Korean Job Discussion Forums

[michaelambling]

So my employer sent me an email saying that the Korean Immigration office thinks my background check and Apostille are a copy, but they aren't. They've asked me to get another one, but it'll look just the same as the ones I've already given them.

Has anyone else had this problem? Any suggestions?

[some waygug-in]

How badly do you want the job? Why not try another country, Korean immigration needs to get over itself, but I doubt that will happen any time soon.

If you really need the job, why not try a different immigration office?

They are such arses sometimes, I don�t know how anyone gets a job in Korea.

Good Luck.

[sojourner1]

This is a 1st for this issue. Why do they keep inventing how they issue visas? I really don't know what to tell you on this one. Is your apostille all shiny with a formal gold executive style emblem seal? If it's not fancy and official looking enough, then that's raising a red flag. Mine was on heavy paper, very fancy, golden emblem seal, and has real signatures.

Interesting...

[michaelambling]

[chickenpie]

Anyone can go to a lawyer with any old piece of paper and get an emblem seal!!


Money talks.

[cruisemonkey]

Scan the 'effing things and re-submit the scans as originals. Mr. Kim won't know the difference and Mr. Park will be coming down off a night of soju and 'juicy girls', thus be unable to focus his eyes.

He'll find the nearest pad of red ink and put his 'chop' on it.

If Mr. Park won't do it, Mr Choi will.

[michaelambling]

[cruisemonkey]

[michaelambling]

[VanIslander]

It's obvious what to do:

Arrange to have a contact phone number of someone who prepared it so that immigration can talk to them directly.

[polonius]

I have had a couple teachers submit criminal checks that had the Apostille affixed to them, but because they had a "url" or something that suggested that they were an internet based check, these criminal checks were refused.

As of July 17th 2008, online criminal checks were no longer approved. I don't know if this applies to you, but it could be the reason.

[chickenpie]

This is going to be fun when the Indian teachers get here!!

How can the Indian government guarantee their crs's?

[ChinaBoy]

[MattAwesome]

if you go to the governments official department of law enforcement's page. you request a background check by mail, ask them to certify it and send it to the secretary of state (not sure, whoever you send it to) or whoever to apostille it with the fanciness intact.

[bassexpander]