Certified True Copy — Passport / Thai ID
Notarial Services Attorney certifies your passport or Thai ID copy as a true copy of the original.
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Details
A Thai Notarial Services Attorney (licensed by the Lawyers Council of Thailand under the Royal Patronage) inspects your original passport, Thai ID, or driver license in person and certifies the photocopy as a 'True Copy of the Original Document Sighted', with an embossed seal, wet signature, attorney registration number, and date. Accepted by embassies, overseas universities, banks, and immigration authorities in Australia, USA, UK, NZ, Canada, and beyond. Includes an English cover letter with a verifiable NPA number.
Where you can use this
- ✓ Student/work visa applications AU/UK/US/NZ
- ✓ Opening overseas bank accounts
- ✓ University admissions abroad
- ✓ Overseas marriage registration
4-step process
- 1. Send document / book — LINE @THAIL or Contact@thailaw-accounting.co.th
- 2. Receive quote — within 30 minutes
- 3. Sign before attorney — Asok BTS office or Mobile Notary
- 4. Collect notarised set — Assessed on your documents
Return, refund & shipping policy
- Return window
- 14 days from delivery for content errors verified against the source document.
- Refund
- Full refund if iLC accepts the error is ours; partial refund pro-rata for split-fault cases.
- Shipping in Thailand
- EMS with signature on delivery — shipping fee at carrier rate, quoted in your estimate.
- International shipping
- DHL Express worldwide with tracking — fee at carrier rate, quoted in your estimate.
- Digital delivery
- Signed PDF included in every SKU at no extra charge; sent within the same 5–7 business day window.
Frequently asked
- Do I need to sign in front of the notary?
- Yes — a Notary Public must physically sight the original document and the holder to certify 'sighted the original'. Book our Asok BTS office or request a mobile notary (extra travel fee).
- Is it accepted by the Australian embassy?
- Yes — the Australian Embassy (Bangkok, Chiang Mai) and VFS accept notarised copies issued by a Thai Notarial Services Attorney registered with the Lawyers Council of Thailand.
- Can you notarise a foreign passport?
- Yes — passports of any nationality. Bring the original; the fee is identical to Thai passports.
- Does it need translation first?
- Not necessarily — Certified True Copy attests that the copy matches the original, not the language. Bundle a certified English translation on the same invoice if needed.
- Can I do this from overseas / upcountry?
- Yes — ship the original passport/ID via EMS/DHL with a self-signed copy inside. We notarise 'copy sighted' and return by EMS THB 100 in Thailand or DHL THB 2,500 worldwide.
- How long does the certification remain valid?
- Notarial certification does not expire, but most receiving authorities require the document to be under 3–6 months old. We recommend using within 3 months.
Related services
- Signature Verification / AttestationTHB 1,500–2,800 · Assessed on your documents
- Notarial Certification of Translation AccuracyTHB 2,000–3,500 · Assessed on your documents
- Certified True Copy — Transcript & Degree CertificateTHB 1,500–2,800 · Assessed on your documents
Go deeper on Notarial services attorney certification
These guides outline possible certification steps; confirm the receiving authority's current requirements before filing:
- Step-by-step playbook: documents, order of certification, rejection risks
- Route comparison: which certification path your receiving authority accepts
Not sure which route applies? Send us the scan — LINE @THAIL · 092-0170000 · Contact@thailaw-accounting.co.th
Documents usually required
- Original document plus one clear copy of every page
- Copy of the passport or Thai national ID card of the signatory
- Written statement of the purpose and the receiving authority
- Supporting records the receiving authority lists in its own checklist
Common reasons a bundle is rejected
- A Thai notarial services attorney is not identical to a foreign Notary Public; confirm what the destination accepts.
- The signatory must sign in front of the attorney, not beforehand.
- Spell every name exactly as it appears in the passport, across every document in the same bundle.
Prefer not to handle the chain yourself? Send the scans and we run every step for you, from translation to the final endorsement.
How the process runs — Notarial services attorney certification
- State the purpose and the receiving authority so the correct level of certification is chosen.
- Send scans of every page so completeness can be checked before work starts.
- Prepare the translation or the instrument in the format the receiving authority requires.
- Sign or certify before the officer authorised by law to witness that document type.
- Collect the finished set and keep a copy for the next filing.
Fees and processing times are set by each authority and vary by document and destination — confirm them with the responsible agency.
Handling it yourself vs letting iLC run it
| Aspect | Doing it yourself | With iLC |
|---|---|---|
| Working out which steps apply | You read each authority's rules yourself, and usually learn a step was missing only after the bundle is refused. | Our advisers review the documents before work starts and sequence translation, notarisation, MFA, and embassy in one pass. |
| Time spent filing | Repeat trips to each office, queueing and collecting in person. | We file on your behalf; you send scans and receive the finished set by post or courier. |
| Risk that the translation is refused | Agency names, job titles, and the certification wording often do not match what the receiving office accepts. | We use terminology and certificate formats the receiving authority has accepted before, with two-stage proof-reading. |
| If the bundle is rejected | You diagnose the cause and refile yourself, losing a full cycle. | We identify the cause, correct it, and refile without you starting over, with progress reported along the way. |
What clients typically use this for
- Signature and copy certification
- Powers of attorney used abroad
- Corporate and banking instruments
An advisor, not only a document processor
Before any work starts, our team assesses how many certification layers your document actually needs, which authorities are involved, and the correct order for the office you will really file with. One step out of order usually means restarting the whole bundle. More than 15 years of cross-border document work means we recognise how each authority rejects files and prevent it up front.
- The certification route is matched to the receiving authority before work begins.
- Rejection risks are checked, from name spelling to document validity windows.
- The filing sequence is planned around the deadline you actually have.
Consult us at LINE @THAIL · 092-0170000 · Contact@thailaw-accounting.co.th
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