Company affidavit prepared for a divorce registration and status update in Canada
A New Zealander client based in Manchester, United Kingdom needed a Thai company affidavit accepted for a divorce registration and status update in Canada. We handled the full certification chain end to end.
Client location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Nationality
New Zealander
Destination
Canada
A New Zealander client based in Manchester, United Kingdom needed a Thai company affidavit accepted for a divorce registration and status update in Canada. We handled the full certification chain end to end.
The client engaged us by email from overseas. Our first step was a document review against the receiving authority's current checklist for Canada, because acceptance rules differ by authority and are revised regularly. We confirmed which certification layers were genuinely required before any work started, so nothing unnecessary was paid for.
Under our One-Stop Legal, Translation & Certification workflow we then completed each required layer in the correct order. Order matters: a translation certified before the underlying record is re-issued, or an embassy attestation attempted before Ministry of Foreign Affairs legalisation, is routinely rejected and has to be repeated.
Before hand-over we checked names, dates, spellings against the passport, seal placement and page numbering, and delivered the completed set by tracked courier or in person at our Lat Phrao office in Bangkok.
What we handled
a document-set review against the receiving authority's current checklist
translation by a translator the receiving authority accepts
certification by a Thai Notarial Services Attorney
legalisation at the Department of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
an apostille for Hague Convention member states
Complication and resolution
Complication encountered: documents for several dependants had to be filed together.
How it was resolved: we grouped the documents per person with an indexed schedule so the assessing officer could verify them quickly.
This is an illustrative scenario representing the type of work we handle. It is not a record of an identifiable client and is not a customer review. Requirements change — always confirm the current checklist with the receiving authority.