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[bluewhitesky]

Sorry if this has been asked before.. but has anyone here ever applied by mail to have your degree and VSS confirmed by the Korean consulate in Toronto?

Do I need to send my original photo ID to the consulate along with my other documents? Or is just a photocopy acceptable? Their website says "Photocopy and an original of the photo ID ( Driver's License or Passport)" ... but this does not say if procedures are different when applying by mail for confirmation of degrees/vss. I have heard of other consulates only asking for photocopied ID through mail applications (not originals), so I don't want to risk mailing my ID and having it get lost if I don't have to. I can't get a hold of the consulate to ask them.

Also.. if anyone has applied to do this by mail, how long does it take approximately?

Thanks for your help!

[Dude Ranch]

I actually just sent that stuff by mail to the toronto consulate this past week.

I sent

original degree
3 x photocopies of my degree (all notarized already by a lawyer)

original vss
3 x photocopies of vss (all notarized by lawyer)

two photocopies of my passport
My actual passport

a sealed transcript from my university
$20 cash to pay for the notarization

A return xpresspost envelope with my address written on it for them to send the documents back in, folded up and put inside the intial package

I sent it via Xpresspost

I got them to notarize all three copies so I have back ups just in case


They kept one of the photocopies of my passport, and they kept the transcript I sent. they returned everything else

[polonius]

Normally I would suggest calling the consulate to verify what they need, but in this case, with the Toronto consulate, the woman there in charge of visas (not the secretary) is a complete MORON and doesn't know her a$$ from her head. I can't tell you how many arguments I have had with her because of her misinformation. Retard, moron, waste of air and skin, bag of hammers, ignorant, stupid, and vindictive. Can you sense the hatred I have for her?

[bluewhitesky]

[bluewhitesky]

[polonius]

[Dude Ranch]

Hey,

They called me when they recived my docs. It was a very friendly korean girl. Sounded young, probobly early 20s

I sent $20, recieved $5 back

they notarized 3 copies of my vss and 3 copies of my degree

With expresspost it is next day shipping so the whole process went very fast

Remember though they must be notarized by either a lawyer or public notary first before you send it to the consulate. I got our family lawyer to do it and because he knows us he did it for free.

[KumaraKitty]

So the things that are getting notarized are copies? We have a friend who is coming over and we told them they needed to get their records notarized and the consulate refused to do it. But it was the originals. So we should have them make copies and get them notarized? It is so confusing!! Thanks!

[Dude Ranch]

you can't get a notarization right on the original. The whole point of a notarization is that someone with authority (lawyer, public notary) looks at your original and your copy and verifies that the copy is indeed an exact copy of the original

bring the original and copy to lawyer or public notary, get them to notarize it. then send the copies and the original to the consulate and get them to notarize it a second time. then u send the copy that is notarized twice off to korea nd keep the original

[KumaraKitty]