Do ALL the identity and civil status documents need to be translated?

[thaihubbie]

So are you saying that my Thai Marriage Certificate can be notarized by the Canadian Embassy in Thailand or any Canadian Embassy abroad? i.e. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia where we are.

 

[annieann13]

I don't know if your Thai marriage ceriticate can be certified by Canadian embassy abroad or not. If most couples (foreigner and Thai) got married in Thailand, they can either choose to have their Thai marriage certificate certified either with Canadian embassy or Ministry of Thai Ministry in Thailand. I am pretty sure that if you want your Thai marriage certificate certified by Thai embassy abroad, they will do right away but if you want it to be certified by Canadian embassy then you'd better check with the Canadian embassy where you want to have them certified that for you.

 

[thaihubbie]

Why does it say Certified (notarized) not certified and notarized in instruction

In the Immigrant's Instruction Guide, it says all documents need to be certified (notarized) translations if not in english. Why is notarized in parenthesis? Do they mean certified AND notarized?

 

[steaky]

Yes, notarized and translated in this case

 

[annieann13]

yes, same meanings " certified, notarized, authenticated" after you translate from Thai to English/French.

 

[thaihubbie]

Our marriage certificate is translated and certified, is this sufficient? I never asked the agency to certify it just to translate it but it says certified on it. I don't think they took to the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs because they did it in 2 days I thought certified just meant that the translation company that did the translation was registered but that doesn't mean the same as notarized or legalized.
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[annieann13]

I'm not too sure what you meant, unless you ask for the expert to explain it. In my opinion, I think you have already got your marriage certificate translated in Thai to English, correct? If it is correct, you have to go to Ministry of Thai Foreign Affairs who will certify it! ( You can notice it from the left corner of your documents if the Thai and English papers are attached/affixed with the clear tape together with the green stamp saying "something Ministry of Foreign Affairs" then that is what you will be submitting to CPC-M ( don't make photocopy of that, because CPC-M wants to see that documents as original).

I hope my reply is clear enough!

 

[belleshoe]

Does thai work permit also have to be translated? Or is that okay?