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Yes — Thailand acceded to the Hague Apostille Convention in 2024. Outbound apostilles are issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Consular Affairs (Chaeng Wattana). Single-stamp, no embassy step required for the 125+ Hague members.
A Thai Notarial Services Attorney certifies signatures, copies, and statements (cost: from ฿800). The MFA legalisation is a government stamp confirming the notary or sworn translator is registered (cost: ฿200/page, 1–3 days). Most embassies require both layers.
Standard turnaround is 24–48 hours for single-page civil-registry certificates (birth, marriage, divorce, education transcripts) with two-stage QA (translator + senior reviewer). Rush 4–8 hour delivery is available with a 50% surcharge for Bangkok pickup. Bulk corporate translations (NDAs, memoranda, audited financials) run 3–5 business days for 50+ pages, delivered in rolling batches of 10 pages every 24 hours so legal counsel can review in parallel.
Yes — inbound legalisation. The US document must first carry a state apostille (or US Department of State apostille for federal documents), then we translate to Thai and submit to the Thai MFA for inbound legalisation.
Yes. We are DBD-registered (0435567000061) since 2010 and our sworn translators are registered with the Thai MFA. Documents are accepted by US, UK, EU, AU, JP, KR embassies and immigration authorities worldwide.
Most jobs don't require a visit — we accept documents by LINE, email, courier, or scheduled pickup. In-person notarisation (signature certification) does require attendance, scheduled Mon–Sat 09:00–18:00 ICT.
Document workflow typically ฿15,000–฿35,000: embassy affirmation translation (฿1,500), MFA legalisation (฿400), back-translation of Thai marriage certificate (฿500/page), apostille for home country (฿3,500). Government registration at the amphur is free.
We don't file visas, but we prepare every translated supporting document the LTR program requires: salary verification, asset statements, US/EU/JP background check, health insurance translations, all with MFA legalisation.
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