Korean Job Discussion Forums

[lorunner07]

I should be receiving my background check soon and then I'll be sending my documents off to Korea.

Does anyone have any suggestions on the best method to do this?

The US postal service lost my mail before so I'm worried about sending it through them, but I might have to.

Also, how did you send it? Express mail? I obviously want to get it there fast but don't want to spend a fortune.

I appreciate the help.

[koreatimes]

I think DHL or FedEx would be the options. You can track it online. I ordered some books from the US this way when I was in Korea.

[itiswhatitis]

UPS is also very good

[DaHu]

The USPS has fine international document service at a reasonable price.

[bioberd]

I used Fedex express. It got to South Korea in two days and then the person recieved one or two days later. It was fifty dollars bit it got there in about four days. I was able to track it al the way to the person I sent it to. I hope this helps.

[Reggie]

I've shipped mine FedEx both times. This time, it was $42 or so and arrived in two days.

[Modernist]

I paid thirty bucks and used the Postal Service's EMS, complete with tracking number and delivery BEFORE the date promised [~ a week is what they tell you].

Unless you are uncommonly paranoid, I wouldn't waste money with FedEx. The chance an EMS document envelope will be lost somehow is very low, and Korea Post has an excellent reputation for getting EVERYTHING where it's going [astonishing when you consider the general absence of addresses, multi-tenant buildings everywhere and ridiculous street layouts in Korean cities].

The only reason to pay extra for FedEx or DHL is if the docs have to be there, like, yesterday.

[mikesaidyes]

I used FedEx from South Carolina and it was $52 and arrived on my recruiter's desk two days after I sent it. I was even shocked that even though it arrived in Seoul at like 1 PM at the sorting facility, it was on the truck and delivered that day! (Unlike America where essentially if it's not on the truck at 7 AM it's not there that day hah) There's too much going on with all of these documents, red tape, processing times, etc. to risk it with the postal service THAT far.

Case in point, there were two people in the apostille office in DC that had their docs lost by the postal service or were "Delivered" but actually weren't. Horror stories abound.

It's worth the peace of mind.

[DaHu]

People getting it quicker isn't going to do any good. I mean, who's to say it doesn't sit on their desk for a few days? Will the recruiter suddenly run out of jobs?

I guess if you're trying to get a visa and it's down to the last minute, you might want to go with the fastest ($$$), but otherwise, I'd try to save some money.

[movybuf]

You might be lucky and get your documents in the next autogyro from Prussia to Siam.

[Kwikly]

So many pages talking about the process, but I cannot find the simple straight line from getting fingerprints done to getting the notarized and Apostilled Background Check back here in Seoul.

Can someone please just write down the simple steps, from getting the fingerprints to getting the authenticated (notarized/apostilled) Background Check (CRC) from the FBI??

So far, what I can make out is:

1. get fingerprinted at a local dong office or police station
2. get these prints notarized by the U.S. Embassy
3. send them to the FBI in the States for their CRC work
4. get the results back here in Seoul (where I am) (?)
5. send them back to the States for an Apostille (?)
6. have the Apostille authority return the results to me in Seoul.


Is this correct, or am I off base somewhere??

Thanks to any and all who can give me the simple steps I need to go through!


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[SeoulNate]

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[Kwikly]