Submitting laboratory and imaging results to Germany — how must it be translated and certified?

This question is specifically about “Submitting laboratory and imaging results to Germany”, so the answer below starts with what this case actually needs before setting out the general rules. Documents with a short validity window should be produced as close to the filing date as possible. For documents going abroad, include international shipping time in the plan. Keep a copy of every source document plus the receipt or docket from each step. Record the reference number of each certification layer; it is the fastest way to trace status. The next step is confirming the filing channel and the copy or file format required. The specifics here are document type: Lab; destination: De, and those decide which translation and certification level applies. The terms that frame this page are Submitting · laboratory · imaging · results. What sets this case apart is the number of certified sets and the window in which they must be used. The point to fix before starting is the real deadline, so the steps can be scheduled backwards from it. 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. A Thai-issued medical document intended for a foreign authority normally follows this order: obtain the original from the facility, have it translated by a translator the destination accepts, certify the translation at the Legalisation Division, Department of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, then obtain the destination embassy's attestation where required. Each step verifies only what falls within its own authority. A medical translation must preserve the diagnosis, disease codes, drug names, dosages, units and result values exactly as written — no rounding, no unit conversion, no summarising. Where the original is illegible handwriting, the facility should be asked for a typed version or a written confirmation rather than the meaning being guessed. Thailand deposited its instrument of accession to the Apostille Convention on 30 June 2026, but the Convention is not yet in force for Thailand. In practice the traditional route through the Department of Consular Affairs and the destination embassy still applies until entry into force is formally announced. Cost and lead time depend on page count, the density of clinical terminology, the target language and the certification steps required, so every file is quoted before work starts. Send scans of the medical paperwork together with the written requirements from the hospital, insurer or receiving authority via LINE @NAATI, call +66 80-557-8887 or email ilc@thainotary.co.th.

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