Translation of Thai documents

[fish]

In the build your own settlement visa supporting evidence folder post under applicants key documents. it lists Thai documents to be translated But according to the new VFS check list this is not required what does anyone think I should do for the best.

[fish]

In the build your own settlement visa supporting evidence folder post under applicants key documents. it lists Thai documents to be translated But according to the new VFS check list this is not required what does anyone think I should do for the best.

[Tobias]

Which Thai documents are you supplying?

[fish]

Marriage certificate and the wifes birth certificate.

[Tobias]

My advice is that you submit translations of those two documents.

[fish]

Thanks for that Tobias as I thought better to be safe than sorry.

[John]

Fish, Tobias is quite right, but those translations into English are not just in connection with the visa process .... they are also for when she is in the UK!

Or put it another way, for example, she is applying for a NI number, needs to supply birth and marriage certificates .... not a lot of good just supplying the Thai originals!

[fish]

So would I be correct in assuming that you get the contents of the folder back.

[KhunIanB-UK]

You should get them back, but from experience it is best to get more than one copy of translation done, it shouldn't take much longer/cost more to get 3 done, 1 you could leave in Thailand (if you have somewhere safe), one for the visa and a spare to be kept pristine in a safe place in the UK.

[Petruccis_Son]

We have our marriage certs translated - still awaiting to do the birth certs (hers and her sons). but i've been wondering about the TB body check (as she calls it) - is there anything that needs to be translated there? i can't get a decent answer out of her lol.

I was under the impression just from reading the boards and from common sense that these would the ones that need translating:

marriage certs
birth certs
TB check cert
cover letter (if she writes it in thai)
letter from boss
references from family/friends (if written in thai)

these are the doc's that i'm getting her to translate anyway. am i going over the top? can the ECO read thai and not need a dodgy translation (as i won't be able to read it first)? either way we'll stick both in there

finally - does each translation need one of those stamps from the thai consulate? (the place near don airport). i know the wedding papers do, but what about the birth cirts and any other letters etc?