Guides to Certified Translation and Document Legalisation in Malaysia

How to verify, translate and attest Malaysian degrees, transcripts and SPM or STPM certificates for use abroad, with fees and timing.

How to get a JPN marriage extract or status letter (yourself or through our Legal), translate Malaysian marriage and divorce documents and legalise them abroad.

How to get a JPN birth extract (yourself or through our Legal), translate a Malaysian birth certificate and legalise it at Wisma Putra and the embassy.

Malaysia is not a party to the Apostille Convention. Here is how Malaysian documents are legalised instead, and what to do when someone asks for an apostille.

Malaysia has no sworn-translator register. Here is who Wisma Putra, JPN, the courts and foreign governments accept as a certified translator.

Thailand joins the Apostille Convention on 28 February 2027, but Malaysia is not a member. Here is what that means for Malaysian documents going to Thailand and Thai documents coming to Malaysia.

This comprehensive guideline outlines the detailed requirements and procedures for obtaining certified translations of documents originally issued in Malaysia for official use in Australia.