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heeheehee
Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Location: Canada
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 Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 2:55 am Post subject: Original v.s. notarized degree |
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I'm currently in talks with a recruiter securing a contract. He is telling me that he requires the original degree sent to him becuase, apparently Canadians have been faking their degrees (but if it is notarized, it can't be fake) and that immigration officers are increasingly demanding original degrees.
I feel he is doing this to prevent me from shopping around with other schools. Can anyone offer advice or their own experience on this matter? Can I send the notarized copy with my signed contract and have my Visa issued? Or do I really need to send my original one?
I have his "personal gaurantee" that it will be handled "very carefully" whatever the hell that means.
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 2:59 am Post subject: Re: Original v.s. notarized degree |
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| heeheehee wrote: |
I'm currently in talks with a recruiter securing a contract. He is telling me that he requires the original degree sent to him becuase, apparently Canadians have been faking their degrees (but if it is notarized, it can't be fake) and that immigration officers are increasingly demanding original degrees.
I feel he is doing this to prevent me from shopping around with other schools. Can anyone offer advice or their own experience on this matter? Can I send the notarized copy with my signed contract and have my Visa issued? Or do I really need to send my original one?
I have his "personal gaurantee" that it will be handled "very carefully" whatever the hell that means.
Thanks! |
Call the local consulate and find out their requirements for a Korean consulate certified copy of your degree. Get them (the consulate) to certify about 10 copies for you (in case you decide to stay longer than 1 year).
Only send the original if you want to lose it. Your recruiter is a liar. |
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heeheehee
Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:01 am Post subject: |
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Why would he want the original? He just called again saying that immigration should accept notarized ones, but that the individual immigration officers are "stupid".
Since this job isn't starting until mid-December, maybe it would be ok to send a notarized one, and I'd still have time to send the original if there were problems. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:11 am Post subject: |
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| heeheehee wrote: |
Why would he want the original? He just called again saying that immigration should accept notarized ones, but that the individual immigration officers are "stupid".
Since this job isn't starting until mid-December, maybe it would be ok to send a notarized one, and I'd still have time to send the original if there were problems. |
Without knowing which province you are in it is a little hard to give accurate advice.
I do know from past experience that you can drop into the Korean consulate in Vancouver with your original degree, transcript, passport and as many copies as you want to get certified. They charged $3 for each copy and kept one as well as a photo copy of my passport information pages. In and out in less than an hour cause I had to catch a ferry.
I have been told that the Toronto consulate is similar. I do not know about the embassy in Ottawa.
You can also do it by post. Just call the consulate ahead of time to confirm what documents they want and the current fee.
Do not send your original to Korea unless you want it damaged, lost or held as a hostage to ensure you don't pull a runner. |
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Novernae
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:05 am Post subject: Re: Original v.s. notarized degree |
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| heeheehee wrote: |
I'm currently in talks with a recruiter securing a contract. He is telling me that he requires the original degree sent to him becuase, apparently Canadians have been faking their degrees (but if it is notarized, it can't be fake) and that immigration officers are increasingly demanding original degrees.
I feel he is doing this to prevent me from shopping around with other schools. Can anyone offer advice or their own experience on this matter? Can I send the notarized copy with my signed contract and have my Visa issued? Or do I really need to send my original one?
I have his "personal gaurantee" that it will be handled "very carefully" whatever the hell that means.
Thanks! |
You do not need to send the original diploma, a notarized copy is fine, but for me it was much easier than dealing with the hassle and cost of getting them notarized ($25 replacement fee from my university). Our first school lost ours, but not out of malice (they had the other teachers', ours just got misplaced in the shuffle and they paid to have them replaced. I had a new one in my hands in a week). My current school basically had them back to us as soon as we started working. You are only submitting your degree to a school once you have begun the visa process, so by then you shouldn't be shopping around anyway. Besides, if you don't trust them enough with a piece of paper, what are you doing signing a year of your life away to them? |
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Big Mac
Joined: 17 Sep 2005
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In Ottawa you can't get multiple copies for just $3. You have to have a signed statement from a lawyer accompanying each copy that you want notarized. The lawyer's statement costs between $10 to $25, depending on the lawyer. I tried getting multiple copies with just one lawyer's statement and they wouldn't do it.
You don't need to send the original document...I've never had a problem with notarized copies. |
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Hopelessly Human
Joined: 03 Oct 2006
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Is it impossible to get a diploma notarized in a country that is not your own? America is my country, but I am currently in Thailand, looking to teach in Korea. And what if your middle name is spelled wrong on the diploma? "Christoper" They forgot the second h. Do you think anyone would notice?
Thanx,
Mark
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Riddzy
Joined: 06 Sep 2004
Location: London
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| Is it impossible to get a diploma notarized in a country that is not your own? America is my country, but I am currently in Thailand, looking to teach in Korea. And what if your middle name is spelled wrong on the diploma? "Christper" They forgot the second h. Do you think anyone would notice? |
To answer your first question, my boyfriend and I are in India and we tried to get his degree notarised in Delhi at the Korean consulate there. No go. It took us about an hour of pleading to see someone only to be told it has to be notarised in the country you got the degree in.
I've been told by my school that I need the original degree - which I don't have - and am trying to find a way around it. |
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