Services

Two intervention tracks

Public service track: asylum, justice, administration, public healthcare and social services.

Private service track: support for individuals, families, associations and professionals.

What is provided

Interpreting on site, by video conference or by phone, depending on mission context and constraints.

Sworn translation of official, administrative, legal, academic, professional and medical documents.

Support for asylum seekers

Language support during key OFPRA/CNDA steps.

Life-story interviews, support for forensic medicine visits and guidance during sensitive procedures.

Support for everyday appointments

Interventions for appointments with notaries, lawyers, schools, civil status offices and medical or social institutions.

Goal: secure mutual understanding and reduce the risk of misunderstanding.

Officially translated documents (non-exhaustive)

AHIT handles certified translation — bearing the seal and signature of a sworn expert translator registered with the Montpellier Court of Appeal — of judicial, administrative and private documents that require official status.

Court decisions across all jurisdictions and instances: judgments (judicial court, criminal court, commercial court, labour tribunal), rulings (Court of Appeal, Court of Cassation, Council of State), orders (interlocutory referee, family-affairs judge, liberty-and-custody judge, sentence-enforcement judge), administrative-court rulings, arbitration awards.

Civil procedure documents: writs of summons, citations, briefs, notifications and services by judicial officer (commissaire de justice / huissier), payment orders, formal notices, summons to act, attachment proceedings (third-party debt order, protective seizure, immovable seizure), bailiff reports.

Criminal procedure documents: police reports (interview, arrest, search, custody), prosecution submissions, warrants (arrest, committal, appearance, escort), notification of rights, pre-trial detention orders, judicial control orders, direct citations, court summons, criminal complaints with civil-party constitution.

Asylum and immigration: OFPRA decisions (granting, refusal, withdrawal of refugee status), CNDA decisions, asylum applications and personal narratives, contentious appeals, removal orders (OQTF), re-entry bans (IRTF), placement orders to administrative detention centres (CRA), house-arrest decisions, prefectural summons, residence permits and receipts.

Family law: divorce judgments (mutual consent, contentious), divorce agreements signed by lawyers, family-affairs judge orders (parental authority, residence of children, child support, visitation rights), protection orders (domestic violence), partition deeds, parenting agreements, child welfare measures.

Civil status and identity: birth, marriage, death and acknowledgment certificates, family record books, certificates of custom, certificates of celibacy, apostilles and legalisations, notarial deeds (authenticated deed, gift, succession, authenticated will, deed of notoriety).

Administrative and identity documents: passports and identity cards, driving licences, foreign civil-status records, criminal-record extracts (bulletins n° 2 and n° 3), residence permits and receipts, prefectural decisions, consular certificates, visa and immigration files, naturalisation files.

Diplomas and professional records: diplomas, school transcripts and report cards, school attendance certificates, employment certificates, internship certificates, recommendation letters, professional-qualification recognition files.

Medical, medico-legal and social documents: medical certificates, expert medical opinions, hospitalisation reports, prescriptions, social-security certificates, MDPH (disability authority) records, CAF (family allowance) statements.

Commercial and contractual documents: contracts of all kinds, general terms of sale, articles of association, Kbis extracts, patents and registration certificates, insurance certificates, banking and tax documents.

Each certified translation bears the seal of the sworn expert, is numbered, initialled page by page and accompanied by a certification statement. Originals or certified copies must be provided to allow the mention « for translation conforming to the original / to the copy ».

Working method

Needs qualification, language validation, mission scoping, delivery and closing follow-up.

Clear communication in advance on scope, delivery format and timeline.