**DTV (DESTINATION THAILAND VISA)

application in KL

I have a question for those who already applied and maybe have the same situation.

I am German, my company is US.

Thai Embassy KL requires:

contract + company license, authenticated by the embassy of the country where the company is located.

Anyone in a similar situation - that the company you work for is another than your home country - and successfully did this?**

Hi, I’m hoping you can help with some advice. I have a UK degree that I need to certify a copy of to get a work permit and non-imm visa in Thailand. I am in Thailand currently on amnesty. How could I do this without having to send the document to the UK and going through the FCO & Thai embassy in London? The document needs to go to the Ministru of Foreign Affairs in Thailand for a stamp. I understand that Thai notary can’t do this for me. Any advice greatly appreciated...

I am in the process of gathering information and documents to apply for a 12 month permission to stay based on being married to a Thai national. I ONLY REQUIRE INFO ON THE FOLLOWING.

I have just received my UK marriage certificate back from Legislation office in London, so is now verified as legitimate certificate. I now understand I need to get the certificate translated, but also get the certificate Notarised.

Is this process done in Chweng Watana Bangkok , if so does anyone know the process ? TIA

Thanks to this group (and Dianne Lee who originally spotted my question and clued me in on the Non-Immigrant O-A visa option), two very grateful 50-somethings have their visas!

I want to acknowledge Tod Daniels, Robert Lagas and the moderators, along with the members who are committed to providing no-drama, practical, accurate advice. What really helped make this easier was what I learned from this group: Choose the visa pertinent to your purpose without trying to skirt the rules. Also, over-prepare when it comes to paperwork.

The one question I still had until the end was the "authentication" process for the criminal background check. From the USA to Thailand perspective, this ended up including getting the background check results notarized, then getting a county notary seal (notarizing the notarizer!), then getting "authentication" from the Secretary of State of the state you live in (this is called an Apostille for a Hague Convention country, but Thailand is not, so it's an Authentication and is basically a notary (state) of the notary (county) of the notary (local)). Some of you didn't need to go this far, but we did because the wording on the Thai Consulate website was vague.

Also, we got both a bank letter AND a bank statement. The Thai Consulate website just asked for one copy, but they wanted 3 copies, just like everything else. They only kept 2 copies of completed paperwork (they do want everything colated!) and we think the 3rd copy is because they want us to keep a full set of our own copies.

Traveling to the Thai Consulate was easy and there were almost no lines. I liked that better than parting with my passport, given all the things we needed the passports for to prep for this trip.

I highly recommend making a checklist (we made the one below) with the items on the Thai Consulate visa requirements website for your country. It kept us on track and helped us keep going, even when it seemed overwhelming.

OK, this is a long-winded way of saying many thanks -- khob khun ka -- to everyone who helped to make this process easier!

Does anybody know if children need to be present when getting a notarized original birth certificate certified at an embassy?