Translate Birth Certificate

[cowman1]

I'm about to start the process of getting a passport for my Son, and I need to translate his Thai birth Certificate to English. After searching on this forum, I came across a post that said I can do the translation myself, with a form directly from the Ministry of Foriegn affairs. This was the link,

http://www.mfa.go.th/web/804.php (its the second bullet point down).

Well, it all looks quite straight forward, I was just wandering if anyone has succesfully done it themselves before, or am I better off just using a company (only about 400 baht I think, and taxi fares).

There is one thing, at the bottom of the for it says, sig. of registrar Acknowledging birth, who would that be?

Thanks for any help!

[haybilly]

I'm about to start the process of getting a passport for my Son, and I need to translate his Thai birth Certificate to English. After searching on this forum, I came across a post that said I can do the translation myself, with a form directly from the Ministry of Foriegn affairs. This was the link,

http://www.mfa.go.th/web/804.php (its the second bullet point down).

Well, it all looks quite straight forward, I was just wandering if anyone has succesfully done it themselves before, or am I better off just using a company (only about 400 baht I think, and taxi fares).

There is one thing, at the bottom of the for it says, sig. of registrar Acknowledging birth, who would that be?

Thanks for any help!

I think that your query about translation really relates more to where you are--I got our daughter's birth cert. translation done in BKK, near Brit. Embassy for about the price you are quoting--never having tried to do it myself I can't say but I wouldn't want the hassle--Registrar Acknowledging Birth is just what it says--i.e. Hospital Registrar where child was born, as far as I'm aware.

[markwhite]

Well, it all looks quite straight forward, I was just wandering if anyone has succesfully done it themselves before, or am I better off just using a company (only about 400 baht I think, and taxi fares).

FWIW, places near the British Embassy were quoting from 250 a couple of weeks back.

[cowman1]

I'm about to start the process of getting a passport for my Son, and I need to translate his Thai birth Certificate to English. After searching on this forum, I came across a post that said I can do the translation myself, with a form directly from the Ministry of Foriegn affairs. This was the link,

http://www.mfa.go.th/web/804.php (its the second bullet point down).

Well, it all looks quite straight forward, I was just wandering if anyone has succesfully done it themselves before, or am I better off just using a company (only about 400 baht I think, and taxi fares).

There is one thing, at the bottom of the for it says, sig. of registrar Acknowledging birth, who would that be?

Thanks for any help!

I think that your query about translation really relates more to where you are--I got our daughter's birth cert. translation done in BKK, near Brit. Embassy for about the price you are quoting--never having tried to do it myself I can't say but I wouldn't want the hassle--Registrar Acknowledging Birth is just what it says--i.e. Hospital Registrar where child was born, as far as I'm aware.

Yeah, that's what i thought, so I'm not sure what they do when they need a signature on the translation for the registrar. It does sound like a bit of a hassle, it's just i live in bang khae, so quite far for me to go. Thanks, for the advise, anyway.

[astral]

If the translation is for the UK authorities your own version will probably suffice.

You can attach the Thai version if the Embassy needs to check.

I had no problems with a translation of my marriage cert back in the days when one

could get tax relief for a wife.

[Monkey Fish]

I found this thread very helpful.

The tor 1.1 form was the most like our birth cert, but still seemed like it needed work. I modified it a bit and used it with no problems at the US embassy.

I've attached a fill-in-the-blanks version for your convenience.

tor1_1_modified_blank.doc

[faranggaeng]

We just finished Birth Certificate translation and legalization at the Thai ministry. Ours looked a little different from the others. Our kid was born at Siriraj Hospital and they use the hospital address for the child's address. Here's our form.

Thai_Birth_cert_2009_version.doc