NAATI Certified Translation · Nakhon Nayok

Documents to prepare

• • Sharp colour scans of every page, including blank pages bearing seals
• • Passport pages of everyone named in the documents
• • The receiving Australian body and application type
• • Your application or reference number if lodged online
• • The full list of documents to translate, for terminology consistency

Step-by-step process

1. 1. Confirm NAATI is what's required — Outside Australia and New Zealand a different certification system usually applies.
2. 2. Send scans for pre-check — Legibility, spellings and missing pages are checked before work starts.
3. 3. Translate with a NAATI certified translator — Output carries the stamp, practitioner number and expiry date.
4. 4. Review the draft with you — Names and figures are confirmed before the stamped version is issued.
5. 5. Deliver files and hard copies — PDF for online upload, paper originals where the authority asks for them.

Pitfalls and rejection causes

• • NAATI translations are not the right instrument for non-Australian destinations.
• • Missing pages make the translation look incomplete to the assessor.
• • Names must match the passport actually used in the application.
• • A translation bearing an expired stamp may be refused.

Tips from our team

• • Translate the whole bundle at once for consistent terminology.
• • Keep the original PDFs — Australian portals often ask for re-upload.
• • If other countries are involved, plan separate sets from the start.

• Plan ahead if the document will also be used in Thailand or a third country

  A NAATI translation is not legalisation. Use in Thailand or a third country may still require translation certification or authentication under that authority's rules. Ask our team by phone, LINE or email to sequence the steps first.

• Confirm the receiving authority actually requires NAATI

  NAATI is Australia's credentialing system for translators and interpreters and is mainly relevant to Australian authorities — visas, qualification assessment and professional registration. Other countries use their own systems, so verify the requirement before ordering.

• Tell us whether the translation is produced inside or outside Australia

  The Department of Home Affairs applies different rules: translations made in Australia must be done by a NAATI-certified translator, while translations made outside Australia must show the translator's full name, address, telephone number and qualifications on the translation.

• You can verify the translator yourself

  A compliant translation carries a stamp with the practitioner's certification number and expiry date. You can check that number against NAATI's online register and confirm the certification is current on your lodgement date.

• Assuming NAATI replaces legalisation

  NAATI certifies the translator's credential, not the document. Where the destination also requires consular authentication, that is a separate step.

• Name mismatch across the document set

  If the name on the translation does not match the passport or other documents in the same application, the authority will ask for linking evidence such as a change-of-name certificate.

• Submitting a translation whose certification has lapsed

  NAATI certification is subject to recertification cycles. If the stamp's expiry date falls before your lodgement date, the authority may refuse the translation — always check the date on the stamp.

• Reusing an old translation after the source was reissued

  If the original has been reissued or amended, the earlier translation no longer matches what you lodge. Always translate the exact version you will submit.