's name ahead of the interview, shown in your dashboard.
- Travel within the interpreter's metro area built into the hourly rate.
- A price for the booked hours that you see before paying.
Every file and session is covered by an NDA and sent over an encrypted connection. Clinical matters are handled in line with HIPAA.
If you also need translations
If you also need documents translated for the green card file
Certified translations into English come from the same account and arrive as a PDF.
USCIS interviews
Birth, marriage and divorce certificates from abroad, translated into English for the file, while the originals go with you to the interview.
Courts and depositions
Affidavits from relatives or friends in another language, translated into English to go in the file.
Hospitals and clinics
Vaccination and medical records in another language, translated into English.
Not in the list? We translate 37 document types, from passports and bank statements to patents, each with its own page and the same certification.Browse all documentsFAQ
Questions about interpreters for green card interviews
The ones we hear most often, answered by our dispatch and project-management teams.
Can't find it here?
01What does the interpreter bring to the interview?
Identification, which the interpreter shows at the office. The interpreter is also sworn in and signs Form G-1256, the Declaration for Interpreted USCIS Interview.
02What if my spouse speaks a different language than I do?
One booking includes English and one other language, with one interpreter. A spouse who needs a second language needs a second booking, which can use the same address.
03What should we put in the booking notes?
The names of everyone attending, and the spelling of names and places as they appear on the application. The interpreter reads the notes before the day.
04If USCIS schedules a second interview, can we ask for the same interpreter?
You can ask for it in the booking notes. A booking is for the service, not for a particular interpreter, so we take the request into account and assign them when they are available.
05How is a green card interview priced?
The price follows the hours you book, and you see the total before you pay. The interpreter is reserved for the whole booking and unused time is not refunded, so book enough hours for the whole interview.
06Which languages can you interpret at green card interviews?
70 languages. Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese and French are the easiest to schedule. Rare languages need more notice.
07Are your French interpreters certified?
Yes. Court-certified and medically credentialed French interpreters are assigned to legal and clinical matters — Federal Court Interpreter Certification, state court rosters, CCHI / NBCMI for medical. For community, educational and corporate settings we assign professionally trained interpreters matched to the subject.
08Do you cover all French dialects?
Standard (Metropolitan) French, Quebec French and African French differ in lexicon, register and numerical conventions. We disclose dialect preference to the linguist and maintain terminology consistency across a project.
Other languages
Other languages for Green Card Interviews
The same page for each of these languages, with that language's varieties, its register and where it is booked most.
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