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illvibetip
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Location: south korea
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 Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 6:14 pm Post subject: what is an appostile stamp? - in laymans please |
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imoscardotcom
Joined: 01 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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http://www.asknow.ca/criminalcheck.aspx
Scroll down to the very bottom of the page for a picture of a state-issued apostille. It is a document which verifies the authenticity of another document. It is attached (stapled) and usually has a seal and a numbered list stating which country it was issued in, who issued it (the info is on the picture on the link). |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 6:45 pm Post subject: Re: what is an appostile stamp? - in laymans please |
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| illvibetip wrote: |
Ive read another thread on this but Im a bit thick and dont really understand.
What exactly is it?
The reason Im asking is that Im in the process writing to different embassies to ask if they will make out the certificate/stamp .
Sometimes, if its not a procedure people have used, they may not want to issue or be sure what it is etc...
I would like to explain very basically, simply but most of all, be sure I have been accurate in describing it so there are no misunderstandings.
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What is it?
The Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents is one of the international treaties drafted by the Hague Conference on Private International Law.
It specifies the modalities through which a document issued in one of the signatory countries can be certified for legal purposes in all the other signatory states. Such a certification is called an apostille (a French word meaning certification). It is an international certification comparable to a notarisation in domestic law.
NOT ALL COUNTRIES ARE PARTY TO THE CONVENTION. Canada is one example where an apostille is NOT possible (Canada is not a signatory to the treaty).
Embassies do NOT apostille a document.
In regards to certification of documents for immigration purposes (in respect to Korea) the process varies from country to country and in the case of the US, from state to state. |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Location: dans la chambre
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| Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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you cant get it apostiled by an embassy? Im not saying youre wrong but is contradictory to information I read last week in a thread.
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nstick13
Joined: 02 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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If you're in Korea, immigration will accept a sworn affidavit from your embassy in place of an apostille.
So, no, you cannot get it apostilled by an embassy, but you can get the suitable replacement for an apostille from the embassy per Korean immigration.
www.hikorea.go.kr Look through there (information-->immigration to start with) |
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