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cyclobster
Joined: 25 Oct 2010
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 Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 6:06 pm Post subject: Getting apostille for Federal Criminal Record check. |
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I'm going back to Korea for a second time and I'm trying to apply for an e2 under the new visa regulations. I just recieved my Federal record check and to my suprise there was no signature or anything on it. So I couldn't get it notarized and therefore couldn't get an apostille.
I went to the FBI website and found this in the FBI FAQ:
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9. Does the FBI provide apostilles*?
(*An apostille is a certification that a document that has been �legalized� or �authenticated� by the issuing agency through a process in which various seals are placed on the document.)
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. This procedure became effective on January 25, 2010 and will apply only to documents finalized after that date. Requests to authenticate previously processed results will not be accepted. This procedure replaces the letter formerly provided by the CJIS Division that indicated the service was not provided. The apostille service is not provided to individuals requesting search results for Canadian immigration, as it is not required for this purpose. |
So am I right in assuming that the federal criminal record I currently possess is completely useless? If I need to order a new record check how do I "request" a seal and signature? There's no place on the Applicant Information Form to request it.
If anyone has successfully recieved an apostilled federal criminal background record please tell me how you did it.
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passport220
Joined: 14 Jun 2006
Location: Gyeongsangbuk-do province
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| Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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What State are you in? Some say they can get it done locally. I think they are getting a statement that says the FBI check is a �true copy� or a similar statement, from a local notary and then having that notary signature apostilleized from their State official.
From this thread: http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=194012&highlight=
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You can notarize/apostille a degree that was issued in a different state and the FBI Background Check in TEXAS as well. Some people on this forum said in Texas you're not allowed to notarize and apostille a FBI Background Check, but my friend in Texas did that. There's a lot of misinformation by people on this forum and it confuses everyone. Or they went to a notary in the state and he/she doesn't know how to notarize a FBI Background Check. Not all notaries know how to notarize a FBI Background Check.
But YES a FBI Background Check was notarized and apostille IN TEXAS!!! It was accepted by Korea Immigration and employer. |
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cyclobster
Joined: 25 Oct 2010
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| Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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I'm in Oregon.
The secretary of state said that they used to do something where I could sign the record check saying it's authentic and then get it notarized and apostilled. Unfortunately their department head said they could no longer do that as of last week since it "compromised integrity."
I don't know if that's similar to what your talking about but apparently lots of people have been doing that in Oregon for their e2 but now it's no longer allowed.
I guess I could try the www.apostillepros.com website from the thread you suggested since California isn't too far from me.
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