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[Riker]

So I have two recommendation letters, one from a Professor Emeritus, and another from a retired professor.

My recruiters Korean contact/partner keeps insisting that the letters need some stamp or seal from the university. Of course my school has no such stamp and has never heard of the need for one.

I quote: "University must have stamp!, how do we know you didn't write this?"

There is a phone number and a University email address with their names attached....

Anybody else have this problem?

[Riker]

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[schlotzy]

Is it on University letterhead?

I've never had that issue before but mine are always on letterhead.

[bobbybigfoot]

Makes sense when you think about it. They want the letters on Letterhead.
Standard practice I would think.

[methdxman]

What planet do you live on? These things need to be notarized in some way. How many English teachers have forged documents? Probably an s-load.

They're not gonna call every person that has signed a recommendation letter either.

This is standard procedure.

[Riker]

Its from a Tulane professor with all of his contact info. In what way is it "not standard practice"?

I have graduated from a State university and neither University's administration has ever heard of a seal/stamp for recommendation letters, nor has both professors I contacted.

Has anybody dealt with this before?

[joyorbison]

Had four jobs in Korea and never had to give a reference from anyone to a recruiter. I gave a scanned reference from a Korean employer but i didn't have to.

Is there any confusion between university transcripts (which need a stamp) and a reference?

It's not difficult to get a new recruiter, or better yet, get a load of new recruiters.

[hogwonguy1979]

have the professor sign his name across the seal of the rec letter, thats how grad school apps are done, tell your recruiter thats how its done, sort of like the univ stamp across sealed transcripts

[Riker]

Thanks for the replies. My American contact at the recruiting agency stepped in and confirmed that this is all none sense and to ignore it basically.

[sojusucks]