I changed my name — which extra documents need translating?

In-depth Answer

When the name on a degree, birth record, or police certificate does not match the current passport, a case officer will not simply assume they are the same person.

The fix is never to have the translator write the new name over the old one: a credentialed practitioner must render exactly what the source says, and altering a name is falsification.

The correct route is to translate one additional document that records the change officially.

For applicants from Thailand that is usually the Ch.3 or Ch.5 certificate issued by a district office, or the Kor Ror 3 marriage certificate where a spouse's surname was adopted.

File the set in a logical order — old-name document, change-of-name document, current passport page — and you will sharply reduce requests for further information mid-assessment.

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