Submitting a professional practising licence to Australia — how must it be translated and certified?

The point raised here is “Submitting a professional practising licence to Australia”, so it flags what usually causes documents like this to be rejected before summarising the general practice. Some institutions accept documents only when sent directly by the school, so confirm the channel before translating. Prepare at least one spare certified set, since applications usually go to several institutions at once. Plan the schedule with room for at least one review cycle at the receiving office. For documents going abroad, include international shipping time in the plan. 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. 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. 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. The specifics here are document type: License; destination: Au, and those decide which translation and certification level applies. The terms that frame this page are Submitting · professional · practising · licence. After certification, scan the full set before it leaves your hands. A Thai educational document intended for overseas use is normally translated into the language the destination requires, then legalised by the Legalisation Division of the Department of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and where the destination requires it, further legalised by that country's embassy or consulate. Australian government agencies and assessing bodies require non-English documents to be translated by a NAATI-certified translator showing the stamp and practitioner number; a translation without the NAATI stamp is commonly rejected at the document-check stage. 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; always confirm the current requirement with the receiving authority before filing. 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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