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Expiry date on Copy of your degree certificate

 
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Skill



Joined: 06 Jul 2011
Location: London

PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:19 pm    Post subject: Expiry date on Copy of your degree certificate Reply with quote

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

PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Expiry date on Copy of your degree certificate Reply with quote

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

PostPosted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

But getting the photocopy notarised cost more than getting a replacement.
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ttompatz



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea

PostPosted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 2:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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

PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Expiry date on Copy of your degree certificate Reply with quote

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

PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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

PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My state, MO, will ONLY apostille original documents, no photocopy allowed.

Sad
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ttompatz



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

DaHu wrote:
My state, MO, will ONLY apostille original documents, no photocopy allowed.

Sad


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

PostPosted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 9:05 am    Post subject: Re: Expiry date on Copy of your degree certificate Reply with quote

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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