The divorce certificate is issued by District registrar, or the court where the divorce was by judgment. Where the divorce was by judgment, the judgment plus a certificate of finality is needed. It is then translated to the standard Saudi Arabia accepts, legalised at Consular Affairs and attested at the destination mission where the receiving body requires it.
Request it from District registrar, or the court where the divorce was by judgment. Where the divorce was by judgment, the judgment plus a certificate of finality is needed.
An Arabic translation certified as the receiving authority requires
File the original with its translation at the Department of Consular Affairs, MFA.
Attest at the Saudi Arabia mission in Thailand where the receiving authority requires it.
Anyone submitting a divorce certificate in support of a visa application, a civil-status registration, an employment file, or a court or registry filing in Saudi Arabia is normally required to submit both the Thai original issued by District registrar, or the court where the divorce was by judgment 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 divorce certificate back for use in Saudi Arabia — 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 Saudi Arabia mission in Thailand must attest the document afterwards.
Employers posting staff to Saudi Arabia, 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 Saudi Arabia, 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 divorce certificate intended for Saudi Arabia, the differences are as follows.
An Arabic translation certified as the receiving authority requires
Although Saudi Arabia has joined the apostille convention, documents issued in Thailand still follow the consular-plus-embassy route because Thailand is not a party
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 Saudi Arabia, the purpose of the document, your filing deadline and the certification format it specifies, and send a photo of the divorce certificate and passport page for a first review. We will map out only the steps your file actually needs.
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Obtain the divorce certificate from District registrar, or the court where the divorce was by judgment, translate it to the accepted standard, have it legalised by the Department of Consular Affairs, then attested at the Saudi Arabia mission in Thailand where the receiving body requires it.
Where the divorce was by judgment, the judgment plus a certificate of finality is needed
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.
An Arabic translation certified as the receiving authority requires, and every part of the document must be translated, including stamps, signatures and marginal notes.
The Saudi Embassy in Thailand and the receiving authority in Saudi Arabia
Although Saudi Arabia has joined the apostille convention, documents issued in Thailand still follow the consular-plus-embassy route because Thailand is not a party
It is a public record issued by a state authority, so it can enter consular legalisation directly once an accurate translation is attached.
Connect the names as a chain using change-of-name records or a spelling confirmation, then translate and legalise them together as one bundle.