Can I use a NAATI translator while I am outside Australia?
Yes. The Home Affairs requirement attaches to the translator, not to where you live. If the translator holds a current NAATI credential, the translation is acceptable whether you send your files from Bangkok or anywhere else.
In-depth Answer
Home Affairs splits the requirement in two: translators inside Australia must be NAATI-certified, while translators outside Australia must show their full name, address, contact details, and qualifications or experience in the language on the translation itself.
Choosing a NAATI-certified translator from overseas therefore satisfies the stricter of the two tests.
In practice, applicants in Thailand send scans, receive a PDF bearing the translator's stamp and CPN, and upload it straight into ImmiAccount.
If the receiving body is a state registry or an institution that insists on paper, a printed set can follow by courier.
One caveat: bodies outside Australia — the Thai Department of Consular Affairs, for instance — do not accept a NAATI stamp in place of their own certification, so be clear about where each set of documents will be lodged.
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