🇼🇸 Company Affidavit (DBD Certificate) → Samoan

When a foreign registrar scans a translated Company Affidavit (DBD Certificate), they are matching specific cells of information against an internal template — the prose only has to faithfully expose those cells in the right order, with the right labels. Inexperienced translators translate the body but transliterate the seal text inconsistently across pages of the same packet — overseas reviewers cross-check that text between pages and flag any variance.

Issue date should be within 3 months for most overseas authorities. We can collect from DBD and translate within 48 hours.

Our Samoan desk maintains a glossary reconciled against:

• The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Consular Affairs
• The Samoan embassy in Bangkok
• Relevant universities, professional bodies, and court systems in Samoan-speaking jurisdictions

End-to-end the file is engineered to be boring for the receiving officer — every fact in the place they expect it, every term they expect to see — and boring files clear on first read.

Treat the numbers below as the published price band for the standard 2-page Company Affidavit (DBD Certificate) → Samoan workflow; we lock the final figure in writing before any gate runs:

• Translation: ฿1,920 – ฿6,144 (includes company seal & certifying statement, MFA-accepted).
• Notary Public (Notarial Services Attorney): ฿1,500 – ฿4,000 per document if required by the destination.
• Thai MFA legalisation: ฿800 – ฿1,500 per document.
• Samoan embassy attestation: ฿2,500 – ฿12,000 per document depending on embassy.

Final fees vary with page count, urgency (a 4-hour rush carries a 50–100% premium), and whether the embassy requires an extra sworn affidavit. Send a scan via LINE @NYCLI or email nyclegal@ilc.ltd for a fixed quote inside 15 minutes during business hours.

The receiving Samoan authority will usually request one or more of the following alongside your translated Company Affidavit (DBD Certificate); we'll email a destination-specific checklist once we know your target country.

• Overseas tender / contract — typically also needs your passport bio page and a recent photo.
• Setting up a foreign subsidiary — typically also needs your passport bio page and a recent photo.
• Opening overseas bank account — typically also needs your passport bio page and a recent photo.

If you are reading this after a rejection notice landed on your desk, the cause is almost certainly inside the five-item list below:

• Names spelled differently across passport, Company Affidavit (DBD Certificate) and supporting documents — Samoan authorities require an exact match.
• Translations done by uncertified translators that lack the MFA-accepted seal.
• Photocopies submitted instead of originals with attached translation.
• Missing MFA or embassy gate — most Samoan authorities require both, not just one.
• Out-of-date copies — embassies usually want a Company Affidavit (DBD Certificate) issued within the last 3–6 months.

Plan on 24–48 hours for the translation gate alone; add the MFA and embassy gates after that. Adding MFA legalisation extends the total to 4–7 working days. Embassy attestation adds another 3–10 working days depending on the destination.

For urgent cases we offer:

• 4-hour rush translation — surcharge of 50–100%.
• 1-day express MFA — additional government fee, file before the 09:30 cut-off.
• Embassy priority queues — available with most embassies in Bangkok at a small handling fee.

From intake to courier the pipeline has eight named gates; you receive a LINE update as each gate closes:

1. Document intake. Send us a high-resolution PDF/photo of the original Company Affidavit (DBD Certificate). We verify it is a current Amphur or court-issued copy.
2. Translation into Samoan. Performed by our credentialed MFA-accepted translator on our in-house panel. Names, dates and registration numbers are cross-checked against your passport.
3. Second-eye QA. A senior reviewer cross-checks every page against the source and flags any name/date inconsistency before the seal is applied.
4. Delivery. Pickup at our office, courier in Bangkok, EMS across Thailand, or DHL Express to 200+ countries.
5. Notary Public (if required). One of our six in-house Notarial Services Attorneys notarises the translation, which most embassies require.
6. Samoan embassy attestation. We submit to the destination embassy in Bangkok and collect the legalised document.
7. Company certification. We affix our official translator seal and a signed declaration accepted by Thai MFA.
8. Thai MFA legalisation. Our courier files at the Department of Consular Affairs (Chaeng Watthana) the next working day. Standard return: 3–5 working days.

For Australian visa, citizenship and academic registration use, the NAATI stamp number must be legible on every page — we never sub-contract NAATI files outside our certified panel.

For the Company Affidavit (DBD Certificate) specifically, our Samoan desk pays particular attention to:

• Officer titles. Registrar, Chief District Officer and District Officer are kept distinct, mapped to whichever term the destination registry uses internally.
• Official seals & stamps. Thai stamps and signatures are described in the target language so overseas officers can verify authenticity.
• Name transliteration. Samoan authorities check the translated name against your passport — any mismatch is grounds for rejection.
• Dates & calendars. The Thai Buddhist year (พ.ศ.) must be converted to the Common Era; we provide both formats side-by-side.
• Form codes. Original Thai reference numbers and registration codes are preserved verbatim.

These are the working definitions our Samoan desk applies, drawn from the MFA handbook and the embassy's published guidance:

• MFA legalisation / รับรองกระทรวงการต่างประเทศ — the Department of Consular Affairs authenticates the translator's seal; mandatory for most overseas use.
• Sworn translator / ผู้แปลสาบาน — translator officially registered with a foreign court or ministry; relevant for Samoan in some EU jurisdictions.
• Notarisation / รับรองโนตารี — a Notarial Services Attorney certifies the translator's signature or the copy; required by some Samoan authorities.
• Embassy attestation / รับรองสถานทูต — the Samoan embassy in Bangkok validates the Thai MFA stamp.
• Certified translation / คำแปลรับรอง — translation accompanied by a signed declaration of accuracy; required by MFA.
• Apostille — single-step alternative to MFA+embassy for Hague Convention members (Thailand: not a signatory yet → MFA route applies).
• Transliteration — converting Thai script names into Samoan characters; must match the spelling in your passport.

สำหรับลูกค้าที่ต้องนำ หนังสือรับรองบริษัท (DBD) ไปยื่นกับสำนักทะเบียน มหาวิทยาลัย หรือนายจ้างที่ใช้ภาษาซามัว ทีมงานของเราจะวางแผนทั้งงานแปล ค่าธรรมเนียม และระยะเวลา MFA + สถานทูตให้ในใบเสนอราคาเดียว

กระบวนการของเราออกแบบให้ หนังสือรับรองบริษัท (DBD) ผ่านสามชั้นการตรวจก่อนถึงเจ้าหน้าที่ MFA เพื่อให้อัตราการตีกลับใกล้ศูนย์ ซึ่งเป็นตัวเลขที่เราเก็บเป็น KPI หลักของทีมซามัว

ราคาภาษาไทย (โดยประมาณ)

• ค่าแปลหนังสือรับรองบริษัท (DBD)เป็นซามัว: ฿1,920 – ฿6,144 ต่อชุด
• รับรองโนตารี: ฿1,500 – ฿4,000 ต่อฉบับ
• รับรองกรมการกงสุล (MFA): ฿800 – ฿1,500 ต่อฉบับ
• รับรองสถานทูตซามัว: ฿2,500 – ฿12,000 ต่อฉบับ

ขั้นตอนการใช้บริการ

1. ส่งภาพถ่ายหรือ PDF ของหนังสือรับรองบริษัท (DBD)มาที่ LINE @NYCLI หรืออีเมล nyclegal@ilc.ltd
2. รับใบเสนอราคาแบบฟิกซ์เรทภายใน 15 นาที (ในเวลาทำการ)
3. เริ่มแปล + QA 2 ชั้น ภายใน 24-48 ชั่วโมง
4. รับรองตราบริษัท · ส่งกรมการกงสุล (3-5 วันทำการ)
5. ส่งสถานทูตซามัว · รับเอกสารกลับมารับรอง (3-10 วันทำการ)
6. จัดส่งคืน: รับเองที่สำนักงานลาดพร้าว · EMS ทั่วไทย · DHL Express ทั่วโลก

คำถามที่พบบ่อย

ถาม: ต้องนำต้นฉบับหนังสือรับรองบริษัท (DBD)มาที่สำนักงานหรือไม่?
ตอบ: สำหรับแปลอย่างเดียวใช้ภาพถ่ายชัด ๆ ได้ แต่ขั้นตอน MFA และสถานทูตต้องใช้ต้นฉบับตัวจริง

ถาม: ใช้เวลานานเท่าไร?
ตอบ: แปลอย่างเดียว 24-48 ชั่วโมง · ครบ MFA + สถานทูต 7-17 วันทำการ

ถาม: ใบเสนอราคาฟรีหรือไม่?
ตอบ: ฟรี — ส่งภาพมาทาง LINE @NYCLI ได้ตลอด

NYC Legal & Notary Services Co., Ltd. is a registered Thai law firm, and the Samoan desk sits inside the translation-and-legalisation division. We operate six in-house Notarial Services Attorneys, a panel of more than 200 certified translators across 205 languages, and a dedicated MFA & embassy liaison team that visits the Department of Consular Affairs at Chaeng Watthana every working day.

For the Samoan pair your file is handled by MFA-accepted translator on our in-house panel who is screened on three criteria: native or near-native Samoan command, demonstrated court-grade legal-translation experience, and a clean track record with Thailand's MFA and the relevant embassy. Every translator signs an NDA covering attorney-client privilege.

Concrete reasons clients return

• Bilingual case manager. One person handles your file end-to-end; ask questions in Thai, English or via your preferred language.
• Fixed-fee quotes within 15 minutes. No surprise charges after the work begins; the LINE quote is the invoice you receive on delivery.
• EN, TH and Samoan support by phone, LINE, WhatsApp, WeChat, KakaoTalk, Telegram and email.
• Single-window service. Translation, Notary, MFA filing, embassy attestation and worldwide courier are booked once — you do not chase three vendors.
• Confidentiality by default. Files are encrypted at rest, deleted from working storage 90 days after delivery, and never used as AI training data.
• Rejection insurance. If MFA or the Samoan embassy rejects our work due to a translation defect, we re-file at no charge and absorb the government re-filing fee.

First-pass acceptance by the destination Samoan authority is the metric we optimise the whole pipeline against, and it is the metric we hit on the overwhelming majority of files. If the receiving office requests an additional step — for example a sworn translator's signature notarised in the destination country, or a translation re-done into a regional dialect — we provide a follow-up service from our partner network of overseas counsel.

• Affidavit of translation accuracy — a sworn statement signed before a Notary Public in the destination country; we prepare the bilingual template.
• Re-issuance — if the destination retains the original, we keep the certified scan on file and produce another legalised copy on 48-hour turnaround.
• Apostille substitution letter — for receiving authorities that mistakenly request an Apostille (Thailand is not yet a Hague signatory), we provide a notarised explanation letter accepted by most foreign registrars.
• Long-term archiving — your translated and legalised file is archived for 7 years; request a fresh certified copy at any time without re-paying for translation.