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Have any of you used this? (CriminalRecordCheck.com)

I would rather not go through a private company....honestly I think the website looks sketch.

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[Tobias]

Even if it were acceptable, there is no way would I use a private company for this. If you're from the USA, you'll have to submit your most private info, such as social security number, full name, home address, blah, blah, blah. Talk about just asking for trouble. You would be. For one thing, the company may not be trustworthy and may sell your info to a third party. For another, the company's computer records may not be secure. The site may get hacked and all your personal info compromised.

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[Ut videam]

If they insist on verifying your education, it should be done through the office of the registrar at your university, or through a consortium such as the National Student Clearinghouse (http://www.studentclearinghouse.org).

Note that neither of those forms of verification will be acceptable to the Korean Immigration, however. For Immi purposes, the only recognized verification body is the Korean Council for University Education (http://www.kcue.or.kr/). This verification process (which is optional, but can speed visa issuance/facilitate issuance in a third country without an interview) must be initiated by your employer (or perhaps recruiter) within Korea.

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[blurgalurgalurga]

In the early days of the new regulations, there was information from the english speaking lawyer who works/ worked for Immigration saying that an online check would be acceptable if it was accompanied by an affidavit issued by your local embassy here in Korea. If I remember correctly, this did in fact work for an American fellow, but it didn't work for me. The Canadian Consulate waffled a bit, but eventually the word came from Ottawa that they were not authorized to allow an affidavit swearing to the authenticity of any private record check. Unfortunately I had already bought one, but whatver, it's all done now.

As for yanks...well, six months ago it did say somewhere that you could do it that way. Maybe that's changed now, I dunno.

Sorry I can't point you to a link here...it was waaaaaaaaaaay back in the early 'criminal record check' threads here, and I don't even bother with the search funciton here anymore.

Probably best to just go with your local coppe-shoppe back home.

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It's true that in the very early days after the new regulations were announced, there were some confusing signals from Immi as to whether online private agency background checks would be accepted for applicants in Korea. I can't imagine too many people having fallen victim to this confusing/erroneous information, however, as this was very early on and at a time when the three-month grace period was still in effect for people extending in-country.

As March 15 drew near, it had become fairly clear that only checks from government agencies would be accepted. Around that time or shortly thereafter, it was also nailed down that the embassy-notarized declaration/affidavit would be sufficient to authenticate the check for applicants in Korea.

But really that's neither here nor there, since the OP was talking about having his academic credentials verified through criminalrecordcheck.com, not getting a criminal record check from that site.