According to the site you mentioned, as a Federal document, this can (should?) be apostilled by a Federal agency. I would contact the US consulate in Paris as your cited source seems to indicate that a Federally issued document needs to be apostilled by the US State Department.

 

Thanks, Bev, but I forgot to mention that I live in the US...

 

[Not for citizenship!, but I am not sure if that matters, if the resulting document is the same] While in the USA I made the request for background check (they call it Identity History Summary) via the FBI web site, I was asked to produce fingerprints via one of their approved providers (this requires pre-registration - you just can't walk in - but no big deal) , and then they sent me the document with apostille by mail. HTH

 

Generally speaking, if you are submitting a US produced document to an agency in the US, they don't ask for an apostille. But what papaia indicates sounds promising. Requiring apostilles on all "foreign" sourced documents is relatively new - pretty much unheard of back when I submitted the documents for French nationality. (But then again, back then you could get your fingerprints done at the US Embassy in Paris - another service they no longer provide.)

 

I already have my FBI background check (identity history summary). Although it has a seal on it, this is not an apostille, and the French citizenship application instructions from the embassy here specifically say that it definitely has to has to have that from the State department. My other documents (e.g. divorce) have to have that from the state government.

Fortunately my British documents (parents' birth certificates) don't have to have that because the UK doesn't participate in the Hague convention. But the downside for my British documents is that since Brexit the UK no longer provides the multi-lingual versions.

 

I don't think the multilingual UK versions are acceptable when applying for French citizenship.

It is not the French Consulate in the US that actually approves your citizenship, they forward it to France.

Countries that are subject to apostilles are in fact those that are identified by the Hague Convention as falling outside the agreement.

 

I don't think the multilingual UK versions are acceptable when applying for French citizenship.

It is not the French Consulate in the US that actually approves your citizenship, they forward it to France.

Countries that are subject to apostilles are in fact those that are identified by the Hague Convention as falling outside the agreement.

What about countries that are not members of the Hague Apostille Convention?

 

My multilingual birth certificate was OK for getting married in France, but it wouldn't be surprising if the citizenship evaluation is a lot stricter.
On the other hand, wasn't the point of the multilingual certificates to avoid having to have a translation done?

 

It reportedly takes many many weeks if you go through the State Dept.

Try Southeast Spanish - faster and relatively inexpensive for the benefit.

 

Why don't you look it up.

 

The Hague Apostille Convention has been reviewed with a view to simplification on a number of occasions. The US possibly could not take advantage of all the changes because it would I guess have required the agreement of all States.

 

That's not correct. Under the Constitution the President negotiates treaties which then have to be ratified by the two-thirds of the US Senate. The individual states have no role in ratifying any treaty. The Constitution also specifically proscribes the individual states from entering into any treaty.

 

hi, one question, finally after receiving the Identity history summary, sealed, how and where should I apostil it? is it really needed for the request of French nationality? or just the sealed summary is enough?

 

It depends where you're applying as I believe there are different standards outside and inside France.
In the US (where I am) the FBI report has to be apostilled by the state department and then translated.
Inside France I think the apostille isn't needed, but it should still be translated.

 

When I got my French nationality, I didn't need the FBI rap sheet to be apostilled - though that was a long time ago, before the apostille thing got quite so popular. It did, however, have to be translated, despite the only relevant text on the card being the stamp that says "no record found."

If you are going for nationality from within France, I would pose the question to the US Embassy (the Citizens' Services section). The Embassy is part of the State Department and so in theory at least, they should be able to "do the honors." Even if they don't provide fingerprinting services any more.