NAATI Thai↔English for Townsville

Always the spelling in your current Thai passport. If you have changed your name or older documents use a different romanisation, send the name-change certificate too so officers in Townsville can link the whole document chain to one person.

The NAATI translation itself does not expire, but receiving bodies often require certain originals — police clearance or a single-status certificate, for example — to be issued within 3–6 months of lodgement. Always check the current requirement of the receiving authority.

For most Australian government purposes the NAATI translation alone is sufficient. Some uses — marriage registration or court proceedings — may additionally require legalisation by the Department of Consular Affairs. Send us the documents first and we will confirm the exact chain.

Forward the notice or screenshot to LINE @NAATI. We review it against the source document and reissue a corrected certified version. If the error is on our side, the correction is free of charge.

Fees depend on document type, page count, urgency and delivery method, so we quote per case after reviewing the actual documents. Call 080-5578887, message LINE @NAATI, or email ilc@thainotary.co.th for a free assessment.

Scan or photograph each page in full, including seals and signatures, at a resolution where every character is readable, one page per file. Sending clean files on LINE @NAATI removes review rounds and shortens delivery time.

Yes. NAATI accreditation is national, not state-based. Translations certified by a NAATI practitioner working from Thailand are accepted across Queensland exactly as if produced in Townsville. Every stamp carries a practitioner number verifiable on the NAATI Practitioner Directory.

Townsville has no direct counter service, so lodgement is normally online through ImmiAccount, which accepts the NAATI Digital Stamp PDF. Where a wet stamp is required, Express delivery to Townsville takes about 5 business days.