The bank statement or bank letter is issued by The issuing bank. Must be signed and stamped by the bank; an app-printed statement without the bank stamp is commonly refused. It is then translated to the standard United States accepts, legalised at Consular Affairs and attested at the destination mission where the receiving body requires it.
Request it from The issuing bank. Must be signed and stamped by the bank; an app-printed statement without the bank stamp is commonly refused.
A complete English translation accompanied by the translator's certificate of translation accuracy
File the original with its translation at the Department of Consular Affairs, MFA.
Attest at the United States mission in Thailand where the receiving authority requires it.
Anyone submitting a bank statement or bank letter in support of a visa application, a civil-status registration, an employment file, or a court or registry filing in United States is normally required to submit both the Thai original issued by The issuing bank 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 bank statement or bank letter back for use in United States — 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 United States mission in Thailand must attest the document afterwards.
Employers posting staff to United States, 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 United States, 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 bank statement or bank letter intended for United States, the differences are as follows.
A complete English translation accompanied by the translator's certificate of translation accuracy
USCIS expects every line to be translated, including stamps and signatures; partial translations frequently trigger a request for evidence.
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 United States, the purpose of the document, your filing deadline and the certification format it specifies, and send a photo of the bank statement or bank letter and passport page for a first review. We will map out only the steps your file actually needs.
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Obtain the bank statement or bank letter from The issuing bank, translate it to the accepted standard, have it legalised by the Department of Consular Affairs, then attested at the United States mission in Thailand where the receiving body requires it.
Must be signed and stamped by the bank; an app-printed statement without the bank stamp is commonly refused
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 complete English translation accompanied by the translator's certificate of translation accuracy, and every part of the document must be translated, including stamps, signatures and marginal notes.
USCIS, U.S. embassy/consulate posts, and the receiving state-level agency
USCIS expects every line to be translated, including stamps and signatures; partial translations frequently trigger a request for evidence.
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.