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Ut videam
Joined: 07 Dec 2007
Location: Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
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TheChickenLover
Joined: 17 Dec 2007
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Old news. I knew this last spring. All it means is you use a different form and spend the same amount of money.
No biggie at all.
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Ut videam
Joined: 07 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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Not old news. This is a new development.
Some Korean consulates in Canada (Toronto, for example) required this from the beginning.
Others (e.g., Vancouver) did not.
It was NOT an Immigration requirement until very recently. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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You're welcome to listen about it on my first podcast (along the right-hand column): Korvia.
See my website: www.themidnightrunner.com
That podcast is 1 1/2 months old, and it was not totally new news then. |
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Ut videam
Joined: 07 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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Now that you mention it, I went back and checked: the regulations on the HiKorea site say they were last updated on July 23rd. So it's not exactly breaking news, but it is a change, at least for those who lived outside the jurisdiction of the Toronto consulate.
I suspect the people who will be most affected by this are those Canadians trying to renew from within Korea and are sending away for their CRC. The Canadian Embassy web site outlines how to obtain an RCMP check and how to get it notarized at the Embassy, but mentions nothing about the VSS:
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/korea/new-E2-visa-en.asp |
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crescent
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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I was at the BUsan consulate today, getting my ID notarized. I overheard the clerk refusing to accept some woman's Vulnerable Sector Check which was processed through the RCMP.
The Immigration Borg website, in their supreme ignorance, has posted a York Regional Police Vulnerable Persons check as the only acceptable document.
The woman at the embassy, having a more thorough RCMP Vulnerable Persons check, was denied.
Has anyone else recently and successfully used another agent for this check? |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:14 am Post subject: |
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Has anyone else recently and successfully used another agent for this check? |
Got the stamp on my RCMP CRC with VSS at the Seoul embassy today, no problems. |
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polonius
Joined: 05 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:35 am Post subject: |
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| crescent wrote: |
I was at the BUsan consulate today, getting my ID notarized. I overheard the clerk refusing to accept some woman's Vulnerable Sector Check which was processed through the RCMP.
The Immigration Borg website, in their supreme ignorance, has posted a York Regional Police Vulnerable Persons check as the only acceptable document.
The woman at the embassy, having a more thorough RCMP Vulnerable Persons check, was denied.
Has anyone else recently and successfully used another agent for this check? |
That is so funny, because the York Regional Police will not give VSS searches to individuals. They, like the Toronto PD will only give them to organizations that have applied for the service. I spoke with someone who applied, and he said it took about 3-4 months for his company to get through all the red tape.
2 weeks ago my wife submitted her background check. It was from New Brunswick, and I am almost certain that it didn't have the VSS. |
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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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What?
Please someone tell me I don't need to fly to Canada to do a VSS. I signed my next contract a couple of months ago (renewal with EPIK) I understood at the time I only had to get a new CRC. Are they now saying I have to get a VSS? If so, where the hell do I get it? I haven't lived in Canada since 1989.
So once more for the daft (me).
To renew my contract with EPIK, I need a CRC and a VSS?
If yes to the VSS, where can I do it? |
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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Anyone? |
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D.D.
Joined: 29 May 2008
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| Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:18 pm Post subject: RCMP |
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I just talked to the RCMP today and they said I needed to send my finger prints to Ottawa which takes about 8 weeks then I can get my crc and vss.
They also said every police station has different rules, so it is best to search around. What a joke this whole thing is. Check out the other thread which says that Winnepeg is an easy place to get the search even if you are not from there. |
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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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I suppose this begs the question, how is a Vulnerable Sector Search done.
Is it as simple as the CRC except with the added check for violence and perversion against the vulnerable population (very young, very old)? (I think that's what it's for, isn't it?) |
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jkamphof
Joined: 12 Apr 2008
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According to the embassy (Can. in Seoul) the VSS became policy as of Sept. 1st.
If you're having issues go through www.cbmpara.ca which is a paralegal office out of T.O. They bypass alot of the channels a regular citizen must make and can get your checks really fast without the hassles. I got my CRC and VSS last week through them, got notorised on Tuesday and Immigration accepted it today.
Message me if you have questions.
J. |
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Tommy
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
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All info for Canadian CRCs is here, http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=132182
The info you need to know:
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I went through the Winnipeg Police Service and received my national background check, including VSS in just over 3 weeks. I did it all from Korea and I have never lived in Winnipeg or Manitoba for that matter. No fingerprints were required and it only cost $30. You can download the necessary form from their website. You just need to send two acceptable pieces of I.D.
So far this seems like the easiest, and quickest way to get this done from Korea. |
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... The form was downloaded from the Winnipeg Police Service web site. I actually didn't request the VSS because I was told it wasn't necessary if you were applying from within Korea, but they did it anyway. As stated by the Canadian embassy, immigration, and other posters who have submitted local police background checks, it is acceptable.
http://www.winnipeg.ca/police/BPR/info_request.stm#crim_record_search
The check was applied for through the regular post, and returned the same way. It isn't an online check or anything like that. It includes a National check, a local Winnipeg check, and a VSS. It was sent directly to my home address here in Korea, so the next step is to take it to the Canadian embassy to have a statutory declaration made and it stamped.
Hope that helps. |
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... It has been deemed acceptable by immigration and the Canadian embassy.
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:41 am Post subject: |
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| Winnipeg to the rescue again, I see. |
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