Getting UK Documents Legalised for Thailand

Before applying for Thai work visa, one or more documents which was/were originated in the United Kingdom should firstly be certified by an UK Notary Public, then must be legalised by the Legalisation Office (LO) of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and further be attested by Royal Thai Embassy in the UK.  Regarding the reason of the final process through Royal Thai Embassy that Thailand is not member of Hague Convention, therefore an apostilled certificate is not accepted in Thailand. As a result, legalised documents for use in Thailand should be gone through the final part - attested by Royal Thai Embassy or Royal Thailand General Consulates in the UK.                                                                                                                                      

What are UK documents for legalisation and Embassy Attestation?

Personal documents: Degree or Master Certificate, PHDs or Diploma Qualifications or other Academic Reports, National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) or Disclosure Scotland, Power of Attorney etc.

Corporate documents: Certificate of Incorporation, Tax Returns, Partnership Agreement, VAT Certificate, Company Registers, or Certificate of Name Change etc.

If I live in overseas, can my documents be legalised and attested by Royal Thai Embassy in the UK?

Yes certainly. There is no jurisdiction for documents to be legalised in the UK whether you live in oversea like Thailand, USA, Canada, Malaysia etc. as long as this is an UK document.

Three main steps for your consideration:

1. Notarisation: A personal or corporate document should be certified by an UK (Edinburgh) notary public firstly.
2. Apostilled by FCDO (an apostilled certificate): The Legalisation office of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) must legalise the signature, stamp or seal of a British public official such as a notary public, a registrar and an official of the Chamber of Commerce.
3. Thai Legalisation: The Thai Royal Embassy in the UK will verify the signature and seal (excluding contents of documents) of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Once being verified, Thai Royal Embassy will officially apply attested seal and signature to your document(s), which will be ready for use in Thailand.

i2visa UK Ltd can do three steps combined as a package of full service on behalf of you, alternatively we can do the second step (an apostilled certificate attached by FCDO) or the third step attested by the Royal Thai Embassy on its own at your convenience, which means that we will do the attestation on your behalf.

Notarisation, Legalisation (Apostille) and Attestation combined as a set of package charged in the following:

• One personal/corporate document (Regular Service - 15/20 working days): £138 + courier fee
• Two personal/corporate documents (Regular Service - 15/20 working days): £198 + courier fee
• Three personal/corporate documents (Regular Service - 15/20 working days): £258 + courier fee

Notarisation: 
Prestigious UK Notary Public registered at the FCDO - Processed in the Edinburgh city centre

Legalisation (an apostille Cert):
Processed in FCDO located in Milton Keynes

Authentication: 
Processed in the Royal Thai Embassy in the UK

i2visa UK is specialised in assisting you to securely obtain legalised document(s) from Royal Thai Embassy (step 3) from a notary public service (step 1) and a stamped official certificate (an apostilled certificate) service (step 2). The following required documents are compulsory:

1. The Original and Photocopy of UK Document(s) that will need to be authenticated
2. Photocopy of Applicant’s Passport Information Page
3. i2visa Order Form

Important Notice

Please let us know in advance or make a note with the other enclosed documents if you like to get the original degree certificate or TEFL certificate authenticated as your special request instead of the photocopied UK documents to be attested by Royal Thai Embassy in the UK. It is a standard that our notary public will certify your ORIGINAL UK documents by default unless you have notification for us.

Please mail all the above required documents to the following address:

i2visa UK
CBC House
24 Canning Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8EG

When calculating the amount of time required processing your document(s) please add one more working day for the postal delivery. If you have further queries, please don't hesitate to contact us directly at operation@i2visa.co.uk.