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[antgonz]

I went here http://www.apostilleinfo.com/usa.htm and found the one for Raleigh, North Carolina but they sent it back saying they needed a notary which I had on the fingerprints. They say I need a written statement and a sheet of paper withsomeone to watch me sign and they will notarize to which they will use that same piece of paper to have the Apostille Seal placed on it. Now to avoid all this hassle should I just fill this out instead:

http://apostille.us/new_web/PD_BC.shtml#
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http://apostille.us/Documents/Document_Criminal_Record.shtml
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This site will get me background check, apostille stamp and they will send it to Korea.
They say they will do this on the site:




Retrieve a Criminal Record


Obtain an Apostille (for Hague Convention countries) or foreign certification (for non-Hague countries)


Translate the Criminal Record into the target language


Have the Criminal Record authenticated by the Consulate or Embassy of the target county

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Now my question is will it be worth paying. It is 415$

[Gnawbert]

I don't know the specifics to your state, but I can tell you exactly how I went about it in California, and it proved to be the same for my friends state as well.

1)
Get your criminal background check via whatever state-wide method available. I had to go into a local place that offered LiveScan fingerprinting. They took thermal images of my fingerprints, fired them off via the inter-tubs of world wide webs to some statewide database that automatically checked them against known terrorists. 4 days later I got a nice form back that said I "HAD NO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND BASED ON A FINGERPRINT SEARCH".

2)
Took the Criminal Background Check to a Notary IN THE SAME COUNTY as the County Clerks office. For me, it was Santa Clara, CA. They notarized it, attached a form that had my fingerprint, and the notaries.

3)
Took the CRC and the Notarized Form attached to the County Clerks Office, where they verified the Notary was indeed a real Notary, and not Joe my 2nd Cousin. They attached a 2nd piece of paper to the Notary certifying it.

4)
Went to the Secretary of State's office and filled out an Apostille form, handed it to the nice lady and 10 minutes later, I had a 3rd form attached to the front of the other three with a nice gold seal on it.

That was the exact same process my friend had to go through, except she was able to get her CBC in person from her state AND have it notarized in that very same office, as well as certified in the same building, thus making my 4 stop voyage a 2 stop voyage for her.

The most important thing is to call the department in your state that does the apostille and ask them to EXPLAIN every step to you one at a time. The process was incredibly vague until I got to someone at the state department who literally walked me through what they needed over the phone step by step.

I paid about $160 dollars total, plus a full day of driving in traffic. All in all, not too bad since I lived near one of the 4 State Department Buildings in California. Had I lived in, say, Central California, Fresno, etc., it would have been a loooooooong day or a day plus a night at a motel 6.

Is it worth $415? I have no idea for you, but for me, heck no! The apostille company I spoke with offered to do it for $150 per document, which would have been $300 for my CBC & Degree x2 for my friends. Definitely not worth it to me, but then again, I was close enough that it wasn't a massive odyssey.

[spliff]

Humjobs work well.

[antgonz]

spliff what is wrong with you? Are you just one of those types?