An investor from China registering a private limited company — how should the supporting documents be translated and certified?

This question is specifically about “An investor from China registering a private limited company”, 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. With a fixed filing date, count backwards from it and book each certification step in reverse. Leave buffer time in case a translation has to be amended or a source document re-issued. Keep a copy of every source document plus the receipt or docket from each step. Note who signed each certification and on what date for later reference. What sets this case apart is the number of certified sets and the window in which they must be used. A key variable is the filing channel (in person, agent or online), which sets the copy format to prepare. 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. The specifics here are destination: Cn, and those decide which translation and certification level applies. The terms that frame this page are investor · China · registering · private. Foreign documents used in a work permit or incorporation file — degrees, experience letters, the parent company's certificate of incorporation, powers of attorney and passports — must be translated into Thai or English as the office requires and certified along the correct chain: certification in the country of origin, then embassy or Department of Consular Affairs legalisation as applicable. Companies are registered with the Department of Business Development (DBD), Ministry of Commerce: a private limited company is formed under the Civil and Commercial Code and a public limited company under the Public Limited Companies Act B.E. 2535 (1992), with a memorandum of association, articles and a shareholder list among the incorporation papers. Thailand deposited its instrument of accession to the Apostille Convention on 30 June 2026, but the Convention is not yet in force for Thailand, so embassy and Department of Consular Affairs legalisation remains the working route. 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 the checklist you were given, the applicant's nationality and the office you will file with via LINE @NAATI, call +66 80-557-8887 or email ilc@thainotary.co.th.

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