Submitting an affidavit or witness statement to the United Arab Emirates — how must it be translated and certified?

What the enquirer needs to know is “Submitting an affidavit or witness statement to the United Arab Emirates”, so it deals with the case-specific points first and the shared rules afterwards. When several certification layers are required, start with the slowest one. Public holidays and embassy closures move certification queues more than most people expect. Note who signed each certification and on what date for later reference. If the receiving body confirmed its requirements by email, keep that message with the file. Once the set is complete, check it line by line against the destination's own checklist before filing. The specifics here are document type: Affidavit; destination: Ae, and those decide which translation and certification level applies. The terms that frame this page are Submitting · affidavit · witness · statement. What changes the timeline most here is whether the source documents are complete on day one. The common failure in this group of cases is a translation that does not match the certification type required. Before starting, count the number of certified sets needed before work starts, because extra sets restart the certification steps, then verify the source document is still within any validity window the recipient applies, then check that names are spelled identically to the passport or ID card on every page. For overseas use of a Thai court document the sequence is: obtain the court-certified copy, translate it into the target language, have the translation certified by the Legalisation Division of the Department of Consular Affairs, MFA, and then have it legalised by the destination country's embassy or consulate where that country requires it. Always confirm the destination's written requirements first. A court translation must keep legal terms exact, preserve the black-case and red-case numbers, the official court name, party names as they appear in the passport or civil register, and the source dates with the Buddhist or Gregorian era stated. Nothing may be summarised or omitted — footnotes, seals and endorsements included — and seal wording should be described in brackets so the receiving office can follow it. Thailand is not a party to the Hague Apostille Convention, so no Apostille is issued for Thai-issued documents; Thai court documents go through Department of Consular Affairs certification and destination-embassy legalisation instead. Where a destination asks for an Apostille, request written confirmation that it accepts the Thai legalisation route. Cost and lead time depend on page count, the density of legal terminology, the target language and the certification steps required, so every file is quoted before work starts. Send scans of every page of the case document together with the written requirements from the court, authority or receiving embassy via LINE @NAATI, call +66 80-557-8887 or email ilc@thainotary.co.th.

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