Submitting a professional practising licence to the United Kingdom — how must it be translated and certified?

This question is specifically about “Submitting a professional practising licence to the United Kingdom”, so the answer below starts with what this case actually needs before setting out the general rules. After certification, scan the full set before it leaves your hands. If multiple certified sets are needed, order them all in the first round to avoid re-queuing. Documents with a short validity window should be produced as close to the filing date as possible. Keep a copy of every source document plus the receipt or docket from each step. If the receiving body confirmed its requirements by email, keep that message with the file. If the name on the record differs from the current name, attach the change-of-name evidence. Prepare at least one spare certified set, since applications usually go to several institutions at once. The specifics here are document type: License; destination: Uk, and those decide which translation and certification level applies. The terms that frame this page are Submitting · professional · practising · licence. The deciding factor is the receiving body's requirement, not only the format of the Thai-side document. The most frequent cause of delay in this group is missing supporting documents on the first submission. Before starting, make sure document numbers, issue dates and issuing-office names match across the set, then keep a digital copy of every page, including seals and signatures, then plan the timeline so certification finishes before the real filing deadline. 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. 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. 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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