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[valkerie]

[valkerie]

[valkerie]

[plato's republic]

@stuey,

You can get the copy of your degree notarised by the British Council in Seoul. Then send it to the FCO for the apostille. If you make a postal application for a CRC from Disclosure Scotland, then just make sure you include a handwritten note requesting it to be notarised. Sign and date the note just to be on the safe side. Any other queries you can just email them, and they'll usually respond within 24-48 hours. Postal applications are returned by surface mail, so that can take some time. Otherwise get them to return it to a friend or family member's address in the UK, and then ask them to forward it on to you via airmail.

Good Luck!

[stuey11]

@plato, thanks, I'm gonna get family in the UK notarize my degree then send to FCO for apostille, do you know if it's possible to request a notary from disclosure scotland via the online application?

[plato's republic]

When I made my application, I sent them an email afterwards with my full name, date of birth and disclosure number requesting them to notarise my CRC. It worked for me, so you could just try it. Otherwise, you could try calling them as well.

[stuey11]

@plato, thanks very much great help, just one more question. I am trying to organize for notatization of my degree, asked my parents to enquire about this at the solicitor and they said

Official notary can be done for 85 quid and they would need the original copy of my degree before they will notarize a copy

or

They can provide what they called a 'stamp of oath' which they seemed to think is acceptable for the FCO for 5 quid

I'd really like to avoid sending any original documents if it can be avoided and it would make life easier time wise if can just e-mail to copy of my degree to my parents and get them to notarize it

any suggestions?

[plato's republic]

@stuey,

I'm not too sure about the official notary vs stamp of oath situation. However, according to what others have said on here, �85 for notarisation seems extremely expensive. There's a place in London (Kidd Rapinett or something) that does it for �10. Or your parents could try one of the places by the FCO in Milton Keynes that also charge much less.

I'd say your best bet would be to search back on the boards here, or even shoot off an email to the FCO and ask them whether a stamp of oath is acceptable. Just make sure that that would also be acceptable for Kimmi before going ahead with it.

[Shuntbox]

I have just gone through the visa process in the UK.

Here are my tips.


Criminal Record Check

I got a Subject Access Check from my local police authority - took about a month to come though and cost about �30. This DID NOT need to be notarised before being apostilled.

Degree Certificate

This DID need to be notarised before being apostilled. The cheapest I found was �65 from a lawyer based at the citizens advice bureau in my local city of Derby.

The whole thing is a pretty big rip off to be honest

[morrisonhotel]

[stuey11]

[morrisonhotel]

[elliot79]

please help, my CBC comes to 6 month date on the 13th of November. My first CBC was done through my employer but it took 6 weeks to arrive. i then paid a notoary public a fortune so i could get it apostilled.

How do i get the enhanced one from the police that only costs �10:00?

i couldn't find it on the police link posted earlier.

thanks heaps.

my documents have been in Korea for the past 6 weeks or so and it's been a nightmare, my jobs keep falling through


I've read that in order to get a Disclousre Scotland, you don't have to have resided in Scotland.

Would that be better than getting a CRB or a subject access?

and are both enhanced because the basic one is no longer valid.

[elliot79]

so the enhanced Disclosure Scotland can only be obtained from an employer or an umbrella body, so how would i go about getting an enhanced CRB as an individual?

[morrisonhotel]