The employment certificate is issued by The issuing employer. State the position, employment period and the authorised signatory clearly. It is then translated to the standard Italy accepts, legalised at Consular Affairs and attested at the destination mission where the receiving body requires it.
Request it from The issuing employer. State the position, employment period and the authorised signatory clearly.
Certified Italian translation (traduzione asseverata, or a translation certified by the mission)
File the original with its translation at the Department of Consular Affairs, MFA.
Attest at the Italy mission in Thailand where the receiving authority requires it.
Anyone submitting a employment certificate in support of a visa application, a civil-status registration, an employment file, or a court or registry filing in Italy is normally required to submit both the Thai original issued by The issuing employer and a properly certified translation. Filing only the translation is one of the most common reasons a file is returned unread.
Foreign nationals sending a employment certificate back for use in Italy — to prove family status, claim an inheritance, apply for a benefit or confirm an address — should first confirm whether the receiving body requires legalisation by the Department of Consular Affairs, and whether the Italy mission in Thailand must attest the document afterwards.
Employers posting staff to Italy, or filing contract and registration documents, should prepare the whole bundle as a single set so that personal names, company names and spellings match on every page. A one-letter discrepancy between passport and certificate routinely forces the entire certification chain to be restarted.
Before starting the certification chain for Italy, gather the following in one pass. Doing so keeps the file to a single round and avoids having to re-issue documents later.
Each certification answers a different question, and choosing the wrong one costs a full round trip. For a employment certificate intended for Italy, the differences are as follows.
Certified Italian translation (traduzione asseverata, or a translation certified by the mission)
Italy typically requires the translation itself to be certified; submitting an uncertified translation is a frequent reason for rejection.
In practice, confirm the required format with the receiving authority in writing before starting: two bodies in the same country often differ. Some accept a translation certified in Thailand, while others insist on a translator registered in the destination country itself.
Tell us the receiving authority in Italy, the purpose of the document, your filing deadline and the certification format it specifies, and send a photo of the employment certificate and passport page for a first review. We will map out only the steps your file actually needs.
Obtain the employment certificate from The issuing employer, translate it to the accepted standard, have it legalised by the Department of Consular Affairs, then attested at the Italy mission in Thailand where the receiving body requires it.
State the position, employment period and the authorised signatory clearly
Thailand acceded to the 1961 Hague Apostille Convention on 30 June 2026 and it enters into force for Thailand on 28 February 2027, so no Thai Apostille is issued yet, so no Apostille is issued in Thailand. The working route is certified translation, legalisation by the Department of Consular Affairs (MFA), and then attestation at the destination country’s mission in Thailand where the receiving authority requires it.
Certified Italian translation (traduzione asseverata, or a translation certified by the mission), and every part of the document must be translated, including stamps, signatures and marginal notes.
The Italian Embassy in Thailand, the comune and the questura in Italy
Italy typically requires the translation itself to be certified; submitting an uncertified translation is a frequent reason for rejection.
It is a private document, so the signature is normally certified before a Notarial Services Attorney first, and only then does it enter the consular-legalisation chain.
Connect the names as a chain using change-of-name records or a spelling confirmation, then translate and legalise them together as one bundle.