Applying for long-term residence through investment, asset holding, or another qualifying profile set by the destination country. The documents normally translated and legalised are Bank statement or bank letter, Police clearance certificate, Birth certificate, Marriage certificate, Company affidavit, Power of attorney, using the translation standard Portugal accepts.
Must be signed and stamped by the bank; an app-printed statement without the bank stamp is commonly refused
State the destination country and purpose when applying, because the certificate is issued for the stated purpose
A registrar-certified copy is required, not an ordinary photocopy
Obtain both the marriage certificate (Kor Ror 3) and the marriage register extract (Kor Ror 2); many destinations ask for both
Use a freshly issued extract; destinations usually impose a recency limit
The grantor must sign in the presence of the notarial attorney and present the original passport or ID card
Bank statement or bank letter, Police clearance certificate, Birth certificate, Marriage certificate, Company affidavit, Power of attorney. Each should carry a certified translation and consular legalisation as the receiving authority requires.
Company and financial evidence usually has to be freshly issued close to the filing date and must go through the same certification chain as the personal documents; many applicants certify only the personal set and have to repeat the process
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.
A Portuguese translation certified as the receiving authority requires
Work from the wording of the request itself and rebuild the bundle with the original, the translation and the certification stamps together, which reduces a second request.
It is normally required, and it should be recent enough to satisfy the destination rule.
AIMA and the Portuguese embassy or consulate covering Thailand