The thai national id card is issued by Department of Provincial Administration. Used as supporting evidence alongside a certified civil-registration document. It is then translated to the standard United Arab Emirates accepts, legalised at Consular Affairs and attested at the destination mission where the receiving body requires it.
Request it from Department of Provincial Administration. Used as supporting evidence alongside a certified civil-registration document.
Arabic translation by a translator registered with the UAE authorities where the receiving body requires it
File the original with its translation at the Department of Consular Affairs, MFA.
Attest at the United Arab Emirates mission in Thailand where the receiving authority requires it.
Anyone submitting a thai national id card in support of a visa application, a civil-status registration, an employment file, or a court or registry filing in United Arab Emirates is normally required to submit both the Thai original issued by Department of Provincial Administration 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 thai national id card back for use in United Arab Emirates — 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 Arab Emirates mission in Thailand must attest the document afterwards.
Employers posting staff to United Arab Emirates, 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 Arab Emirates, 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 thai national id card intended for United Arab Emirates, the differences are as follows.
Arabic translation by a translator registered with the UAE authorities where the receiving body requires it
The UAE route adds an attestation step in-country after the Thai chain is complete; plan ahead because it spans two jurisdictions.
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 Arab Emirates, the purpose of the document, your filing deadline and the certification format it specifies, and send a photo of the thai national id card and passport page for a first review. We will map out only the steps your file actually needs.
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Obtain the thai national id card from Department of Provincial Administration, translate it to the accepted standard, have it legalised by the Department of Consular Affairs, then attested at the United Arab Emirates mission in Thailand where the receiving body requires it.
Used as supporting evidence alongside a certified civil-registration document
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.
Arabic translation by a translator registered with the UAE authorities where the receiving body requires it, and every part of the document must be translated, including stamps, signatures and marginal notes.
The UAE Embassy in Thailand and the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs once the document arrives
The UAE route adds an attestation step in-country after the Thai chain is complete; plan ahead because it spans two jurisdictions.
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.