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[maddog]

I asked a while ago in the general forum but was hoping for more responses.

SEVERAL recruiters have told me that notarized copies of degrees are no longer acceptable. Additionally, the South Korean Embassy in London say they no longer offer that service anyway.

However, several other recruiters have told me that notarized degrees ARE acceptable and that I should have no problem getting them done at the Embassy.

I REALLY don't want to send my original degree, but what else can I do?!

MD

[ttompatz]

[TonyAu]

I'm in London now, about to go to Korea, and I've just worked out what needs to be done, without much help from the Korean embassy.

Even sending your orginal degree isn't enough - it needs to be 'authenticated', or 'legalised'. ie. you need to prove that it is a real degree, by comparing the seal and signatures with a database of all the universities in your country.

If your degree is from a British University, this can be done at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (http://www.fco.gov.uk/legalisation). If, like me, your degree is from a foreign university, you'll need to have this done at your country's embassy. I'm Australian, and the Australian High Commission did this for me in a few minutes one morning. Unfortunately, they needed to put a big stamp on the back of my degree, but at least it's done.

Now all I need is my Visa Issuance Number, and I'll be on my way.

[syclick]

I know many others have said this before, but I would NOT hand over my original degree. There is just way too much chance of it getting lost or destroyed. I gave 3 or 4 notarized copies to the two schools that I worked for, and never saw them again.