ThailandApostille, Attestation & Document Services from India

Thailand is one of the few Asian destinations on our desk that is still non-Hague. Indian documents for use in Thailand go through the full embassy chain: Notary, then SDM or State HRD or Home Department depending on document type, then MEA attestation in New Delhi, then attestation by the Royal Thai Embassy in New Delhi. Most submissions also need Thai translation.

The Thai Cabinet formally approved accession to the Hague Apostille Convention on 9 December 2025. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand has not yet deposited the instrument of accession with the depositary, so the Convention is not yet in force for Thailand. Expected entry into force is late 2026. We track the date because the moment Thailand goes live, the chain shortens from embassy attestation to MEA apostille for any document submitted on or after that date. Until then, any agency telling you to apostille for Thailand is wrong.

The busiest Thailand desks are work permit applications (the Non-Immigrant B visa, followed by the work permit issued by Thailand's Department of Employment), marriage registration at a Thai district office (where Indians marrying a Thai national need apostille-equivalent attestation on Single Status and Birth certificates plus Thai translation), retirement visa (Non-Immigrant O-A for over-50s with income proof), and education at international schools and Thai universities.

Marriage registration in Thailand is the file where Indian families most often get caught. The Thai district office (amphur) wants the Single Status Affidavit and Birth Certificate attested all the way through Notary, SDM or Home, MEA, Royal Thai Embassy New Delhi, then translated into Thai by an MFA-approved translator in Thailand. Skip any step and the amphur sends the file back, sometimes weeks later, after you have already paid for travel.