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ontheway · Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 9:56 am Post subject:

UPDATE:

As of yesterday, notarized degrees that have been certified by a Korean consulate ARE still accepted.

Yesterday, our wonjangnim took all the paperwork for our newest teacher to immigration to be processed. This paperwork included a black and white photocopy of the new teacher's university diploma, which had been certified, sealed transcripts, photos etc. The original diploma was not needed. The new teacher did not have to send it to Korea. All the paperwork was processed and the visa issuance number was issued in about 30 minutes! There was no problem and no delay.

You can still use photocopies that have been certified. You MUST have sealed transcripts.

curiouswd · Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Location: St. Louis, MO

hi, i have a bachelor's and master's. does anyone think i should bother getting sealed transcripts from my bachelor's too or will the transcripts from my master's suffice? i'm only asking because that means more cash out of the pocket =)

spliff · Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

Master's, of course...can't go on to a Masters w/out first completeing your undergraduate degree. Unless, you're Canadian...w/ a degree from Mooselimboutbackski! Very Happy

Noureli · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Location: Nowhere but Here

Before coming to Korea, I took my degree to the Korean Consulate in order to certify it but they said that it had to be notarized and that costs about $35 that why I couldn't afford to certify copies. Just wondering if in other cities they do it diffrently.

cazador83 · Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Location: Seoul

ok, so i've been in Korea for a month now. Before I left, i sent my original diploma to the Houston Consulate to get copied/stamped and then sent that to Korea.

now that I'm here working, my boss tells me today "we need your original diploma" for some type of education verification blah blah something... i dont remember for sure.

so is this just total BS? and if it is, why do they even want it anyway?? my diploma is back home!

ontheway · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:11 am Post subject:

jmoore2001,

If you've already got your E2 visa (I assume you do since you're already working), then your boss does NOT need your original diploma. Tell him it's back home locked up in a bank safety deposit box and that you won't be able to get it until you fly back home. If he buys you a round trip ticket you'll be happy to go get it for him.

He doesn't need it.

If you don't have an E2 visa yet, you might need your original diploma to do a visa run.

cazador83 · Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Location: Seoul

yes i already have my e-2 visa! thats exactly why i'm wondering what she meant by that. i DID tell her it was in storage, and she started asking if my parents could get to it or something and i said i'd check (to give me more time to think of another excuse).

i'm seriously wondering why she thinks she needs it.

ontheway · Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 5:28 am Post subject:

This subject keeps coming up. Photocopies are still OK to use if they have been certified.

huffdaddy · Joined: 25 Nov 2005

TheUrbanMyth · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Location: Retired

ontheway · Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:41 am Post subject:

Again.

We used a certified photocopy of a diploma once again for a new teacher coming to Korea. The visa issuance number took only 2 business days from the time we filed the paperwork to receipt of the number.

So, as of June 2006, it's still true.

Do NOT send your original diploma to anyone. You can still use certified photocopies.

daz1979 · Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Location: Gangwon-Do

Hi

I'm having real trouble with this degree malarky!!

I thought that all I would need to to would be call the Korean Embassy in London, they say they do it at a nice cheap price of �1.20 a pop but first I have to first get the documents certified at the chamber of commerce!!! Which at the time sounded strange but I phoned the C.O.C in London they said yes they do it but it costs �30 for a copy!

So �30.00 + 10 copies at �1.20 and a �60.00 train fare to London was my option!

Then I found out there was a C.O.C in Leeds near where I live so I phoned them thinking I would save the �60.00 train fare....................... However they stated that they do not and have never heard of such a thing as certifying or indead notarizing documents from someone living in the UK!!!

They say try the foreign office or my University but I say ask you guys Laughing

Also reading other posts what actually are sealed transcripts? When I requested 10 sealed transcripts from my University they sent 10 envelopes with my results in! Is that all I need or do they need a stamp or something accross them?

Any advice?

Antrugha · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Location: On a 2-wheeled engine

Grotto · Joined: 21 Mar 2004

My last two years in Korea. I took my original degree to an immigration office and they photocopied it and signed the copy as an original copy. No charge, no hassle and no problems with using it for my visa!

daz1979 · Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Location: Gangwon-Do