🇬🇧 Passport → English

The Passport is rarely a simple, free-form letter. It contains official Thai terminology — registry numbers, district codes, parental information, registration officers' titles — that translate differently depending on the receiving country. A non-specialist may translate "นายอำเภอ" as "District Officer" when the receiving authority specifically expects "Registrar" or "Chief District Officer", and that mismatch alone is enough to trigger a re-filing.

Translation of the data page is rarely required (it is already bilingual), but a notarized certified copy is frequently requested.

Our English desk maintains a glossary reconciled against:

• The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Consular Affairs
• The English embassy in Bangkok
• Relevant universities, professional bodies, and court systems in English-speaking jurisdictions

That consistency is what lets your document clear MFA, embassy and overseas registration on the first attempt — measured across our case log, our first-pass acceptance rate on Passport files sits above 98%.

Indicative pricing for a standard 1-page Passport translated into English:

• Translation: ฿400 – ฿1,000 (includes company seal & certifying statement, MFA-accepted).
• Notary Public (Notarial Services Attorney): quoted after document review per document if required by the destination.
• Thai MFA legalisation: quoted after document review per document.
• English embassy attestation: quoted after document review per document depending on embassy.

Final fees vary with page count, urgency (a 4-hour rush carries a 50–100% premium), and whether the embassy requires an extra sworn affidavit. Send a scan via LINE @NYC168 or email Contact@nyclegal.co.th for a fixed quote inside 15 minutes during business hours.

Our standard pipeline runs through eight gates; each one is logged in a case file you can audit later:

1. Document intake. Send us a high-resolution PDF/photo of the original Passport. We verify it is a current Amphur or court-issued copy.
2. Translation into English. Performed by our credentialed NAATI-certified translator (Australian government). Names, dates and registration numbers are cross-checked against your passport.
3. Company certification. We affix our official translator seal and a signed declaration accepted by Thai MFA.
4. Notary Public (if required). One of our six in-house Notarial Services Attorneys notarises the translation, which most embassies require.
5. Delivery. Pickup at our office, courier in Bangkok, EMS across Thailand, or DHL Express to 200+ countries.
6. Second-eye QA. A senior reviewer cross-checks every page against the source and flags any name/date inconsistency before the seal is applied.
7. Thai MFA legalisation. Our courier files at the Department of Consular Affairs (Chaeng Watthana) the next working day. Standard return: 3–5 working days.
8. English embassy attestation. We submit to the destination embassy in Bangkok and collect the legalised document.

The receiving English authority will usually request one or more of the following alongside your translated Passport; we'll email a destination-specific checklist once we know your target country.

• Power of attorney overseas — typically also needs your passport bio page and a recent photo.
• Bank account opening abroad — typically also needs your passport bio page and a recent photo.
• Notarized true copies — typically also needs your passport bio page and a recent photo.

Hague Apostille is the norm across the EU, and Thailand deposited its instrument of accession on 30 June 2026 and the Convention enters into force for Thailand on 28 February 2027 — until that date Thai-issued documents still travel via the MFA + destination-embassy legalisation chain.

ภาษาอังกฤษเป็นภาษากลางสำหรับสถานทูตเกือบทุกประเทศ ใช้ได้ทั้ง UK · US · Canada · Australia · Schengen — เลือกรับรอง NAATI หากใช้กับออสเตรเลีย หรือ Notary Public + MFA สำหรับประเทศอื่นๆ

For the Passport specifically, our English desk pays particular attention to:

• Official seals & stamps. Thai stamps and signatures are described in the target language so overseas officers can verify authenticity.
• Dates & calendars. The Thai Buddhist year (พ.ศ.) must be converted to the Common Era; we provide both formats side-by-side.
• Form codes. Original Thai reference numbers and registration codes are preserved verbatim.
• Officer titles. Registrar, Chief District Officer and District Officer are kept distinct, mapped to whichever term the destination registry uses internally.
• Name transliteration. English authorities check the translated name against your passport — any mismatch is grounds for rejection.

The translation desk targets a two-working-day ceiling for this pair, with rush windows compressing it to four hours where the destination accepts a same-day filing. Adding MFA legalisation extends the total to 4–7 working days. Embassy attestation adds another 3–10 working days depending on the destination.

For urgent cases we offer:

• 4-hour rush translation — surcharge of 50–100%.
• 1-day express MFA — additional government fee, file before the 09:30 cut-off.
• Embassy priority queues — available with most embassies in Bangkok at a small handling fee.

Compiling two years of rejection notices into a single failure-mode list yields five categories that capture practically every Passport bounce:

• Missing MFA or embassy gate — most English authorities require both, not just one.
• Names spelled differently across passport, Passport and supporting documents — English authorities require an exact match.
• Translations done by uncertified translators that lack the MFA-accepted seal.
• Out-of-date copies — embassies usually want a Passport issued within the last 3–6 months.
• Photocopies submitted instead of originals with attached translation.

• Certified translation / คำแปลรับรอง — translation accompanied by a signed declaration of accuracy; required by MFA.
• Notarisation / รับรองโนตารี — a Notarial Services Attorney certifies the translator's signature or the copy; required by some English authorities.
• MFA legalisation / รับรองกระทรวงการต่างประเทศ — the Department of Consular Affairs authenticates the translator's seal; mandatory for most overseas use.
• Embassy attestation / รับรองสถานทูต — the English embassy in Bangkok validates the Thai MFA stamp.
• Apostille — single-step alternative to MFA+embassy for Hague Convention members (Thailand: not a signatory yet → MFA route applies).
• Sworn translator / ผู้แปลสาบาน — translator officially registered with a foreign court or ministry; relevant for English in some EU jurisdictions.
• Transliteration — converting Thai script names into English characters; must match the spelling in your passport.

การแปล หนังสือเดินทาง เป็นภาษาอังกฤษ (English) ให้ผ่านการรับรองจากกรมการกงสุล กระทรวงการต่างประเทศ (MFA) และสถานทูตอังกฤษในประเทศไทย เป็นงานเฉพาะทางที่ต้องอาศัยทั้งนักแปลที่มีคุณวุฒิ ทนายโนตารี และผู้ประสานงานเอกสารที่เข้าใจขั้นตอนของหน่วยงานปลายทาง

Workflow ในออฟฟิศ: นักแปลภาษาอังกฤษ → senior reviewer → ประทับตราบริษัท → ส่ง MFA วันทำการถัดไป — ทุกขั้นมีลายเซ็นและ timestamp ที่ตามได้

อัตราค่าบริการโดยประมาณ

• ค่าแปลหนังสือเดินทางเป็นอังกฤษ: ฿400 – ฿1,000 ต่อชุด
• รับรองโนตารี: ประเมินราคาฟรี ต่อฉบับ
• รับรองกรมการกงสุล (MFA): ประเมินราคาฟรี ต่อฉบับ
• รับรองสถานทูตอังกฤษ: ประเมินราคาฟรี ต่อฉบับ

ขั้นตอนการใช้บริการ

1. รับใบเสนอราคาแบบฟิกซ์เรทภายใน 15 นาที (ในเวลาทำการ)
2. ส่งภาพถ่ายหรือ PDF ของหนังสือเดินทางมาที่ LINE @NYC168 หรืออีเมล Contact@nyclegal.co.th
3. เริ่มแปล + QA 2 ชั้น ภายใน 24-48 ชั่วโมง
4. จัดส่งคืน: รับเองที่สำนักงานลาดพร้าว · EMS ทั่วไทย · DHL Express ทั่วโลก
5. ส่งสถานทูตอังกฤษ · รับเอกสารกลับมารับรอง (3-10 วันทำการ)
6. รับรองตราบริษัท · ส่งกรมการกงสุล (3-5 วันทำการ)

คำถามที่พบบ่อย

ถาม: ต้องนำต้นฉบับหนังสือเดินทางมาที่สำนักงานหรือไม่?
ตอบ: สำหรับแปลอย่างเดียวใช้ภาพถ่ายชัด ๆ ได้ แต่ขั้นตอน MFA และสถานทูตต้องใช้ต้นฉบับตัวจริง

ถาม: Turnaround มาตรฐานกี่วัน?
ตอบ: แปลเสร็จใน 24–48 ชม. ครบรอบ MFA + สถานทูตอยู่ที่ 7–17 วันทำการขึ้นกับปลายทาง

ถาม: ขอ quote มาก่อนได้ไหม?
ตอบ: ฟรีและตอบกลับเร็ว ส่งภาพมาทาง LINE @NYC168 เราคืน fixed-fee quote ใน 15 นาที

Although clients often find us looking for translation, what they actually engage is a Thai law firm whose translation desk is staffed by English specialists and supervised by licensed attorneys. We operate six in-house Notarial Services Attorneys, a panel of more than 200 certified translators across 205 languages, and a dedicated MFA & embassy liaison team that visits the Department of Consular Affairs at Chaeng Watthana every working day.

For the English pair your file is handled by NAATI-certified translator (Australian government) who is screened on three criteria: native or near-native English command, demonstrated court-grade legal-translation experience, and a clean track record with Thailand's MFA and the relevant embassy. Every translator signs an NDA covering attorney-client privilege.

Concrete reasons clients return

• Bilingual case manager. One person handles your file end-to-end; ask questions in Thai, English or via your preferred language.
• Fixed-fee quotes within 15 minutes. No surprise charges after the work begins; the LINE quote is the invoice you receive on delivery.
• Confidentiality by default. Files are encrypted at rest, deleted from working storage 90 days after delivery, and never used as AI training data.
• Single-window service. Translation, Notary, MFA filing, embassy attestation and worldwide courier are booked once — you do not chase three vendors.
• EN, TH and English support by phone, LINE, WhatsApp, WeChat, KakaoTalk, Telegram and email.
• Rejection insurance. If MFA or the English embassy rejects our work due to a translation defect, we re-file at no charge and absorb the government re-filing fee.

When a job has moved cleanly through translation, notary, MFA and embassy, the destination counter rarely has anything further to ask — and that is the outcome we engineer for. If the receiving office requests an additional step — for example a sworn translator's signature notarised in the destination country, or a translation re-done into a regional dialect — we provide a follow-up service from our partner network of overseas counsel.

• Re-issuance — if the destination retains the original, we keep the certified scan on file and produce another legalised copy on 48-hour turnaround.
• Affidavit of translation accuracy — a sworn statement signed before a Notary Public in the destination country; we prepare the bilingual template.
• Apostille issuance — Thailand became a Hague Apostille signatory on 28 February 2027; MFA Thailand (Department of Consular Affairs) is the designated Competent Authority and issues Apostilles accepted across all 130 contracting parties.
• Long-term archiving — your translated and legalised file is archived for 7 years; request a fresh certified copy at any time without re-paying for translation.