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davehere22 · Joined: 06 Jun 2007 Location: seoul

I am wondering if many people have sent their original degree and transcripts to Korea for the visa application.

It seems much easier than going to the other side of the country (Ireland) to spend a day running around to get a Notarized Degree.

If my degree gets lost or anything, Its not the end of the world. Costs 70 euro to get replaced.

Does everyone get their degree notarized?

dogshed · Joined: 28 Apr 2006

http://wiki.galbijim.com/Degree_Certification_%28reports%29

This is my experience with degree certification in the US.

Me going to Chicago would be like you going to Italy so I
did it all through FedEx. From what I've read on here
either the UK consulate has a completely different procedure
or someone is giving people in the UK the wrong information.

In the US people confuse the words certification and notarization.
Also, some states in the US allow the notary to verify a copy
of a document in addition to verifying the identity of someone signing
a document. Maybe in that case you could say they are notarizing the
document.

The FedEx fees were expensive but I got a few copies. Now
I will have no hassles in the future. I never got my certified
copy back. Would I have got my original degree back? I don't
know. 70 pounds sounds like a lot of money to me but if
they will get it to you quickly and you only have to do it
once a year then maybe it's not so bad. How hard will it
be to order another degree from Korea? How long will it
take to get it to you?

davehere22 · Joined: 06 Jun 2007 Location: seoul

70 euro, not pounds.

Yeah, your right. It would be better to courier it to the Korean Consulate in Dublin. I thought I would have to be there in person though.

Ill give them a ring on Monday.

Cheers

valkyrian2 · Mod Team Joined: 15 May 2007

dogshed · Joined: 28 Apr 2006

davehere22 · Joined: 06 Jun 2007 Location: seoul

How come people have a problem getting an embassy certified one?

To be honest, the degree does not look anything special. The replacement ones they send out are the exact same. My friend lost his at his graduation, and was 70 to replace.

So maybe if people have trouble getting notarized ones here, ill just send the original.

And If its not given back then ill just have to kick some heads when I arrive in Korea.

I could get a new one posted to me next year anyway..

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

MarionG · Joined: 14 Sep 2006

When Korea says you have to have your original diploma they don't mean the one you received when you graduated, they mean "not a copy." In other words, not "the" original diploma, but "an" original diploma. I'm 61 and had to send for new "original" diplomas...I've no clue what happened to the ones I was given 40 years ago

fusionbarnone · Joined: 31 May 2004

Buy a nice A4 sheet of marbled paper of the heaviest weight you can find and color xerox your degree. Screw sending real documents. I even had a JP notarize my copies.