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Skill
Joined: 06 Jul 2011 Location: London
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:19 pm Post subject: Expiry date on Copy of your degree certificate |
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Getting a copy of your degree certificate notarised and then having an apostille put on it can be expenive.
I would like to know can it be re-used again and wheter it has an expiry date like your Criminal Check? |
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ttompatz

Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:07 pm Post subject: Re: Expiry date on Copy of your degree certificate |
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Skill wrote: |
Getting a copy of your degree certificate notarised and then having an apostille put on it can be expenive.
I would like to know can it be re-used again and wheter it has an expiry date like your Criminal Check? |
DON'T get your original degree apostilled.
Get a certified true copy of your degree and get the apostille on that.
That is what you send to Korean immigration (through your employer/recruiter).
You WON'T get it back - which is why immigration wants a (photo)copy of the degree with an apostille affixed to it and they no longer accept originals for the visa application process.
So, I guess to answer your question, since immigration WON'T return it you also won't be able to use it again.
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Skill
Joined: 06 Jul 2011 Location: London
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Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:19 am Post subject: |
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But getting the photocopy notarised cost more than getting a replacement. |
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ttompatz

Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 2:10 am Post subject: |
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Skill wrote: |
But getting the photocopy notarized cost more than getting a replacement. |
How is getting the photo copy notarized and apostilled any more expensive than getting the original notarized and apostilled (other than the cost of a photocopy)?
Regardless, whatever you send (original with apostille or copy with apostille) you will lose it (immigration will keep it and NOT return it).
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rayray123
Joined: 27 Jan 2010 Location: korea
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:19 pm Post subject: Re: Expiry date on Copy of your degree certificate |
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Skill wrote: |
I would like to know ... wheter it has an expiry date like your Criminal Check? |
Does anyone know if they expire? I got several apostilled copies of my degree last year before my first year in Korea. |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Yap
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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A couple weeks ago my local immigration office was satisfied with a photocopy of my diploma that was stamped 12 years ago by the Vancouver consulate.
(They gave it back to me too.)
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DaHu
Joined: 09 Feb 2011
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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My state, MO, will ONLY apostille original documents, no photocopy allowed.
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ttompatz

Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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DaHu wrote: |
My state, MO, will ONLY apostille original documents, no photocopy allowed.
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It must be an odd one if it won't appostille a certified true copy of a document (since in theory there can only be one original).
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isitts
Joined: 25 Dec 2008 Location: Korea
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 9:05 am Post subject: Re: Expiry date on Copy of your degree certificate |
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Skill wrote: |
Getting a copy of your degree certificate notarised and then having an apostille put on it can be expenive.
I would like to know can it be re-used again and wheter it has an expiry date like your Criminal Check? |
They don't expire. I've stocked up. |
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