Which document service do you actually need?
Choosing a translation, legalisation or visa service in Thailand starts from the authority that will receive your file, not from the document itself. Each guide below sets out what that authority accepts, how the certification chain is sequenced, and which mistakes commonly send documents back.
Choosing a certified translation service in Thailand
In Thailand the translation itself is never the deciding factor — the seal attached to it is. A translation used inside Thailand normally needs certification by the Department of C…
Read the guide →Document services for expats living in Thailand
A document issued outside Thailand becomes usable here only after it is authenticated in the issuing country and endorsed by the Royal Thai Embassy or Consulate there, then transla…
Read the guide →Notary Public and consular legalisation
A Notary Public in Thailand is a lawyer licensed by the Lawyers Council of Thailand as a Notarial Services Attorney, who certifies signatures and copies. Consular legalisation is a…
Read the guide →Visa and long-stay filings
Thai long-stay routes are decided by different authorities: the Immigration Bureau handles extensions of stay, the Department of Employment handles work permits, the Board of Inves…
Read the guide →Choosing a translation language pair
The certification route depends on the destination, not on the language. For use in Thailand, a foreign document is translated into Thai and the translation is certified by the Dep…
Read the guide →Specialised and corporate document work
Specialised files are judged by the body that receives them: the Department of Business Development for company documents, the courts for litigation exhibits, the Department of Int…
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Thai-language versions of every guide are available at /recommend.