French service messages: received, pending or confirmed?
Read French status messages by matching each noun to its action. Compare received requests, pending changes and confirmed appointments, then test yourself.
In short
Read the noun and its action together: demande reçue means the request arrived; rendez-vous confirmé means the appointment is confirmed. Then find the next action, its deadline and any condition. Pas encore means “not yet”.
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What do reçu, en attente and confirmé mean?
Votre demande a été reçue. Pour poursuivre, veuillez joindre une copie de votre justificatif de domicile avant le 12 juin. Votre rendez-vous sera confirmé après vérification de votre dossier.
Your request has been received. To continue, please attach a copy of your proof of address before 12 June. Your appointment will be confirmed after your file has been checked.
Received: the request. Your next action: attach the copy before 12 June. Confirmation comes after the file check.
La modification de votre adresse est en cours. Nous attendons la réponse du transporteur. Merci de ne pas envoyer une deuxième demande.
Your address change is being processed. We are waiting for the carrier’s reply. Please do not send a second request.
The address change is still in progress. The message asks you to wait while the carrier replies.
Votre rendez-vous du 14 juin à 10 h est confirmé. Présentez-vous à l’accueil dix minutes avant l’heure prévue, avec votre pièce d’identité.
Your appointment on 14 June at 10 am is confirmed. Please report to reception ten minutes before the scheduled time, with your identity document.
The appointment is confirmed. Your arrival time is 9.50 am, and you need your identity document.
| Clue | Meaning | What to record |
|---|---|---|
| a été reçue | has been received | Receipt is complete. |
| est en cours | is in progress | Processing continues. |
| n’est pas encore effectuée | has not yet been made | The change is pending. |
| sera confirmé après… | will be confirmed after… | Keep the condition with the future action. |
| veuillez joindre… | please attach… | A document is requested. |
| présentez-vous… | please report… | An arrival instruction follows. |
Keep the condition in your summary
Ma demande a été reçue. Je dois envoyer un justificatif avant le 12 juin.My request arrived. I need to send proof before 12 June.
Focus: a useful summary of the first notice
Le rendez-vous sera confirmé après vérification du dossier.
The appointment will be confirmed after the file check.
Mon rendez-vous est confirmé.My appointment is confirmed.
Focus: the status stated in the third notice
Je dois être à l’accueil à 9 h 50.
I need to be at reception at 9.50 am.
In the first notice, a été reçue refers to votre demande. A different noun, votre rendez-vous, takes the future sera confirmé. In the third notice, est confirmé gives the current appointment status. Those small verb changes tell you which stage you have reached.
Ma demande a bien été reçue. Dois-je envoyer le justificatif par courriel ?
My request has been received. Should I send the supporting document by email?
This follow-up checks the delivery method, which the first notice leaves open.