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whatajerk
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 Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:59 pm Post subject: report of birth question |
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im heading to the us embassy to do the report of birth for my son and im unsure about the birth ceritficate requirement. The embassy website says "A Korean certificate must be signed and sealed by the doctor or the hospital and must be accompanied by an English translation."
when it mentions "sealed" , do they mean sealed in an envelope or the korean signature stamp as sealed?
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smedini
Joined: 02 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:03 pm Post subject: Re: report of birth question |
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| whatajerk wrote: |
im heading to the us embassy to do the report of birth for my son and im unsure about the birth ceritficate requirement. The embassy website says "A Korean certificate must be signed and sealed by the doctor or the hospital and must be accompanied by an English translation."
when it mentions "sealed" , do they mean sealed in an envelope or the korean signature stamp as sealed?
thanks |
You might want to call the embassy on this one, ahead of your visit... |
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The Grumpy Senator
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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| What embassy are you talking about? I just went through the process at the US Embassy and I did not need a sealed Korean document. I just took the one the hospital gave me and I "translated" it onto a blank piece of paper as I waited at the embassy. I would call them to make sure, but plan on going multiple times. I think I ended up making 3 separate trips. |
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dogbert
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:48 pm Post subject: Re: report of birth question |
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| whatajerk wrote: |
im heading to the us embassy to do the report of birth for my son and im unsure about the birth ceritficate requirement. The embassy website says "A Korean certificate must be signed and sealed by the doctor or the hospital and must be accompanied by an English translation."
when it mentions "sealed" , do they mean sealed in an envelope or the korean signature stamp as sealed?
thanks |
Most hospitals will prepare a separate English-language birth certificate and emboss it, which is sufficient. |
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jbpatlanta
Joined: 02 Jun 2007
Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 3:12 am Post subject: |
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when it mentions "sealed" , do they mean sealed in an envelope or the korean signature stamp as sealed?
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When they say sealed they mean that the doctor has put his red name stamp at the bottom of the paper. I did this two years ago with my son and I am going Friday with my new daughter. The hospital didn't give you an English copy. I aksed my hospital and they printed up a certificate in English for me while I waited.
By the way, make sure you take something on paper to prove you were physically present in the US for 5 years. The first time I thought I would be fine since I was born in the States and not naturalized. WRONG! I had to prove I had lived in the US for al least 5 years. I had to talk the guy through logging into my university website and looking at my transcripts.
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