Using Qualifications for Professional Licensing

It depends on the recipient. An evaluation report is the evaluator's own document, not a certification of a Thai public document. Government bodies and professional councils frequently ask for the legalised qualification alongside the report, so it is efficient to prepare both in parallel.

The usual set is the degree certificate and transcript, the nursing licence from the Thailand Nursing and Midwifery Council and a certificate of good standing from that Council, all legalised by the Department of Consular Affairs. Some regulators additionally require the Council to send verification directly to them.

It is a letter from your professional council confirming that your licence is current, is not suspended or revoked, and carries no disciplinary record. Foreign regulators commonly accept it only if issued within three to six months, so request it close to the filing date.

By applying for curriculum recognition and sitting the examinations set by the Medical Council or the Dental Council, filing the degree and transcript legalised by the issuing country's embassy or apostillised as required, together with a certified Thai translation. The steps and examination subjects follow that council's own announcements.

The Council of Engineers and the Architect Council of Thailand set their own degree-recognition and licensing examinations. The ASEAN mutual recognition arrangements allow registration as an ASEAN Engineer or ASEAN Architect, but you must still register with the professional council of the country where you will practise, and every qualification document must be legalised.

They count as supporting evidence rather than a principal qualification, and their weight depends on whether the issuer is accredited — for example an institution under the Ministry of Education, the Department of Skill Development, or a professional council. Prepare the original certificate, evidence of the syllabus and contact hours, and a certified translation; ask the issuer for a course confirmation letter setting out content and hours, then translate and legalise as the destination requires. Certificates from unaccredited providers are usually not counted in credential evaluation, so always attach the syllabus so the assessor can see the actual content.