Submitting a pregnancy certificate and antenatal record to South Korea — how must it be translated and certified?

The subject of this page is “Submitting a pregnancy certificate and antenatal record to South Korea”, so it flags what usually causes documents like this to be rejected before summarising the general practice. After certification, scan the full set before it leaves your hands. Record the reference number of each certification layer; it is the fastest way to trace status. High-resolution photos of seals and signatures help when the destination asks for re-verification. Plan the schedule with room for at least one review cycle at the receiving office. Leave buffer time in case a translation has to be amended or a source document re-issued. Before starting, ask in advance which category of certified translator the destination accepts, then plan the timeline so certification finishes before the real filing deadline, then keep a digital copy of every page, including seals and signatures. Check first whether the issuing office of the source document is one the destination recognises. The deciding factor is the receiving body's requirement, not only the format of the Thai-side document. The terms that frame this page are Submitting · pregnancy · certificate · antenatal. The specifics here are document type: Pregnancy; destination: Kr, and those decide which translation and certification level applies. 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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