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maddog · Joined: 08 Dec 2005 Location: Daegu

I recently contacted the Korean Embassy in the UK regarding notarization. I was told "We don't do that anymore. You have to contact the foreign office."

I explained this by email to the recruiter just to make sure there was no confusion and was told "Only degrees notarized by the Korean Consulate in your country are acceptable."

Has anyone else encoutered this situation? How was it resolved?

MD

safeblad · Joined: 17 Jul 2006

yeah i had the same problem, because of a lack of time I had to send originals Evil or Very Mad

when i went to the embassy they had a load of cards telling you to go somewhere in charing cross. I cant be of much use because i lost the card, however if you phone the embassy again and ask them where to go to get it done hopefully someone will tell you.

Sorry I cant be of more help. I tried googling the place to no avail...

Julius · Joined: 27 Jul 2006

ED209 · Joined: 17 Oct 2006

Call the London Chamber of Commerce, they gave me notarized copies of my degree a few years back. Didn't cost anything so cheaper than a lawyer and safer than sending my original. Was a few years back so I'm not to up on how the E2 application works from London.

T: +44 (0)20 7248 4444

http://www.londonchamber.co.uk/

maddog · Joined: 08 Dec 2005 Location: Daegu

maddog · Joined: 08 Dec 2005 Location: Daegu

Another recruiter has just told me the notarized copies are no longer accpeted and that I must send my ORIGINAL diploma! He claimed that this has been law since June. It's the first I've heard of any such law.

Any ideas on this.

MD

Anna_Louise · Joined: 22 Jun 2007

I phoned the consulate when I was applying for my visa and was told the same thing. You have to get the degree notarised by a solicitor first-basically they sign a copy of it saying that they've seen the original and it's ok. There are two places that the Foreign Office send you to do this-one is in Charing Cross but I think it closes for lunch for about 2 hours in the middle of the day and the other-where I went-is at the end of The Strand, opposite the Royal Courts of Justice-about a 15 minute walk I think. They charge �8 and you don't normally need an appointment. You then go back to the Foreign Office, queue up and they take the signed copy off you and attach a certificate to it. However, on the morning that UPS were coming to pick up my documents I noticed something on the certificate saying that it needed to be stamped by the enbassy of the country it was being sent to. I called the Korean Consulate again and they said it was fine as it was, but in the end I sent the original to be sure-it was all very last minute and I didn't have time to look into it properly. I'd maybe call the foreign office and ask them if they know anything, as they were really helpful when I was down there. One thing I would say if you go down there is turn up as early as possible-I did the solicitors in the afternoon and then went back the next day-I was there 40 minutes before the office opened and I was still about the 40th person in the queue! Hope this helps

Otherside · Joined: 06 Sep 2007

Notarized copies are still accepted. I got mine done in August and it was fine.

side story (not related to the korean embassy in the UK)

My brother went to the embassy for me, as I was out of town and they refused to notarize the copy. They said he must get it certified first by a commissioner of oaths and then they will stamp it. He went to the local police station, got it certified and then went back to the embassy, where the nice korean lady notarized it with her official 'korean embassy in South Africa' stamp. AT NO TIME DID ANYONE FROM THE KOREAN EMBASSY SEE MY ACTUAL DEGREE!! They only saw the copy, and never asked to see the original.