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naturegirl321
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| jimmyjames1982 wrote: |
| What if I'm in Korea and have my original diploma with me. How do I get it notarized in the state I graduated in? I am changing jobs but not going home after my current contract finishes. Can I send my friend a copy of my diploma and have them notarize it and then send it to be apostilled? |
Then you have two choices:
email your uni and ask them if they will notarise it for you, since they should already have your degree on record. Then have them send it to your friend or parents, then get the authentification and apostillisation.
Send your degree back to your friends or parents and have them do it for you.
You CANNOT simply send a photocopy to your friend and ask them to notarise it. The notary has to see the orginal. The ONE exception wouldd be if your university would notarise it, since they already have your degree on record. |
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wiganer
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Wait till this recession is over - all this crapulence will be dropped like a bad habit - Korean style!  |
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foreignerjoy
Joined: 27 May 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 4:34 pm Post subject: FBI Check Expiration time |
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This is important to ask.
As I recall our background checks (for public school at least) expire after 3 months of receiving them. That is why I want to know if the FBI check will have the same expiration time. I could go ahead and get an FBI check now, which I have done in the past and from Korea, but not use it till March of next year. It would suck to find out that it has expired...right?
Any thoughts would be great.
Also when I did my FBI check a while back it took about 2 months total, including receiving it and getting it apostilled. Also the process was smooth and you are given email notice when it is completed. Plus I did it from within Korea. You just get the proper documents from the FBI website, go to a police station here in Korea and have them roll your fingers in ink and stamp on to the paper. Then ship it off to the FBI. I sent in about 4 authentic rolled prints just to be safe. Also paying them by credit card made it faster.  |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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This all makes my head hurt.
So for those who are already in country and have been living here for say, two years, do I have to get a Korean CBC or an American one? |
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Grantasmagoria
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Steelrails wrote: |
This all makes my head hurt.
So for those who are already in country and have been living here for say, two years, do I have to get a Korean CBC or an American one? |
For real. Korean Immigration has had my degree in their hands many, many times over the years and I haven't been home for more than 5 days the past few years. Ugh, what a pain. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't hate Korean CBCs/Drug tests, etc. because they 'demonize foreigners' I hate them because they are bureaucratically labyrinthine. It doesn't help that 90% of the info out there is in broken English. |
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tonyvu
Joined: 30 May 2008
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| Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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| I have both my copy and the original diploma in hand. Is it possible for the embassy here to notarize the copy of the diploma and I swear an affidavit on it in place of the apostille? |
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passport220
Joined: 14 Jun 2006
Location: Gyeongsangbuk-do province
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| Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Steelrails wrote: |
| I don't hate Korean CBCs/Drug tests, etc. because they 'demonize foreigners' I hate them because they are bureaucratically labyrinthine. It doesn't help that 90% of the info out there is in broken English. |
I agree, I am an American with a perfectly clean criminal record, a neutral accent, a valid 4-year degree, a valid on campus earned TESOL certificate and 3 years ESL teaching experience.
I am all for protecting students by checking information about teachers, but make the procedures to get the checks done reasonable! I live Thailand and this process is too cumbersome to complete from here. China, here I come! |
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passport220
Joined: 14 Jun 2006
Location: Gyeongsangbuk-do province
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| Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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| got it. Does the CBC have to be apostillised at home or can it be done here at the embassy? |
The embassy does not do apostilling, but I know for EPIK they accept a sworn affidavit from the embassy in place of the apostille.
Also, the FBI has an apostille option available for their checks, where they forward it on to the Dept. of State before it would be mailed to you here.
Our entrance allowances need a bump to compensate for the extra expenses associated with this nonsense. |
The FBI does not forward the CBC to the Dept. of State, they only put an FBI seal on the document so it is "prepared to to obtain an apostille". It reads that you have to receive the document from the FBI then turn around and send it to the Dept. of State yourself.
From the FBI FAQ http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/faqs.html :
"The CJIS Division will authenticate U.S. Department of Justice Order 556-73 fingerprint search results for international requests by placing the FBI seal and the signature of a division official on the results if requested at the time of submission. Documents prepared in this way may then be sent to the U.S. Department of State by the requester to obtain an apostille if necessary." - bold added for emphasis
Can anyone confirm if an affidavit from the US Embassy in Korea will still serve to take the place of an apostille under the newest of new rules? |
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Justsurfin12
Joined: 05 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 4:01 pm Post subject: Re: New E-2 Visa Regulations |
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| naturegirl321 wrote: |
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Not sure I understand your interpretation. You say I need to have my degree notarized at Apostille? What is that? Do you mean that my degree must be notarized by the Secretary of State (that's who does apostilles)?
I am from Florida and the Sec of State's website says that to get a document apostilled, then it has to have been notarized by a Florida notary. So, to me, I take my diploma and a copy of it to my local bank. They notarize the copy. I send that to my Sec. of State and they will put their apostille signature on it.
Also, do i have to do this and go through the Korean degree verification? Or is it one or the other, not both?
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Just worry about what you can do in the US. Worry about the KCUE thingy when you get here.
1. Copy your degree.
2. Take degree and copies to bank and get them notarised. Then put your orginal degree away, you won't need it for the rest of the steps, Bring it to Korea just in case.
3. Find out if you need to get the notarised copies authentificated and then get them authentificated. SOme states require this, others don't. Some have no idea and change at whim
4. Send the (authentificated) notarised copies to the Sec of State in FL
That's it! |
This is changing...
The OLD way was what you described (getting a copy of your degree notarized)... the new requirement is to have an original copy of your degree notarized/apostilled.
To do that, simply order an extra copy of your diploma from your school-- the cost is usually about $50 or so. Then take the extra original and follow the steps she outlined above.[/u] |
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