Korean Job Discussion Forums

oubeijin · Joined: 24 Aug 2012

Hello everyone:

Here's my problem, and I'm just wondering if there's anyone who already went through this or not. I'm not sure if it will be a problem or not.
While I did read the CRC sticky, my situation is a bit more specialized, because I am in Japan, and dealing with the Canadian Embassy and Japanese police services here.

I contacted the Canadian embassy, and they gave me the approriate forms. I will need to go to a Japanese police office to get fingerprinted. However, the Embassy told me this .

YTMND · Joined: 16 Jan 2012 Location: You're the man now dog!!

What if you go to a Korean embassy? Can they verify it?

oubeijin · Joined: 24 Aug 2012

That is a possibility, but it's a Korean embassy in Japan,
I don't know if they would know English, or if their services apply to non-Japanese/non-koreans.
Doesn't it have to be notarized by an Embassy of the country where I am a citizen? Question

Worth checking out though

CentralCali · Joined: 17 May 2007

You won't be using the fingerprint card abroad. You'll be using it in Canada. You'll be getting a national CRC in Canada. It is that CRC which you will then be using abroad, not the fingerprint cards. All you'll be doing at the Japanese police station is having them roll your fingers onto the card to obtain the prints and then the police officer or technician who does the fingerprinting will date and sign the card. You take the card and request the check on your own.

schwa · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Yap

Once you've submitted your prints to the RCMP in Canada & received a clean record check, you'll need to have that form notarized and then certified at a Korean embassy or consulate in Canada.

That last step can be done by proxy. With a letter from me authorizing her & a scan of my passport, my daughter was able to do the legwork for me in Vancouver.

oubeijin · Joined: 24 Aug 2012

I just received an e-mail from the Canadian Embassy in Japan, who went out there way to contact the Canadian Embassy in Korea, and Korean immigration, so it's reliable.

Here's what they said:

tiddles · Joined: 25 Aug 2009

I did this for an FBI check from Japan last year. The japanese police refused to fingerprint me, so I had to just do it myself. They said something about how in Japan you can only get prints done if you're arrested.

I sent like 6 sets of prints to the FBI hoping that one would work. It did. Laughing