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[Shimokitazawa]

[cheolsu]

You don't need a fingerprint-based check. I just got a local police check (Peel police will do it for you while you wait) stamped by the Korean consulate in Toronto.

I'm willing to be proven wrong in this case, but often recruiters are just full of it.

[Shimokitazawa]

[ttompatz]

[Skippy]

Not all places are created equal. Some cities will allow a check done through mail. Some will need certain documents. Others have different procedures. Some will need to you pick up in person. Another might provide a webpage to check out which can not be stamped/verified. Also things change. Winnipeg Police used to be the place for esl teachers here in Korea. Not anymore.

My Calgary one needed no fingerprints. I did from here in Korea. Through a Korean notary to certify a copy of my birth certificate and passport was a little touchy (touch expensive). But I got a CRC in about two weeks.

It comes to a certain point you have to stop planning and figuring out and just do it.

You could have be yayad. Person on the phone or counter likes to do things one way, any other way becomes a NO. Or simply put just did not want to deal with you and was curt and simple.

You should try again with the words "Police Certificate" rather then "Police Check".

Also gone2korea is a recruiter site. Compare the procedures on the various recruiters sites and you will get a thousand variations. For example Canadians will need an apostilled CRC. Which is not possible. Another says only an RCMP check. No other city checks are possible. Some recruiters do not really know the procedures, others the information is old. In the end the best places on the right way is Korean Government sites ala consulate for your area and the Immigration site. PLUS ttompatz. He is the resident expert.

As to tompattz. You be nice to him! He has probably helped more idiots, helplessand newbie people then most posters here. Heck he has probably done more help then an English speaking immigration official on a good day. He maybe curt and even sometimes a little nasty but a nasty helpful person is better then nothing.

Also it is people like you OP that warped him. Tom used to be a lot more verbose and helpful. But after a couple years of people asking the same questions over and over and freaking over again he has got abrupt. I am still amazed he is still posting.

[Shimokitazawa]

I went down to the Vancouver Police Department this afternoon and was told that it would take a minimum of 3 weeks to complete the report. No finger prints needed.

However, the Vancouver Police will not just do a CPIC check, they will perform checks in several other data basis including their local VPD data base, PIRS and several other data bases. These other checks aren't required by Korean Immigration but Vancouver Police do them anyways - in fact, applicants don't have a choice.

The cost is $70.

Again, they'll only do the checks for city residents and ask for proof of residency when you go in to do the check.

An RCMP Detachment that I called a few days ago said that they could probably do it in 10 days. I think they said it would cost about $40.

So, there really is no consistency in terms of cost and turn around time and the types of data bases that the different police services check, although they all do a CPIC check.

[Shimokitazawa]

[ttompatz]

[Skippy]

[Shimokitazawa]

ttompatz,

You're really having a meltdown here. Time for you to step away from the forum.

At any rate, I went in to the Richmond RCMP this afternoon and obtained the check in 10 minutes. What I received is called a Canadian Police Certificate. Cost was $56.25 and I got two copies. My understanding is that it is just a CPIC check and nothing else.

Vancouver City Police said that it would take minimum 3 weeks to process their check and they search PIRS and several other data bases they have access to. The cost is $70.

The other RCMP detachment in Calgary I checked with a few days ago said it would take about 10 days to process at a cost of about $40.

So it really depends on where you have your criminal record check done in terms of how long it takes and cost. Ironically, even though the RCMP are often reported as taking a lot longer, the Richmond Detachment was the quickest turnaround time.

So now it's just a matter of getting the documents notarized and then going over to the Korean consulate in Vancouver and having them verified.

[Skippy]

Good - you got it done. It was not that hard. What you got was the name check aka Police Certificate. For us in Korea are only (usually) choice is a fingerprint check which has to go Ottawa and takes about 4 months to be processed.

Also why all the checking around. All this hassle to save maybe 20 dollars and/or get it quicker? Never mind the couple of days you spent calling around and posting here?

Also why call the Calgary RCMP. The RCMP is a national organization. I am surprised the RCMP in Calgary did not just say to you go to the nearest detachment and get it done.

[Shimokitazawa]

And I learned another thing here.

I had a second copy of academic transcripts notarized for about $30 today that I thought I had to include with the official, sealed academic transcripts and notarized photocopy of my degree. I got to the Korean consulate and the clerk told me that the second set of notarized transcripts were not needed. They merely needed the official, sealed academic transcripts.

So, if anyone is about to make the same mistake I did...just the official, sealed academic transcripts are required.

[Skippy]

I hope you did not open up all of them! Or Hope the consulate was understanding!

Come on you knew the transcripts had to be SEALED. It even states on the Vancouver consulate site! (The most clear of all Canadian consulates)
http://can-vancouver.mofat.go.kr/english/am/can-vancouver/visa/university/index.jsp