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[R. S. Refugee]

I have my criminal record check appostillized (how do you spell that word?), but I don't know how to get my degree appostillized.

Can anyone explain this?

[ttompatz]

[R. S. Refugee]

[ttompatz]

[R. S. Refugee]

I know it's a waste of time to complain about the lunacy of some changing bureaucratic rules since that is one of the purposes of bureaucratic rules, but getting sealed transcripts was easy and simple for me, but now they've replaced that with a basically useless substitute that isn't.

Cheers.

[siwawalter]

Most of these questions have been asked like below...

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=197939

There are some states and counties that won't allow you to apostille a degree from outside of the state. Just an example, if you have a degree from California, you can't have that apostille in Oregon (can't remember the state, but I believe it's Oregon). However, if you have a degree from Oregon you can have it apostille in California. This is a state and county issue, not Korean Immigration.

Korean immigration just care you get an apostille on the docs. Again, as long as you get an apostille on the docs you should be fine! People have confirmed this.

[pangaea]

1. Get a copy of your degree and have it notarized. Try checking with the Student Services office of your university. I went to Student Services where they printed a copy for me. They also had a notary on site so I just went to her office where she notarized it for me.

2. Get the notary authentication. This has to be done in the same county where the notary is registered. It is a piece of paper that verifies that the notary is authorized to notarize documents. You can't get the apostille without this. I can't remember the name of the office that handles this. You can try checking your county government website.

3. Send the notarized copy of your diploma along with the notary authentication to the office of the Secretary of State with a request to issue the apostille. There is a small fee for this and you might have to include return postage. It should take just a few business days.

Hope this helps.

[sallymonster]

[R. S. Refugee]

Thanks for all your replies. It was very helpful to find out that I won't need to send it to the US Secretary of State. The State of Washington Sec. of State is pretty easy to deal with. The national one for my country isn't.

[siwawalter]

There's a U.S. SOS

[jleitao]

I received my degree from the University of Rhode Island, however, I am physically in Florida right now. My school was super helpful. I called and they asked me to send an email requesting a duplicate diploma with a notorized signature. They forwarded my signed diploma to the state apostille office. I sent the money to the state office for the apostille and now I am waiting for them to sned it back to me. Florida did inform me that they can't apostille documents issed from other states.