🇪🇷 Passport → Tigrinya

Every section of a Passport — header, body, stamps, signature block, registry footer — has a corresponding fixed expression in the target legal language. The translator's job is matching them, not creating them. 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 Tigrinya desk maintains a glossary reconciled against:

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

• Translation: ฿960 – ฿1,560 (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.
• Tigrinya 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.

The receiving Tigrinya 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.

South African, Kenyan and Nigerian authorities accept English directly; francophone West African states (Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, DRC) require a French translation with the MFA+embassy chain.

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

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

Below is the production line every file walks through — none of the gates can be reordered, all of them are logged:

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 Tigrinya. Performed by our credentialed senior translator vetted by Thailand's Department of Consular Affairs. Names, dates and registration numbers are cross-checked against your passport.
3. Second-eye QA. A senior reviewer cross-checks every page against the source and flags any name/date inconsistency before the seal is applied.
4. Company certification. We affix our official translator seal and a signed declaration accepted by Thai MFA.
5. Thai MFA legalisation. Our courier files at the Department of Consular Affairs (Chaeng Watthana) the next working day. Standard return: 3–5 working days.
6. Notary Public (if required). One of our six in-house Notarial Services Attorneys notarises the translation, which most embassies require.
7. Tigrinya embassy attestation. We submit to the destination embassy in Bangkok and collect the legalised document.
8. Delivery. Pickup at our office, courier in Bangkok, EMS across Thailand, or DHL Express to 200+ countries.

Almost every rejection of a Passport we are asked to fix afterwards comes back to one of these five patterns:

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

• 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 Tigrinya authorities.
• MFA legalisation / รับรองกระทรวงการต่างประเทศ — the Department of Consular Affairs authenticates the translator's seal; mandatory for most overseas use.
• Embassy attestation / รับรองสถานทูต — the Tigrinya 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 Tigrinya in some EU jurisdictions.
• Transliteration — converting Thai script names into Tigrinya characters; must match the spelling in your passport.

การแปลและรับรอง หนังสือเดินทาง ไปยังภาษา ทิกริญญา (ትግርኛ) ที่ใช้ได้กับหน่วยราชการต่างประเทศจริง ๆ ต้องเดินผ่าน 4 ด่าน — แปล, โนตารี, MFA และสถานทูต — โดยทีมที่รู้ format ของหน่วยงานปลายทาง

ที่ NYC Legal & Notary เรามีทีม senior translator vetted by Thailand's Department of Consular Affairs ประจำสำหรับภาษาทิกริญญา พร้อมระบบ QA สองชั้นที่ตรวจชื่อ-นามสกุล ตัวเลข เลขที่ทะเบียน วัน เดือน ปี (แปลงพ.ศ. ↔ ค.ศ.) ก่อนประทับตราบริษัทและส่งต่อขั้นตอน MFA ภายในวันทำการถัดไป

ค่าใช้จ่ายในไทย (เริ่มต้น)

• ค่าแปลหนังสือเดินทางเป็นทิกริญญา: ฿960 – ฿1,560 ต่อชุด
• รับรองโนตารี: ประเมินราคาฟรี ต่อฉบับ
• รับรองกรมการกงสุล (MFA): ประเมินราคาฟรี ต่อฉบับ
• รับรองสถานทูตทิกริญญา: ประเมินราคาฟรี ต่อฉบับ

ลำดับงานของเรา

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

คำถามที่พบบ่อย

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

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

ถาม: ขอ quote มาก่อนได้ไหม?
ตอบ: ฟรี — ส่งภาพมาทาง LINE @NYC168 ได้ตลอด

Although clients often find us looking for translation, what they actually engage is a Thai law firm whose translation desk is staffed by Tigrinya 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 Tigrinya pair your file is handled by senior translator vetted by Thailand's Department of Consular Affairs who is screened on three criteria: native or near-native Tigrinya 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.
• Single-window service. Translation, Notary, MFA filing, embassy attestation and worldwide courier are booked once — you do not chase three vendors.
• Confidentiality by default. Files are encrypted at rest, deleted from working storage 90 days after delivery, and never used as AI training data.
• EN, TH and Tigrinya support by phone, LINE, WhatsApp, WeChat, KakaoTalk, Telegram and email.
• Rejection insurance. If MFA or the Tigrinya embassy rejects our work due to a translation defect, we re-file at no charge and absorb the government re-filing fee.

First-pass acceptance by the destination Tigrinya authority is the metric we optimise the whole pipeline against, and it is the metric we hit on the overwhelming majority of files. 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.

• 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.
• 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.
• Re-issuance — if the destination retains the original, we keep the certified scan on file and produce another legalised copy on 48-hour turnaround.