Thai Translation Services
Thai records are translated into English at DHCTranslations for $54 a document, with the signed certificate and the PDF included; past 400 words the charge is $0.12 per word. The certificate names the district office, police bureau or court behind the record, and every Buddhist-era year is converted beside it.
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Thai documents we translate most often
Birth certificate
The birth certificate from the district office, with the house registration number and the Buddhist-era date.
House registration
The house registration, with every person at the address and their relationship to the household head.
Marriage certificate
The marriage certificate, with the registrar, the entry number and the date of registration.
Divorce papers
The divorce registration or the court judgment, with the date the marriage legally ended.
Police record
The criminal record check from the Royal Thai Police, with its reference and stated validity.
Academic transcript
The transcript's marks and grade point line, with the grading explained for a WES or NACES file.
Degree certificate
The degree certificate, with the institution, the qualification and the year of award as issued.
Driving license
The driving license, with the vehicle classes, for a state DMV or an exchange application.
Passport
The data page and the machine-readable strip, copied exactly as the passport carries them.
Medical records
Discharge summaries, clinic notes and laboratory results, with the hospital named as printed.
Court documents
Judgments and orders, with the case number and the date of the decision kept in place.
Powers of attorney
Powers of attorney and sworn statements, with the certifying officer's reference left where it sits.
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We translate document types that are not listed here. Send us the document and we will confirm the price before you order: [email protected].
What a certified Thai translation costs
Certified translations start at $54 per document: from $0.12 per word after the first 400 words into English, and from $0.14 per word for English into another language, with some pairs quoted higher.
Certification is the translator's signed statement, and it is included in the price.
A translation for USCIS, a US court or a US university is certified by the translator's signed statement, and nothing further is added to the quote.
$54
From, per document
$0.12+
Per word after 400, into English
How It Works: 3 Steps to a Certified Translation
A simple route from a phone photo to a certified PDF prepared for the receiving authority.
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Certified PDF, often the same day when ordered before 4pm ET, with printed copies available on request.
- Certification page and translator credentials
- Layout, stamps and seals mirrored
- Certification wording the receiving body asks for
What comes with a certified Thai translation
A Thai order is returned with a signed statement of accuracy, and the certificate names the office that issued the record and gives the Gregorian reading of every date on it.
What the certification includes
- Signed statement of accuracy: the translator's name, signature and date, their CIOL or ITI membership number, our company stamp and our contact details.
- Buddhist-era years: a Thai year is 543 ahead of the Gregorian one, so 2567 is 2024. The year printed on the page is kept and the Gregorian year is set beside it, on the certificate as well as in the translation.
- Given name first: a Thai name puts the given name before the surname, the reverse of Vietnamese and Chinese. The order is kept as printed, and the certificate says which element is the family name so a US form can be filled in the right boxes.
- Certified PDF: the certified file is emailed at no extra cost, which is what a US filing accepts. A printed set can be arranged if a receiving body insists on paper, and is quoted per order.
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Thai records and the Buddhist calendar
Thai documents date by the Buddhist era, which runs 543 years ahead of the Gregorian calendar, so a birth registered in 2567 was registered in 2024. The table below lists the records US applicants send and says what the English does with each one.
Birth certificate
- What usually appears
- สูติบัตร from the district office, with a house registration number and a Buddhist-era date
- What we do with it
- Translated in full, with the Gregorian year beside every Buddhist-era date
House registration
- What usually appears
- ทะเบียนบ้าน, listing everyone at the address and their relationship to the household head
- What we do with it
- Translated whole, with each person's relationship kept as recorded
Police record
- What usually appears
- A criminal record check from the Royal Thai Police, with a stated period of validity
- What we do with it
- Translated complete, with the bureau, the reference and the validity
Academic record
- What usually appears
- A transcript with marks and a grade point line, carrying the school or university seal
- What we do with it
- Every subject and mark translated, with the grading explained in a note
The certificate gives both years, because a US form asking for a date of birth expects the year in use in the United States, and an officer should not be left to subtract 543 in his head.
What our clients say
Rated 4.9/5 from 314 verified reviews for USCIS submissions, court filings and credential evaluations.
“Every entry on the house registration book was translated, not just mine, and the address history matched what the caseworker needed.”
Nattapong S.
“The district office seal and registration number were reproduced, and the name was transliterated the same way as my passport, so nothing was queried.”
Siriporn P.
“A handwritten reference was transcribed and certified within 24 hours.”
Aisha B.
The certification, the price and the turnaround are the same for Thai documents sent from anywhere in the United States. Start with the page that matches what you need:
Frequently asked questions
DHCTranslations translates Thai records into English at our US offices, and the certificate is signed by the translator who produced the work. Send a scan of every page, including a house registration that runs over several sheets, and name the office that will read the translation.
One document is $54, and that covers the translation, the signed statement and the PDF. Past 400 words the rate is $0.12 per word into English, and a Thai version of a US document is $0.14. A family set is quoted on the words in all of it.
A page paid for before 4pm ET on a weekday normally comes back the same day. A house registration with several names usually takes the next business day, and a judgment or a long hospital record is given a date when we quote.
Yes. The requirement at 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) is the whole document in English plus a signed certificate giving the translator's competence, the date and contact details. Ours is issued with the work, and the Buddhist-era dates carry their Gregorian reading on every page.
Thailand counts years from the Buddhist era, 543 ahead of the Gregorian calendar, so 2567 on the page is 2024 in the United States. The printed year is kept and the Gregorian year is given beside it wherever a date appears.
The birth certificate records a birth; the house registration records who lives at an address. A US form asking for a birth certificate wants the first, and one asking for residence or household members wants the second, and the certificate names which was translated.
The given name comes first and the surname second, and the order is kept as printed. Romanization follows the system the passport uses where one is supplied, and the certificate states which element is the family name, since a US form puts the surname last.
The Royal Thai Police certificate states its own period of validity on the page. It is translated complete with that period, and where a US agency asks for a recent check, confirm the date before sending the scan to us.
No. A house registration records who lives at an address, which is not the same as who is related. Every name and every stated relationship is translated as recorded, and nothing is tidied into a family tree the document does not show.
No. Scans are enough, and a phone photograph will do where the page lies flat and the seal can be read. Originals stay with you, which matters where a district office issued a single certified copy. The PDF is emailed back and printed for each copy of the filing.
Yes, at $0.14 per word. Certificates and powers of attorney are the usual orders, and the Thai is set in the order and register a Thai office expects, with the Gregorian dates the original carries kept as they are.
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