Translation

[stevebow]

Can anyone please give me some advice.

My girlfriend is currently here on a fiancee visa and today i tried to start off the wedding plans, how ever i was informed that her Birth Certificate needs to be translated from Thai to Englsih. Does anyone have any idea where i could get this done.

Cheers Steve

[the scouser]

Does the registrar require this? If so, can't you argue that her passport is issued on the back of her birth certificate, and is a valid means of ID? If you must get a translation done, there are various agencies throughout the UK, but expect to be charged an arm and a leg.

Scouse.

[stevebow]

Does the registrar require this? If so, can't you argue that her passport is issued on the back of her birth certificate, and is a valid means of ID? If you must get a translation done, there are various agencies throughout the UK, but expect to be charged an arm and a leg.

Scouse.

They said they needed both passports and both birth certificates. I will call them again Tommorrow and put your point across,but if they do need it doing,do you have any companies in mind that i could use?

Cheers Steve

[the scouser]

I've no idea what they are like, but you try this lot:-

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/languages/t...anslation.shtml

Alternatively, the translation doesn't have to be done by a recognised agency, as long as it is an accurate translation.

Scouse.

[stevebow]

I've no idea what they are like, but you try this lot:-

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/languages/t...anslation.shtml

Alternatively, the translation doesn't have to be done by a recognised agency, as long as it is an accurate translation.

Scouse.

Thanks for that Scouse,

I have just been on the Civic Centre website and it clearly states that an original Birth Certificate OR Passport is required.

I think i will live life on the edge and just turn up without the translation. I dont think they can do to much if its stating the above on their website.

Thanks again

Steve

[BambinA]

she can do it by herself anyway

Documents' form

http://www.mfa.go.th/web/804.php

How to deal with it.

http://www.consular.go.th/modules.php?name...page&pid=95

By the way, both sites are in TH language

200bht / doc. that you have to pay.

[the scouser]

I have just been on the Civic Centre website and it clearly states that an original Birth Certificate OR Passport is required.

I think i will live life on the edge and just turn up without the translation. I dont think they can do to much if its stating the above on their website.

Thanks again

Steve

I don't blame you, Steve. I, too, can't abide bureaucracy for bureaucracy's sake.

Scouse.

[Thanyaburi Mac]

Can anyone please give me some advice.

My girlfriend is currently here on a fiancee visa and today i tried to start off the wedding plans, how ever i was informed that her Birth Certificate needs to be translated from Thai to Englsih. Does anyone have any idea where i could get this done.

Cheers Steve

Steve

A simple way that sometimes works is just wander down to your local Thai restaurant or grocery store and ask them to do it for a reasonable price.  At least in the U.S. the translations need not be "professional," just accurate.

Mac

[the scouser]

Steve,

When you ring the registrar, you can cite to them the General Register Office advice which also indicates that only a passport is required as a means of identification. Obtaining a translation of the birth certificate will be a waste of time and money.

Scouse.

[the scouser]

Another point which crossed my mind is that you should only give notice to marry at one of the designated register offices which accept notice from a couple which includes a foreign national. I don't know where you live, but one of these should be more used to accepting notice from a foreign national, and might be a bit more au fait with what is required.

Scouse.

[bruceboy]

Have to agree...

[Sun22]

she can do it by herself anyway

Documents' form

http://www.mfa.go.th/web/804.php

How to deal with it.

http://www.consular.go.th/modules.php?name...page&pid=95

By the way, both sites are in TH language

200bht / doc. that you have to pay.

Hi, thanks for the info. I had been searching for it for like an hour... By the way I am a Thai person, I am applying for a green card next month. I have a question. Now that I have my Thai birth certificate translated into English. Do i need to get it notarized or signed by an authority or something? Or I can just sign it by myself as I am the one who translated it...?

Regards,

Sun

[BambinA]

Hi, thanks for the info. I had been searching for it for like an hour... By the way I am a Thai person, I am applying for a green card next month. I have a question. Now that I have my Thai birth certificate translated into English. Do i need to get it notarized or signed by an authority or something? Or I can just sign it by myself as I am the one who translated it...?

Regards,

Sun

you now know via the PM. Goodluck my dear

[stevebow]

Another point which crossed my mind is that you should only give notice to marry at one of the designated register offices which accept notice from a couple which includes a foreign national. I don't know where you live, but one of these should be more used to accepting notice from a foreign national, and might be a bit more au fait with what is required.

Scouse.

Cheers for all the info Scouse.

I am from Sunderland but i have to notify the office in Newcastle with regards to the marraige.

I will keep you updated.

Steve