AUTHENTICATION OF DOCUMENTS

Documents Required:

A completed Application for Legalization form requesting authentication of your documents, or an official letter from your office.

Documents to be authenticated, please note that before you submit the documents to be authenticated by the Embassy, the documents must be:

• Notarized by a Notary Public
• Notarized documents must then be authenticated by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD). Their contact information is as follows:

Documents Authentication Officer

Authentication & Service of Documents Section

Legal Affairs Bureau

Lester B Pearson Tower C-7

Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development

125 Sussex Drive

Ottawa, Ontario K1G OA2

Tel. (613) 995-0119 or (613) 944-4000

• If you reside in Quebec and would like to have your documents authenticated, follow the same procedures as above. However, you are not required to go through DFATD, but through Chambre des Notaires du Quebec instead. Their contact information is as follows:

Chambre des Notaires du Quebec

1801, avenue McGill College

Bureau 600

Montreal, Quebec H3A 0A7

Tel. (514) 879-1793

www.cdnq.org

Applying in person :

• 30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
• Monday – Friday (except public holidays)

Address when applying by mail:

Royal Thai Embassy

180 Island Park Drive

Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 0A2

Authentication fee:

The fee is CAD $20.00 per stamp.  If documents are submitted in person or by mail please note for the payment the Embassy only accepts money orders from the post office or bank drafts from banks payable to the “ROYAL THAI EMBASSY”.

The Embassy does not accept the following:

            Personal cheques, company cheques, debit cards, or credit cards.

PLEASE NOTE;

            A PREPAID EXPRESS POST ENVELOPE MUST BE INCLUDED FOR THE RETURN OF DOCUMENTS, IF THE ENVELOP IS MISSING THE EMBASSY IS NOT RESPONSBILE FOR THE RETURN OF THE DOCUMENTS.