Police clearance for residents of Ratchaburi

Be fingerprinted at a police station in Ratchaburi, then have an authorised representative lodge the set with The Criminal Records Division, Royal Thai Police, through its Police Clearance Service Centre in Pathum Wan, Bangkok, which is the sole issuing office.

Not necessarily. If fingerprinting is completed in Ratchaburi and a power of attorney is issued, a representative can lodge the file; a Bangkok trip is only needed if the prints must be retaken.

Yes. Use a trackable service and keep a copy of the whole set, because a lost fingerprint card has to be retaken in full.

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. A police clearance certificate for overseas use is translated, legalised by the Department of Consular Affairs, and then attested at the destination mission in Thailand where the receiving authority requires it.

We handle Ratchaburi files remotely: send a photo for a pre-check on LINE, then send the originals for translation, MFA legalisation and embassy attestation as the receiving body requires.

Yes, with a passport and visa pages plus proof of an address in Ratchaburi. The record covers Thailand only.

Most often a current house registration, a fully signed power of attorney, and a passport page clear enough to verify the spelling of the name.

The document requirements are identical nationwide because one office issues the certificate; only transit time and the local fingerprinting queue differ.