Legalisation and certified translation
The chain of certifications that turns a document issued abroad into one a Thai office or court will accept: notarisation, certification in the country of origin, endorsement by a Thai embassy or consulate where the receiving office requires it, and a Thai translation certified as that office requires.
IN PRACTICE
What it means in practice
Legalisation is where foreign matters lose time, because every link has to be completed in order and a document rejected at the last step goes back to the first. The requirement is set by the office receiving the document, not by a single national rule, so the Department of Business Development, a court and a bank may each ask for something different from the same corporate certificate. Certified translation is part of the chain rather than an afterthought: who may translate, and how the translation is certified, is not left to the client's choice.
THE TERM
The same term elsewhere
- ไทย
- นิติกรณ์และคำแปลที่ได้รับการรับรอง
- 简体中文
- 文件认证与经认证译本
- Governing law
- Civil Procedure Code, on documentary evidence and translation
ENQUIRIES
