Apostille with Diploma Now Required for F-visa Instructors
Heard from a recruiter friend at one of the big-name schools that the Ministry of Education is now requiring all F-visa candidates to submit an Apostille verifying their original diplomas when they register with the Ministry of Education. A Korean staff member just called someone at the MOE and confirmed this. It’s a hurdle for the F-visa guys but will hopefully weed out the crazies.
It’s a measure they should have introduced a long time ago. In reality, a guy with an F-4 or F-2 can just submit a really authentic-looking phony diploma and be registered as I don’t think the MOE employs any measures to check for fake diplomas. Of course, they can also submit transcripts to verify the diploma but even these are readily forged.
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This isn’t new. F-4’s are held to the same standard as E-2s. Including the HIV test. Not sure which MOE your talking about. When I applied to SMOE over the summer. I had to submit an apostatized diploma with notarized transcripts.
J
April 23, 2010 at 3:15 pm
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