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Weigookin74
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| I gotta mail my sh!t home and pay a lawyer 100 bucks to notorize mine. Thanks Montreal consulate and K immi! |
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nickwils
Joined: 30 Apr 2007
Location: Asia
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| Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:39 am Post subject: |
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| I just went to the Solicitors opposite the Foreign Office Apostille place in Milton Keynes and they did it for �5. |
In the same building or across the street? I have used the one in London mentioned earlier and a local guy last time. I am pretty sure that in the UK any solicitor can do this. |
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Setaro
Joined: 08 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Across the street. And yes any Solicitor in the UK can certify a document as geniune/a geniune copy. Make sure that they are CERTIFYING the document though, not just signing/stamping it. They need to write "I CERTIFY THAT THIS DOCUMENT..blahblah", then sign it and stamp it, with real name of the solicitor, not just the name of the office. Apostille office will reject it otherwise. |
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morrisonhotel
Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Gyeonggi-do
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| Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Setaro wrote: |
| Across the street. And yes any Solicitor in the UK can certify a document as geniune/a geniune copy. |
Not any. Only in Scotland did that used to be true, but as of a couple of years ago, only the majority of solicitors can do it. There are far fewer who are legally able to do it in England and Wales. |
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Setaro
Joined: 08 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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| morrisonhotel wrote: |
| Setaro wrote: |
| Across the street. And yes any Solicitor in the UK can certify a document as geniune/a geniune copy. |
Not any. Only in Scotland did that used to be true, but as of a couple of years ago, only the majority of solicitors can do it. There are far fewer who are legally able to do it in England and Wales. |
In a strict definition you might be right, but all that matters to Korean Immigration is that your docs have an apostille. All that matters to the apostille office is that a solicitor has certified, personally signed, and stamped the doc. Simple that that. |
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keflyn
Joined: 07 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 5:12 am Post subject: |
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| Turns out the place in Norwich can't do it like they said and sent me to another place where they was going to charge me �60. Looks like a trip to london for me. |
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Setaro
Joined: 08 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 6:23 am Post subject: |
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| Just go to the place across the road from the Foreign Office in Milton Keynes, you can kill 2 birds in one stone and get your apostilles done in person straight after. |
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ZIFA
Joined: 23 Feb 2011
Location: Dici che il fiume..Trova la via al mare
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 8:27 am Post subject: |
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Just get any Solicitor to sign it, Notary Public to Americans are Solicitors to us, I just went to the Solicitors opposite the Foreign Office Apostille place in Milton Keynes and they did it for �5.
Notary Publics to us are very specialised individuals, there's only around a couple of hundred in all England, you don't need one for getting your CRC and degree copy certified. |
Exactly. About 50 yards from the apostille office in MK. The whole process takes about 30 mins.
You can walk to the office from the train station in about 15 minutes. No need for a taxi. |
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Kikomom
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Here in the States, the most common use for a notary is to transfer a vehicle title. Used car dealers usually have a Notary Public in the house. You might find one to suit your needs there? You may have to educate them on your purpose and their sworn duties. |
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morrisonhotel
Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Gyeonggi-do
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Kikomom wrote: |
| Here in the States, the most common use for a notary is to transfer a vehicle title. Used car dealers usually have a Notary Public in the house. You might find one to suit your needs there? You may have to educate them on your purpose and their sworn duties. |
Notary publics in the UK have to have an intimate knowledge of the relevant legislation and practices to be a notary public. Hence, most notary publics are solicitors - the ones that aren't are typically involved in the legal sector in some way (court officers, bankers, etc.). I'd be surprised if any used car dealers in the UK are notary publics. As far as I can remember from when I bought my car, the documents don't need to be notarised when transferring ownership (but that was about 8-9 year ago).
OP, just make sure you use someone who is legally able to do it - this, in 99% of cases, will be a solicitor. |
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Kikomom
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko
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| Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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| morrisonhotel wrote: |
I'd be surprised if any used car dealers in the UK are notary publics. As far as I can remember from when I bought my car, the documents don't need to be notarised when transferring ownership (but that was about 8-9 year ago).
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Not to derail this thread, but are you saying that when a title to a vehicle is transferred to a new owner, the DMV (or whatever govt. organization registers and licenses the car) just takes the signatures on the title as real without being sworn to or authenticated by a public official with a notary stamp and signature?
Well I suppose, for a country where the Bobbies just started carrying arms in public in the past twenty years or so...  |
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morrisonhotel
Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Gyeonggi-do
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| Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Kikomom wrote: |
Not to derail this thread, but are you saying that when a title to a vehicle is transferred to a new owner, the DMV (or whatever govt. organization registers and licenses the car) just takes the signatures on the title as real without being sworn to or authenticated by a public official with a notary stamp and signature? |
If I remember correctly, yes. |
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Setaro
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| Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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Well I suppose, for a country where the Bobbies just started carrying arms in public in the past twenty years or so... |
Police still don't carry guns in the UK, they're still just armed with pepper spray and a stick. Only police in UK that carry guns are armed response teams (SWAT) and airport police. |
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thadbeamont
Joined: 08 Apr 2011
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 5:47 am Post subject: |
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Okay now I�m really confused!
Called a solicitor last week. they said if you need it notarised by a 'notary public' there is only one local guy who can do it and it's �80!
If I just want it certifying any old solicitor can do it for �5/7.
So I go back and ask a recruiter and they say that just a certification will do.
So I call back the solicitors this morn and they say it definitely has to be a 'notary public' for anything to do with Visas and overseas!
So I just booked an appt for Fri afternoon and the dude wanted �100 for the 2! I talked him down to �80.
Now I come on here and everyone says �5/7 anywhere!
WTF!?!...
I will call the FCO and post the answer |
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keflyn
Joined: 07 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 7:10 am Post subject: |
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| Where do you live? If you can get to London I suggest the man that mentioned at the start of this thread, he did mine for �5 as well as the other persons. |
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