Submitting a certificate confirming the company is active to China — how must it be translated and certified?

The scope of this answer is “Submitting a certificate confirming the company is active to China”, so it deals with the case-specific points first and the shared rules afterwards. Before starting, check that names are spelled identically to the passport or ID card on every page, then confirm with the receiving body whether it wants an original, a certified copy or a certified translation, then count the number of certified sets needed before work starts, because extra sets restart the certification steps. The most frequent cause of delay in this group is missing supporting documents on the first submission. The biggest risk in cases like this is doing the certification steps out of order, which forces a restart. The terms that frame this page are Submitting · certificate · confirming · company. The specifics here are document type: Goodstanding; destination: Cn, and those decide which translation and certification level applies. If any requirement is still unclear, send a sample image to the receiving body before producing the full set. High-resolution photos of seals and signatures help when the destination asks for re-verification. Attach a document index to the bundle so nothing is lost during review. Public holidays and embassy closures move certification queues more than most people expect. Leave buffer time in case a translation has to be amended or a source document re-issued. A Thai corporate document for overseas use is normally translated into the language the destination requires, then legalised by the Legalisation Division, Department of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and further legalised by the destination country's embassy or consulate where that country requires it. Most receiving authorities and banks require a company certificate issued recently, within a validity window they set themselves, so obtain a freshly issued DBD copy before starting the translation and legalisation steps to avoid the document expiring mid-process. Thailand deposited its instrument of accession to the Hague Apostille Convention on 30 June 2026, but the Convention is not yet in force for Thailand, so consular legalisation through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the relevant embassy remains the working route; confirm the current requirement with the destination before filing. Cost and lead time depend on page count, the language pair and the certification steps the destination requires, so every file is quoted before work starts. Send a scan of the documents together with the receiving authority's or counterparty's own instructions via LINE @NAATI, call +66 80-557-8887 or email ilc@thainotary.co.th.

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