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[robt.stokebailey]

Sorry if this has been discussed previously, but I wasn't finding any explanation-translation in my search...

I'm a newbie into the ESL job-seeking world and am trying to translate just what I must do to submit myself to a criminal background check for a Korean position. I'm asked to make sure that, "documents must be authenticated by a notary, by your county office, and by your State Office in that order."

I'm assuming that I just can't go to my local sheriff's office and have them do the background check with their stamp of approval as I would for a U.S. school seeking criminal background check.

Anybody U.S. citizen know just what exactly this calls for me to do? If so, please explain.

[fugitive chicken]

The apostille varies from state to state, I would say look it up online what your state requires for an apostille.

when you get your criminal background check, you need to get it notarized. Go to any local notary and get the stamp. Next, (at least in California) I needed to go to the county courthouse to get that notary verified (a stamp saying that the person who notarized my CBC was authorized to do so) Then you need to go to the secretary of state's office and get an apostille. Luckily for me, there was a second office a closer drive for me. I didn't have to go all the way to the capital.

I think most states follow this guideline; some vary slightly.

[mooncake08]

Yes your background check is performed at the police station. Its the same one you would get done to work at a school in the U.S. After you get your background check, you have to get it apostilled so that it is recognized as a legal document outside of the U.S. Now the apostille must be performed at the secretary of states office.

http://gone2korea.com/apostille-united-states.html

This website gives a list of where to get it done in each state.

[robt.stokebailey]

Thanks! I really appreciate the clarity of the two answers above.

[grant gerstners]

I'm from the U.S. and went to the state patrol office to request my CBC and asked also that they notarize it, at the same time, which they did.

Then I brought the notarized CBC to the state capital building to get it apostilled.