Thailand does not have a separate ‘Notary Public’ office in the way the United States, United Kingdom, Australia or most EU countries do. Instead, the Lawyers Council of Thailand grants a special accreditation called ‘Notarial Services Attorney’ to qualified Thai lawyers who pass an additional course and registration. A Notarial Services Attorney has the legal authority to perform exactly the same functions a Notary Public performs abroad: witnessing signatures, certifying true copies, certifying translations, administering oaths for affidavits and statutory declarations, and authenticating corporate documents.
For expats living in Phuket — whether you own a villa in Bang Tao, run a dive school in Chalong, captain a yacht out of Royal Phuket Marina, work remotely from a Patong condo, or have retired in Kata — you will sooner or later need a document notarised so it can be used in your home country, by an overseas bank, by a foreign court, or by an embassy. That is exactly where our English-speaking team comes in.
Every member of our Phuket notary team speaks fluent English, drafts certifications in English (or bilingual Thai-English), understands the wording requirements of UK, US, Australian, EU, Canadian, Singaporean, UAE and Hong Kong authorities, and can chain the document straight through Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Consular Department and your home embassy in Bangkok without you ever leaving the island.