Claiming on health or travel insurance in the United Arab Emirates — what translation and certification is expected?

The scope of this answer is “Claiming on health or travel insurance in the United Arab Emirates”, so it covers both the requirements attached to this document set and the order the steps must follow. If any requirement is still unclear, send a sample image to the receiving body before producing the full set. If multiple certified sets are needed, order them all in the first round to avoid re-queuing. With a fixed filing date, count backwards from it and book each certification step in reverse. Note who signed each certification and on what date for later reference. Attach a document index to the bundle so nothing is lost during review. The deciding factor is the receiving body's requirement, not only the format of the Thai-side document. The biggest risk in cases like this is doing the certification steps out of order, which forces a restart. Before starting, plan the timeline so certification finishes before the real filing deadline, then ask in advance which category of certified translator the destination accepts, then make sure document numbers, issue dates and issuing-office names match across the set. The specifics here are purpose: Insurance; destination: Ae, and those decide which translation and certification level applies. The terms that frame this page are Claiming · health · travel · insurance. 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. ILC handles document work only — translation, certification of the translation, notarial signature certification and the legalisation run at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and embassies. ILC is not a medical facility or an insurer, gives no clinical advice, and cannot guarantee any authority's decision. 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.

ปรึกษาฟรี — LINE @NAATI · โทร 080-5578887 · อีเมล ilc@thainotary.co.th