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LEGALIZATION SERVICE at The Royal Thai Embassy in Bern (Legalization of signature and translation)

Please follow the instructions as follow:

1. Get the original document legalized by State Chancellery or Swiss Federal Chancellery or State Chamber of Commerce and Industry, depending on the types of documents. *Please note that the Apostille stamp is not accepted.

2. If required, get the original document translated by accredited translators.

3. Send ALL documents listed below BY POST to the Royal Thai Embassy (Kirchstrasse 56, 3097 Liebefeld-Berne):

Original document together with 1 copy: To legalize documents at the Royal Thai Embassy in Bern, the documents must be at most 5 months old at receiving date. (*Except for the Attestation of Single status and criminal record, which must be no more than 2 months.) The process takes 3-5 working days, in a first-come, first-served order.

Translation document together with 1 copy (if required): The document must be translated into Thai by a professional translator in Switzerland who has been produced a translation that has been legalized by Royal Thai Embassy before. A list of accredited translators, please click here.

For translation, please submit related documents to verify the spelling of Name-Surname and other information, for example, household registration, birth certificate, marriage certificate, etc.

An envelope (Registered Prepaid / Einschreiben Prepaid) with the applicant’s name and address

*Disclaimer: Royal Thai Embassy in Bern accepts no responsibility for loss or damage to posts.

- Legalization of authorized signatures: CHF 20.-/ 1 stamp.

Only documents certified by the State Chancellery, Swiss Federal Chancellery, or State Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

- Legalization of translation: CHF 20.-/ 1 general translated document.

- Legalization of translation of Court Orders: CHF 20.-/ 100 words.

(Gerichtsurteil or Décision de la Cour) / Court Judgments / Adoption-related Documents, etc.

**A PDF file must be sent to [email protected] in advance to get a fee confirmation.

The confirmation will be sent back to the applicant by email.

***In case of legalization of more than 10 stamps, i.e., adoption documents,

Please get in touch with the Royal Thai Embassy in Bern directly at 031-970-3428 or [email protected]

The Embassy would not process the documents that do not meet the abovementioned requirements.

4. The legalization process takes approximately 5-7 working days. The applicant will receive the legalized documents back by Registered Mail.

5. Submit all documents to finalized the legalization process at the Legalization Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Thailand. See more details https://consular.mfa.go.th (email: [email protected] , Tel: (+66) 02 575 1062 Ext. 4)

6. The documents are ready to submit where it is required in Thailand.

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