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pk_00 · Joined: 30 Jul 2010

Hey guys,

In the "New E2 Regulations_ Diploma (7/15)_ FBI Check (US, 2011)" thread Park English posted:

headache · Joined: 02 Jun 2009

I'm Canadian, too. I was in the same situation as yours. I got the letter from my university and it was proof enough, but that was a while ago, so you'd better get your answers straight from the horse's mouth, i.e. Korean Immigration or maybe the Korean embassy/consulate.

Another option is to go to your university, talk to the registrar (not his/her secretary) and explain your situation and your need to get the diploma in your hands as soon as possible. They get them months in advance, so it's not that they can't do it; they just prefer to wait until the ceremony. I'm not guessing this, by the way, a friend of mine got his that way. He was supposed to wait months for it but after showing his contract with his Korean school as a proof of what he said was true, he got it.

pk_00 · Joined: 30 Jul 2010

Thanks a lot headache!

I'll be heading up to my university (McMaster) to try what you said. Hopefully they budge! If not, hopefully Korean immigration allows for notarized letters of verification from the university.

Did you go through the Toronto consulate, by any chance?

headache · Joined: 02 Jun 2009

Nope, I went through Montreal.

Also, I have to say that my friend had called at several different universities to know their policy about the diplomas. You should do that as well. It gives you more arguments. I think the one in Ottawa told him that he would get it at the ceremony or it would be sent to him right away if he wished to since he lived too far to go back to Ottawa just to get it (when he called, he did so as if he were a student there).