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Antrugha · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Location: On a 2-wheeled engine

Hey,
ok, so quick question... I just talked to a lady at the consulate's office in toronto and she said that i need to send them a notarized degree with a lawyer's stamp that it is real? A lawyer's stamp?? I never heard of this...? I thought that getting notarized copies of the degree from my university would be enough? I really would like to send this overnight to toronto today to try and get this process rolling (because i need my visa before june 21st, which is when i'm leaving) Neutral

Thanks for any help guys... i've tried looking around but the search feature is useless... gyah!

Antrugha · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Location: On a 2-wheeled engine

and damnit! the korean toronto ebassy site is down... apparently they forgot to renew their web site contract?? wtf??

http://www.consulatekorea-tor.org/
click on the "why am i seeing this page?" thing at the top right

Harpeau · Joined: 01 Feb 2003 Location: Coquitlam, BC

Possibly, you might have to take your actual BA (whatever) degree to a lawyer's office and have them make a photocopy and you pay them to notorise it~ making the photocopy legit and then mail the photocopy to Toronto. Check to be certain, it's only my guess and I could be wrong.

All the best!

Antrugha · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Location: On a 2-wheeled engine

hmmm, interesting
i called them again and again they said that... i've never heard of this, has anyone else had experience with this?

Grotto · Joined: 21 Mar 2004

sounds like some staff has their own interpretation of the rules.

If you go to the embassy with your original degree in hand they should photocopy it for you and stamp it as a certified copy. I did that twice and it worked!

There is no need to pay for a lawyer to notarize a copy when the consulate can do it for free!

L-train · Joined: 10 Nov 2004 Location: Songpa, Seoul

I did that in toronto as well
But the lawyer was a family friend so there was no charge to notorize it.
But you do this so that you don't have to send in the original to Korea.

It's not much of a big deal. And you might as well get 2 copies while youa re there just incase the haegwon loses the notorized copy you gave them.

ajgeddes · Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Location: Yongsan

Yes, you have to do this, they don't notarize it at the embassy. There is a lawyer's office just down St. Claire where they will do it in 20 minutes for about $40 (or something like that). I think the guy does it all the time because when I walked in, they asked me "are you getting your degree notarized?" If you go to the consulate first, they will tell you the guys office location, or you can just look for it. It is about halfway between Avenue Rd. and Younge St. on the South side of the street.

*EDIT*

I just realized you are sending it and not going, but I will leave that info there if anybody else needs it.