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Lizara · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Location: Seoul

A couple of people have already asked, but I didn't see an answer... is it possible to get copies of your degree notarized in Korea?

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

Lizara · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Location: Seoul

I mean whatever it is they want in order for it to be accepted instead of my original degree.

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

Lizara · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Location: Seoul

Lame... but thanks for answering the question at last, ttompatz. you rock.

dogshed · Joined: 28 Apr 2006

I did mine via Fedex in the US. I suppose you could ship the degree
to your designated consulate regardless of where you live.

I left my original with my mother in the US so she can ship it to
Chicago if needed.

mirage · Joined: 25 Oct 2007

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

dogshed · Joined: 28 Apr 2006

Norith · Joined: 02 Nov 2007

About the 'rules changing.' I recently went to the Korean Consulate in Atlanta, Georgia and they will NOT certify degrees anymore. From what I was able to gather, as of July '07, Korea has finally agreed to the terms of the Hague Conference, which created an international standard for notarizing documents. You have to go to a superior court clerk and have an apostille attached to your degree (which means it has to be notarized first....though depending on which Superior Court Clerk you go to, they might require that you use their notary form). It's an easy process and most countries accepted the Hague conventions a long time ago....though my degree could certainly have been a fake, since neither the notary public nor the court clerk looked at my actual degree to confirm that the copy was an accurate copy (which of course it was/is...I'm just upset at having lugged it around to 3 different locations for no reason).

I later received word that the immigration office that my school applied to would only accept a) original degrees or b) copies certified by a korean consulate. Fortunately for me, they quickly revoked their statement and said that the copy I'd provided would be fine.

Just wanted to let you guys know so that you don't send your original off to a consulate only to have it rejected.

dimnd · Joined: 19 May 2005 Location: Western USA

had ten copies certified by the consulate in CA last winter...after notarized by my bank with a state seal...cost 2 bucks a page..but that left me a lot of copies...glad I got those when I did.

Draz · Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Location: Land of Morning Clam

Wha? That would make it easier but... I went to the recently updated website of the Vancouver consulate and it didn't say anything about not needing it notarized there. It did say it had to be notarized TWICE which is what I was going to ask about.

Adahma · Joined: 14 Jun 2007

Will American universities send another copy of my diploma so I can have an extra and keep my original?

MiniMoonks · Joined: 30 Oct 2007

sojourner1 · Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 5:53 pm Post subject:

Yes, American university registrar offices will produce another original copy of your diploma.

I got an extra one last year for $10 just in case I lose one while applying for a job. It's supposed to only take 2 weeks, but after 4 weeks I had to nudge the lady in charge of processing them who stated she was having personal problems who then apologized and sent it immediately.

Luckily I applied for it a couple months before leaving for Korea. Always anticipate slow downs in paper work processing even if it states 5 to 10 business days. I always had to call all these office people to nudge them to do their jobs over the years on a number of things.