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Apostille of FBI CBC and diploma

 
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LAtoSeoul



Joined: 06 Sep 2011
PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:36 am    Post subject: Apostille of FBI CBC and diploma Reply with quote
Just want to clarify the steps now.
Just recieved the FBI CBC and now want to get it and my diploma apostilled. I want to get it expediated.
What is a good service to go through?
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LAtoSeoul



Joined: 06 Sep 2011
PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Also, does your dilpoma need to be apostilled by DOS
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Gorf



Joined: 25 Jun 2011
PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Don't use the apostille service from the DoS. They take months and it's not necessary. Trust me, I found out the hard way.

Get it done from your State's Secretary of State office. It should take a week and they will do federal documents like the FBI CBC as well.

FYI, the DoS won't do apostilles on Diplomas, only federal documents.
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LAtoSeoul



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 10:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just talked to my sec of state and they said no they cannot do it even if it is notarized. It has to be done through washington
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sweetkiss



Joined: 04 Nov 2010
PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah that sounds right. Federal documents are only supposed to be apostilled through department of state. you could try apostillepros. they're the only ones that i know of but its kinda pricey Sad so i passed >_< hopefully i will somehow still get my documents soon T_T
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isitts



Joined: 25 Dec 2008
Location: Korea
PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:35 am    Post subject: Re: Apostille of FBI CBC and diploma Reply with quote
LAtoSeoul wrote:
Just want to clarify the steps now.
Just recieved the FBI CBC and now want to get it and my diploma apostilled. I want to get it expediated.
What is a good service to go through?


There are a few services that get the CBC apostilled for you. One is apostillepros. I also saw the sites of a couple others that do it:

EDAS (Federal and State level documents - so they could do your diploma, too)
http://www.expressauthentication.com/index.html

and Logos (only Federal - so just the CBC)
http://www.logosgroup.com/servises.html


I haven't used any of these groups so you could contact them, or look up reviews on all of them.

As for your diploma, check with your Secretary of State. If the turnaround isn't that bad (like, it'sonly 5 days in Virginia), then maybe no need to expediate it. Main thing to remember with authenticating your diploma is that it has to be notarized and apostilled in the same state.

Also, different states have different requirements for authenticating documents. In Washington State, all I needed to do was sign a copy of my diploma and my bank notarized it. Then the Secretary of State put an apostille on it (and it took 15 days).

Virginia's Secretary of State was more particular. They didn't need my signature on the diploma copy, but it did need a stamp that indicated it was a true copy, and there needed to be a separate notarial statement sent with the notarized copy of the diploma.

Anyway, call your secretary of State and find out exactly what you need. Then find the notary public that will do what you need. And don't let the notary publics steer you a different way. The SOS is the boss. If one notary public won't do what you want, find another one...or talk to someone else there.

My bank wouldn't do a true copy stamp (even though they had the stamp), so I went to UPS. UPS didn't understand why I needed the stamp I insisted on the first time I went there. So I called the SOS on what I needed, went back to UPS and had them do what I needed done.

Anyway, long story short on the diploma apostille, call your Sec of State first.

Good luck!
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isitts



Joined: 25 Dec 2008
Location: Korea
PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
LAtoSeoul wrote:
Just talked to my sec of state and they said no they cannot do it even if it is notarized. It has to be done through washington


...for the CBC.

And the flip side is that the Dept.of State can't apostille your notarized diploma. But you can see my post above for that.
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