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[Aussiekimchi]

These days many Korean consulates and emabssies are not notarising degrees for applicants.

The official policy of Kimmi used to be they would ONLY accept notarised copies from these consulates or embassies.

We called Kimmi today.
Both Incheon and Mokdong confirmed that ONLY degrees notarised by consulates and embassies would be accepted.

If this is impossible through your consulate or embassy, you MUST send your original degree.

We are not sure if we are getting answers from Kimmi officers too lazy to look up any new policies...therefore...

Since the new visa regs came in, has anyone received an E2 visa with a degree notarised by any other office?

NB: I am aware Canadians send their degrees to a notary but they still have to send them to the consulate after this to be confirmed.

[Ut videam]

This all goes back to the Hague Convention (apostille treaty).

Now that Korea has signed on to the Hague Convention (i.e., since July 2007), Korean embassies/consulates in countries that are party to the Convention will no longer authenticate legal/public documents for use in Korea. In those countries, the documents must now be authenticated by apostille instead.

So now, in 6 of the "Big 7" English-speaking countries eligible for E-2s, it seems that diploma copies must be apostilled in order to be acceptable to Korean Immigration. Since Canada is not party to the Convention, the old procedure of authenticating the copies at an embassy/consulate remains in effect.