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Is a partially localized bank statement acceptable for a Thai Tourist Visa application?

Tourist Visa Bank Statements Visa Application Process Embassy Requirements Translation Services

asked Oct 21, 2023

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Dear Members,

I need to provide bank statement from last 3 months for Tourist Visa. In my country English is not official language, but another one with Cyrillic alphabet.

However, when I go to English language option at my online banking account, the bank statement is not completely in English. I would say 80% is in English and 20% in local language with Latin alphabet. The software of my bank does not create or translate every section in English.

The most important sections are in English like: “Balance”, “Credit”, “Debit”, “Ledger Balance”, “New Balance”… But the section “Transaction Description” is in local language with Latin alphabet.

Of course, numbers and transactions amounts are the same, so it can be seen that I have enough money as final amount in the section “New Balance”.

Is this is a problem? Should I present this bank statement at the embassy? Any suggestion or advice?

Answer summary

The user is seeking advice about submitting a bank statement that is partially in English and partially in a Cyrillic-language local format for a Thai Tourist Visa application. The statement contains essential financial information but includes some sections in the local language. Responses from the community suggest options such as getting a professional translation, submitting the document as is, or contacting the Thai embassy for clarification on their acceptance of original documents in the local language.

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Nongnuch ********

the Thai Embassy in your country is (actually they MUST !) be able to read official documents written in your language! So if the application is inspected by this embassy, you can upload your original bank statement in cyrillic letters. . . . . . . . as you see, me as a German national, can supply an original German marriage document to the Thai Embassy in Berlin as proof of my marriage. Only inside Thailand, on Immigration, the marriage document must first be translated into Thai and legalized by the Thai MfA, or it will not be accepted. Embassy staff of any embassy worldwide have to accept original documents, at least the person inspecting your application must be able to read and speak your language

3 years ago

John ********

@Nongnuch *******

bad advice. The Thai embassy in Dubai for example requires all documents in English.

3 years ago

Nongnuch ********

@John *******

sure, I did never doubt this 😄😅 however the Thai Embassy in France accepts original documents in French, the Embassy in The Hague accepts original documents in Dutch, the Embassy in Rome accepts original documents in Italian, et cetera et cetera! So the Thai Embassy in Russia accepts original documents in Cyrillic letters! Embassy employees actually need to correspond in the language of the host country. The ambassador is required to be fluent in the language! Maybe there are a few exceptions, as you say in Arabic countries

3 years ago

John ********

@Nongnuch *******

now I see you are changing your posts. The point was about bank statements. Time to block you

3 years ago

John ********

@Nongnuch *******

that wasn’t my point. My point is consulates where the language is Arabic and Japanese for example require bank statements in English which is what the original poster was asking about. You went off on some tangent assuming Western Europe is like the rest of the world. Totally incorrect

3 years ago

Nongnuch ********

@John *******

Now you started generalizing

When in Japan, a guy married to a Thai wife applies for the “Non-Imm-O family visa“ on the Tokyo Thai Embassy,

as proof of his marriage he can use the original Thai marriage certificate.

He does not need any document in English

Would a Japanese citizen married to a Thai wife, need their original Japanese marriage certificate translated into English before he can use it as proof of his marriage to a Thai wife?

(in case their marriage has not yet been approved in Thailand so he hasn’t gotten the Kor Ror 22, yet)

Obviously not

3 years ago

Nongnuch ********

@John *******

I never claimed that the ambassador is handling the visa applications. "You think to mutt!" a Thai would say

3 years ago

John ********

@Nongnuch *******

do you think the ambassador is checking tourist visa documents? It’s irrelevant. Don’t assume Western Europe rules apply elsewhere

The consulate in Dubai is a perfect example I pointed out.

Try submitting documents in Tamil in Singapore and see what happens as it’s an official language there.

Tokyo is another example the bank statement needs to be in English.

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3 years ago