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[upthecreek]

Apologies for posting what I know has probably been answered before...

Many thanks in advance for any help you can give. I've read through old posts, tried searching and done some research, but still having trouble...

Is there any way to get a Diploma (or copy of) apostilled IN Korea? Or, must one notarize and apostille through their home state (in this case, U.S.)?

Anyone gotten their diploma apostilled IN Korea?

Thanks for any help.

[princess]

You can't apostille a degree in Korea. You can go to the US embassy, pay $50 and have a sworn affadavit notorized and attached to your degree COPY, then send it to the DOS in Washington DC for the apostille..OR, you can send it back to your home state, have someone there get an affadavit notorized in lieu of your absence, then they can send it to the secretary of state for the apostille. For me, the embassy route is quicker and better, since many people in my state don't even know what all this stuff is...trust me...got the run around like crazy last year...PLUS, there is no way I would put all this stress on my Mom and Dad..I love them too much to put them through this running around.

[millyfrend]

If you don't have family members back in the states there was a guy who posted this, below. I checked out the website and sent them an email. If you need it in a rush, this is one way you can get your diploma apostille. They charge $175 for the first doc apostille and $95 each additional apostille. They take care of the apostille for you. You just have to send them the original diploma/degree.

So just gather like 4+ people in South Korea in the same situation and the apostille would be $175 (1st) and $95 (each additional) and save on shipping because it's on 1 order. Then just split the cost.


greasylake
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:46 am Post subject:
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$175 may seem like a lot to some people, especially if time is not a problem, and you have people back home to do the leg work for you. But if you are in Korea, time is an issue, and you don't have people back home to do ALL of your leg work for you, then www.apostillepros.com is well worth the money. For a diploma, they can get an apostilled copy of your diploma in you hands in a week. And by a week, I mean from first contact with them, to when it is in your hands. I dealt with them, and they are very professional. It is actually $240 because of the overseas Fed-Ex charge, but again, if you are in a time pinch, it is well worth it.
Yes, I was in Korea. I had an agency take care of it. It cost me $240, which included international fed-x, but it was done very promptly. Yes, it was accepted by immigration.

[sethe]

I just had to do this, and the following procedure worked perfectly for me:

First, my understanding is that the apostille is something that can only be done by a particular state's Secretary of State to authenticate documents from within the jurisdiction of that state. So, since my college diploma is from Massachusetts, the apostille had to come from the MA Secretary of State's office.

My college registrar's office was actually really helpful with this. I didn't need my original diploma, or even a copy of my diploma. The registrar's office typed up a letter certifying my attendance and graduation, with a notarized registrar's signature (all free). Then I had a courier service pick up that letter at the registrar's office and take it to get the apostille (cost $6, I think, in MA) at the Secretary of State's office. (If you go in person, you can get the apostille right away, at least in MA.) The person at the registrar's office was even able to take my FedEx billing info and prepare an addressed envelope for the courier to send the apostille back to me.

Now, I was lucky in that my registrar's office is in the state capital... if that's not the case, it might be a little more difficult. But this procedure did work perfectly for me -- very easy and quick.

Good luck!

[lifeinkorea]

[millyfrend]

Not true, there are a lot of people on this forum said that you don't have to get your apostille in the same state as the degree and it was accepted by immigration. For instance, if you graduated from NY, you can get an apostille in California.

[OMGtrev]

[machoman]

my diploma is pretty big. what's the best way to photocopy that? just use a regular photocopy machine at the school and do one segment and then another and another?

[ttompatz]

[machoman]

[OMGtrev]

[machoman]

[jacksthirty]

If you are sending photocopied documents to friends, you can save time by just emailing them a scanned copy of your diploma.

[millyfrend]

A copy machine will do the trick. Just reduce the size. There's a button on the copy machine that will do that.

[millyfrend]

Yeah it is weird that school or immigration doesn't accept the real degree when you have it in hand.