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morrisonhotel
Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Gyeonggi-do
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 Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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Just to be clear for those of us in Korea and havent had our degree apostiled yet, we have to
1st - send the original degree home to a public notary, where he will make a photocopy of it and state that it is a true copy of the genuine document.
2nd - send the photocopy (and the orginal?) to the FCO, where they will put a stamp on the photocopy to state that they have checked that it is a true copy of the genuine document.
Is .... this .... right?
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1st. Yes, but you can also use the British Council in Seoul (they do multiple copies for you rather than just one). There's another possibility in Korea, but I can't remember off the top of my head what it is.
2nd. Just the photocopy. Yes, that is right. |
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Setaro
Joined: 08 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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| morrisonhotel wrote: |
| semphoon wrote: |
Just to be clear for those of us in Korea and havent had our degree apostiled yet, we have to
1st - send the original degree home to a public notary, where he will make a photocopy of it and state that it is a true copy of the genuine document.
2nd - send the photocopy (and the orginal?) to the FCO, where they will put a stamp on the photocopy to state that they have checked that it is a true copy of the genuine document.
Is .... this .... right?
Any advice? |
1st. Yes, but you can also use the British Council in Seoul (they do multiple copies for you rather than just one). There's another possibility in Korea, but I can't remember off the top of my head what it is.
2nd. Just the photocopy. Yes, that is right. |
Yes, that's right. But for the 1st point, just use a solicitor, the difference is a solicitor will charge you 5 pound, the Public Notary will charge 50/60/70+ pounds. The FCO will give the apostille stamp either way, so there's no reason to send it to a Notary. |
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morrisonhotel
Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Gyeonggi-do
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| Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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| ^ Agreed. The BC is more convenient than any other option but is also quite costly for the process and it takes about a week. |
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semphoon
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Location: Where Nowon is
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| Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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I had no idea you could use the BC for the first step. How much does it cost?
Then send of the photocopy of the FCO and they stamp it as official? Any idea of how long the process takes?
Many thanks. |
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morrisonhotel
Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Gyeonggi-do
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:10 am Post subject: |
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I can't remember. It wasn't, comparatively speaking, that cheap, but they do photocopy your degree five times and notarise all five copies individually.
Yes, and your guess is as good as mine. They say anything up to 14 days, but I read somewhere that 21 days is more likely for processing it for citizens living overseas. |
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