South Korea National Police Certificate Policy Change

[rolfsinjpn 3]

My wife just got back from her local police station to get her Korean National Police Certificate (KNPC: 범죄경력 · 수사경력 회보서) required for her immigrant visa interview. The embassy told us we could get the certificate in under 24hours, but apparently the laws have changed. There is now a one week waiting period to recieve the certificate. We were lucky that we still have two weeks until the interview.

If you need this document I recommend giving yourself extra time.

Edited July 8, 2014 by rolfsinjpn

[rolfsinjpn 3]

Revision: we called the Jongno Police Office near Anguk station today and were told that my wife's local police office was misinformed. The certificate they were going to give her was, in fact, the wrong one. We went to the Jongno Police Office and picked it up same day.

Lesson here: use the Jongno Police Office. They seem to handle these requests a lot and know what they are doing. This is not the case with local police offices.

[voirdire 0]

Revision: we called the Jongno Police Office near Anguk station today and were told that my wife's local police office was misinformed. The certificate they were going to give her was, in fact, the wrong one. We went to the Jongno Police Office and picked it up same day.

Lesson here: use the Jongno Police Office. They seem to handle these requests a lot and know what they are doing. This is not the case with local police offices.

Hello, did you already go through the visa interview. Was the KNPC you got from Jongno the correct one?

I am in the process of getting the KNPC for my spouse, and they told me it would be 1 week as well, but I've read it can take 24 hours.

So still confused about this.