Submitting an employment reference letter for a VETASSESS skills assessment — what translation and certification applies?

The scope of this answer is “Submitting an employment reference letter for a VETASSESS skills assessment”, so it flags what usually causes documents like this to be rejected before summarising the general practice. After filing, follow up on the cycle the office states rather than waiting past the deadline. High-resolution photos of seals and signatures help when the destination asks for re-verification. Note who signed each certification and on what date for later reference. When several certification layers are required, start with the slowest one. With a fixed filing date, count backwards from it and book each certification step in reverse. Before starting, keep a digital copy of every page, including seals and signatures, then make sure document numbers, issue dates and issuing-office names match across the set, then ask in advance which category of certified translator the destination accepts. What sets this case apart is the number of certified sets and the window in which they must be used. The deciding factor is the receiving body's requirement, not only the format of the Thai-side document. The terms that frame this page are Submitting · employment · reference · letter. The specifics here are document type: Employment, and those decide which translation and certification level applies. Most delays come from doing the steps in the wrong order rather than from the translation itself — translating before the institution has issued the official set, or paying for consular certification before the receiving body has confirmed which layer it wants. Send us the receiving body's requirement page first and ILC will map the whole file: obtaining the documents, the translation, each certification layer and the dispatch, as an adviser through the case rather than a translation desk. VETASSESS assesses skills for many occupation groups in the Australian skilled-migration system. The assessment looks at both the qualification and employment relevant to the nominated occupation, so the file also carries employment evidence — reference letters stating duties, dates and hours — which must be NAATI-translated when issued in Thai. Thailand has no common-law notary public. Signature certification, certified true copies and affidavits are performed by a Notarial Services Attorney licensed under Lawyers Council of Thailand rules. Where a foreign form says "notarised", read the certifier box first: some bodies accept a notarial attorney, others require their own embassy. Cost and lead time depend on page count, target language, how many certified sets are needed and the steps the receiving evaluation body sets, so every file is quoted before work starts. Send scans of every page of your academic documents together with the requirement page from the evaluation body, via LINE @NAATI, call +66 80-557-8887 or email ilc@thainotary.co.th.

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