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Browncoat Fox
Joined: 14 Jul 2010
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Alright, I have my apostille now and I want to thank everyone who replied. I want to share my experience though for any other Californians going through the same process.
After having my documents notarized in San Diego county I called the SoS office in LA to see if they would apostille both my degree and FBI CBC. They said they would.
I drove up and when I get to talk to someone I was informed that a county clerk signature of authentication (in the county that issued the notarization) was required. This wasn't a huge surprise as it was mentioned here before (and since I last checked in, its been reiterated); it just wasn't usually mentioned and my recruiter was unaware of this step as well so I took my chances to see if I could save a step. So I drove back down to SD and had that done without issue (but it was too late to drive back to LA).
When I got back to LA after the holiday weekend, everything was in order and they apostilled the FBI CBC (and degree copy) without any issue. I think technically they were apostilling the affidavit that I had notarized, and its probably the CBC itself that cannot be notarized or apostilled (the affidavit being a necessary loophole perhaps).
Anyway it was fast and relatively painless (if I had done everything in the correct order), so if you are in CA the "notarize - authenticate - apostille" process should work.
I notarized at UPS for $10 a document I think, authenticated for about the same at a county clerk office (a couple in the county could provide the authentications), and the apostille was 20 dollars a document with a 6 dollar signature fee.
Hopefully this reaffirmation will be encouraging/helpful to anyone else in the state. |
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pixykat222
Joined: 30 Jan 2009
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I'm SO sorry I didn't reply!! For some reason I didn't get notified that any responses were made to this post. I'm glad it all worked out for you though.
Just FYI - once you get your visa issuance number, you can take that directly to the Korean Consulate in LA (along with 1 passport photo, your passport, $45, and visa application) and get the visa within the same day. They'll tell you to come back tomorrow, but just ask if you can pick it up the same day. If you ask they'll just tell you to come back after 2 or 3 or something. Killing a few hours in LA is a lot better than drivin' there twice! Just did this today, so I'm sure it'll work 
Good luck!!! And again, really sorry I didn't respond sooner! -.- |
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aws386
Joined: 18 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Thank you Browncoat Fox for posting how you were able to have everything done. I live in San Diego too and was wondering how to do that, but your last post especially has helped me out a lot! |
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renotsecniv
Joined: 17 Apr 2011
Location: 04/14/1985
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| Browncoat Fox wrote: |
I think technically they were apostilling the affidavit that I had notarized, and its probably the CBC itself that cannot be notarized or apostilled (the affidavit being a necessary loophole perhaps).
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This is the part that I'm confused on. When you say you got your CBC notarized, do you mean you got a notarized copy, or you got a notarized affidavit stating that the CBC was you? Because I went to UPS and told them that I needed my CBC notarized and they said they can't notarize it, they can only notarize a copy?
Confused. Please help. |
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gingercat
Joined: 06 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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| renotsecniv wrote: |
This is the part that I'm confused on. When you say you got your CBC notarized, do you mean you got a notarized copy, or you got a notarized affidavit stating that the CBC was you? Because I went to UPS and told them that I needed my CBC notarized and they said they can't notarize it, they can only notarize a copy?
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To clarify: I am a notary and work with notaries. There is a big misunderstanding as to what notarization really is....you'd be surprised. All we do when we notarize something is confirm that you appeared before us, we verified your ID or know you personally, and that we matched your signature on a document to your license signature. That's it. We do NOT certify that something is "real" or "official" - it's really just saying your signature is truly yours. Further, you are correct that we do not notarize original documents, only copies of originals. This is because your signature usually doesn't appear on an original (like your birth certificate, for example) and would be inappropriate to randomly sign the document. Your options are either to photocopy the original, sign the copy and notarize beneath the signature. Or, type a short letter certifying that you are in custody of the original and that this is a photocopy of the original, that you affirm all contents to be true and valid. Then sign the letter in pen and have the notary stamp below your signature. |
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sweetmelissaj
Joined: 11 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:20 pm Post subject: apostille |
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| Browncoat Fox wrote: |
I think technically they were apostilling the affidavit that I had notarized, and its probably the CBC itself that cannot be notarized or apostilled (the affidavit being a necessary loophole perhaps).
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I was wondering if the affidavit was attached to your FBI CBC or if you wrote the affidavit statement on your actual FBI CBC? What did your affidavit say exactly or generally if you cant remember? lol Also did you use your original FBI CBC? My recruiter said the original document is required for that and a copy of my degree is okay.
Thank you so much for posting your process in detail! This has been so helpful because I dont have enough time to send my FBI CBC to the U.S. Dept of State. |
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