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ampersandman · Joined: 01 Jun 2013

Is there any truth in this? Heard it from a recruiter. In some states, the state-level Secretary of State is able to apostille a federal document such as an FBI criminal background check, they said. Even if this is true, will the cbc then be accepted by Korean immigration? Thanks.

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

ampersandman · Joined: 01 Jun 2013

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

Skippy · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Daejeon

ampersandman · Joined: 01 Jun 2013

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

young_clinton · Joined: 09 Sep 2009

ampersandman · Joined: 01 Jun 2013

jphill9990 · Joined: 02 Dec 2009

I am currently waiting to see if mine is accepted, my recruiter on the ENglish or Korean side didn't have a problem with it. An apostille is an apostille and should be upheld. It should be noted I had an affadavit apostilled and not the actual check. http://www.epik.kr/ says your state's secretary of state is acceptable on it's website. Go to required documents and you will see it. I hope it's not a porblem for me, I have amuch later start date, so if it gets rejected I should have enough time to go the other route...I pray it isn't though. You should just ask it for it on a national level though, there is no way it would be rejected then.

Skippy · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Daejeon

korea.teacher · Joined: 04 Feb 2009

The SOC for my state, Virginia, told me last month that it could apostille my documents but rejected my cbc check when I visited because I had it notarized, saying it was no longer valid and that I would need a new background check. (I was told over the phone to have my cbc notarized but in-person I was told a downloadable form should be attached with notarization, that the actual document should not be notarized).

Luckily, I didn't give up and contacted the U.S. State Department's Office of Authentications. I spoke to the manager for the office who stated that individual states are no longer permitted to apostille federal documents. She planned to contact my state's SOC to update them.

I visited the U.S. State Department in person and they apostilled my cbc. I then had to take my diploma copy to another office in D.C. to have that apostilled, but together got both done within 2 hours.(the diploma copy can be done at your state SOC).

wannabTeach · Joined: 09 Jul 2013 Location: NORFOLK VA

thanks because i was gonna go thru my SoS here in VA but sfter reading ur comments, i'll go to DC & hav the FEDs do it for me.

jphill9990 · Joined: 02 Dec 2009

FYI, my documents were approved, both were state level apostilles. CBC had an affadavit that was apostilled, so i guess that is different. None the less, it is a hagwon job and I am good to go with state level checks. If you can, just do federal and save yourself the worries.