Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Hadit]

I was thinking of getting a job in Korea in August or September, but I also plan to leave the US and travel until then. I am wondering if it would make sense to get the CRC, etc., now, even though it might be a little over six months when I would need it. Thanks.

[gelynch52]

The last I heard Korea allows the CRC to be only 30 days old from time of apostille.

[gelynch52]

[cookiedowe]

Does anyone know the phone number of another officer or perhaps Mr. Choi's e-mail address? When I called 02-500-9068 no one answered.

[cookiedowe]

[eoneinna]

Okay, I spent all day today calling the FBI, US Embassy in Korea, Secretary of State (California) and CJIS. HERE is the updated scoop on this situation (3/9/2010):

**THIS IS FOR CALIFORNIA ONLY and you must have someone in California help you (receiving address)**

1. Call the CJIS (304) 625-5590 and ask them to send FD-258 Fingerprint cards to your Korean address. Why? B/c the Secretary of State will NOT Apostille CRC results if they are NOT on official FD-258 cards. You CANNOT just print the form out from online, other states may allow this but California does not.

2. Take your FD-258 Fingerprint cards to any Police HEAD QUARTERS, not station

3. Write a written request "I need this NOTORIZED yada yada yada" (or they won't do it) on your cover letter. Also, The request must be accompanied by satisfactory proof of identity (consisting of name, date and place of birth, copy of ID, copy of passport, country of destination, and a set of roll-inked fingerprint impressions) and a certified check or money order for the $18 processing fee. Send all of this to CJIS.

4. Wait 13 + weeks until it reaches your California address. Have your contact check the notarization and have them send it to the Secretary of State. Along with the necessary documents: 1. Make a cover letter stating the country of destination 2. Self-addressed AND stamped letter. (So I guess they send internationally, but I will double check when I call back in a couple hours) 3. $20 professing fee check

5. WAIT! and wait..

This is what the FBI, Secretary of State and US Embassy in Korea told me to do. I was going to get my CRC and just take it to the Seoul Embassy in Korea but the lady told me that they do not do Notorize or Apostille via an Affidavit and that I MUST get it via my State...

[jamiemexi]

You can have apostille pros help you. They have a live scan fingerprinting machine that can eletronically capture your fingerprints and your information get sent to the department of justice database. It's only a state background check and it takes 2-3 business days if you have no record, most agency take state background checks. FBI fingerprints can be done there as well, sometimes its done faster than 13 weeks. Also, they can handle the apostille and send it to South Korea.

www.apostillepros.com

[mamagata]

[gelynch52]

[gelynch52]

For American citizens, the process is similar, but the legal form is an affidavit. Once you receive the background check (issued by federal, state, or local authorities per Immigration regs), bring it to the U.S. Embassy and ask to fill out an affidavit�they have blank forms available. On that affidavit, you will state that you obtained the attached background check from (name of agency), and that the attached document is authentic, true, correct, unaltered, etc. Attach your background check to that form, sign it before the consular officer, and have them notarize it. The fee is $30.00. (http://seoul.usembassy.gov/notarial_services.html, "Administration of Oath")



Has anyone ACTUALLY had a CRC duly apostilled or authenticated at the US Embassy in Seoul?

Since I am American and living in The Philippines I wonder if that apostille can be accomplished at the US Embassy in Manila and accepted in Korea?

[boatofcar]

I got a CRC in 2007 when I came to Korea the first time. Now, going back for the Fall of 2010, I assume I'll need a new one. Is there any time frame limitation on when I have to get it done? For example, I'm a US citizen currently living in the UK. If I get a CRC done in the states and mailed to me in the UK, and get it apostilled at the US Embassy in the UK, does it have to be done X amount of days before I enter Korea?

[freeridden]

Let's say you are already on a E2 visa. Your contract ends on August 25th. You go to Thailand for a month and then find a new job in Korea that starts in October/November. Since you have to get a new visa, do you need to get a criminal background check again? How about sealed transcripts?

[OculisOrbis]

boatofcar: korean immigration will accept CRC's up to six months past the issue date.

freeridden: you need to submit everything again

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[naturegirl321]