An employment reference letter — what should you know about sealed-envelope and direct-send rules?

The subject of this page is “An employment reference letter”, so it flags what usually causes documents like this to be rejected before summarising the general practice. The next step is confirming the filing channel and the copy or file format required. The terms that frame this page are employment · reference · letter · know. The specifics here are document type: Experience, and those decide which translation and certification level applies. Before starting, verify the source document is still within any validity window the recipient applies, then count the number of certified sets needed before work starts, because extra sets restart the certification steps, then confirm with the receiving body whether it wants an original, a certified copy or a certified translation. The most frequent cause of delay in this group is missing supporting documents on the first submission. What changes the timeline most here is whether the source documents are complete on day one. Note who signed each certification and on what date for later reference. Keep a copy of every source document plus the receipt or docket from each step. Leave buffer time in case a translation has to be amended or a source document re-issued. Documents with a short validity window should be produced as close to the filing date as possible. Prepare at least one spare certified set, since applications usually go to several institutions at once. Some institutions accept documents only when sent directly by the school, so confirm the channel before translating. Many credential-evaluation bodies require the institution itself to send documents in a sealed envelope or through the institution's own electronic channel; an applicant or translator copy is not accepted as a substitute, so the body's own handbook must be read before translation is ordered. Credential evaluation is carried out by dedicated bodies — WES and ECE in North America, UK ENIC in the United Kingdom, and VETASSESS or the occupation-specific assessing authority in Australia — each with its own document list and intake channel; a certified translation is one part of the file, not the assessment outcome. ILC handles document work only — translation, certification of the translation, notarial signature certification and the legalisation run at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and embassies. ILC is not an educational institution or a credential-evaluation body and cannot guarantee recognition or admission. Cost and lead time depend on page count, language pair and the certification steps the receiving authority requires, so every file is quoted before work starts. Send a scan of the documents together with the receiving institution's own instructions via LINE @NAATI, call +66 80-557-8887 or email ilc@thainotary.co.th.

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