ฉบับภาษาไทย: อ่านหน้านี้เป็นภาษาไทย
Can a document containing handwritten corrections be translated and legalised?
Short answer
It can be translated — the translator reproduces the correction and notes it — but legalisation is the risk. The Department of Consular Affairs and foreign recipients generally reject source documents whose alterations are not initialled and stamped by the issuing authority.
A faithful translation must show what the document actually says, including struck-through text, marginal notes and inserted dates, usually with a translator's note describing the alteration. What a translator must never do is silently adopt the corrected value: that turns a translation into a certification of the change, which is outside the translator's role and undermines the whole file.
The reliable fix is upstream. Ask the issuing authority — district office, school registrar, hospital, company registrar — to reissue the document cleanly, or to formally certify the correction with an official seal and signature. Reissuing takes days; discovering the rejection at an embassy counter after translation and legalisation costs weeks. Scope, turnaround and fees are confirmed by IVC staff by phone, LINE or email — this site does not publish prices.
Reviewed as of 2026-08-04. General guidance only, not case-specific advice and not a guarantee of outcome. Government fees, conditions and processing times are set by the responsible authority and can change. This site does not publish prices — please ask our staff.
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