MFA Legalisation of Police Clearance

Legalise Your Thai Police Clearance at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

After the CID issues your Police Clearance and it is translated into your destination language, the original and translation must be legalised by the Department of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Chaeng Watthana). This step gives the document international legal effect. iLC handles the entire process on your behalf, with pre-submission QC to prevent rejection, and coordinates the destination embassy in the same batch.

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Success rate

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Express

timing is assessed on your documents

Standard

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Years in service

Why MFA legalisation matters

MFA legalisation is a mandatory step before destination-embassy attestation. MFA verifies that the original was issued by a Thai government body and that the translator is recognised. Foreign authorities will only accept documents that carry the MFA endorsement.

Legalises the CID Police Clearance original
Legalises the translation (translator must be MFA-recognised)
Official stamp and signature of consular officer
Government fee fees on request (Standard) / fees on request (Express)

What you need

1) Original CID Police Clearance 2) Certified translation into destination language 3) Copy of passport / ID 4) Power of Attorney (iLC prepares this)

Express vs Standard

Express (same-day): submit in the morning, collect the same afternoon — (fees: ask our team for a quote) government fee. Standard: timing is assessed on your documents at (fees: ask our team for a quote). iLC offers both.

Follow-through to destination embassy

If your destination country also requires attestation by its embassy in Bangkok, iLC continues the chain in the same batch, covering 38+ embassies.

How the service works

1
Verify original + translation
iLC checks completeness and formatting
2
Prepare Power of Attorney
Client signs POA authorising iLC
3
Submit at MFA Chaeng Watthana
Submit in the morning, Consular Affairs, 3F Building B
4
Collect on Express/Standard cycle
Express: same afternoon / Standard: 2–3 days
5
Continue to destination embassy (optional)
Coordinate with destination embassy in Bangkok
6
Deliver to client
Pick up in Bangkok / EMS / DHL worldwide

Frequently asked questions

Where is MFA?

Department of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chaeng Watthana Road (opposite the Government Complex), Lak Si, Bangkok.

Must I appear in person?

No — iLC submits on your behalf via POA. You do not need to be in Thailand.

How much does iLC charge?

Fees: ask our team for a quote — assessed on your documents · LINE @THAIL

Why does MFA reject some sets?

Common reasons: incomplete translation, non-recognised translator, original older than 6 months. iLC always pre-checks.

How long does the MFA endorsement stay valid?

Typically 6 months from the endorsement date, subject to the destination country's requirement.

Can you do MFA legalisation only?

Yes. If you already have original + translation ready, iLC handles MFA alone for fees on request.

Go deeper on Police clearance certificate service

These guides outline possible certification steps; confirm the receiving authority's current requirements before filing:

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Documents usually required

Freshly issued original Thai civil or corporate record from the issuing office
Complete English translation of every page, with the translator's statement of accuracy
Copy of the document holder's passport or Thai national ID card
Power of attorney with ID copies of both parties if someone else files on your behalf

Common reasons a bundle is rejected

Certificates are commonly accepted only within a limited validity window.
Fingerprint sets must follow the format the receiving country specifies.
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 — Police clearance certificate service

Obtain a freshly issued original from the office that produced the record and check that every page is present.
Prepare a complete translation with the translator's statement of accuracy attached.
File for legalization at the Department of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the original and the translation together.
Complete the next certification layer required by the destination country — Apostille, or legalization at that country's embassy in Thailand.
Collect the finished bundle, scan a full copy for your records, then submit it in the format the receiving authority specifies.

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

Visa and immigration filings
Overseas employment screening
Professional registration

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.

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