JosephandJames

19 hours ago, amdublin14 said:

OP, any update on this? Did you manage to get more info from NVC?

 

My husband and I are currently scrambling to figure out what police certificate is required by NVC. In the reciprocity table, it clearly states that the more thorough background check is UNAVAILABLE to individuals currently residing outside of S Korea, and that an alternate document is a Criminal Record Check that might be obtained through a S Korea embassy.

• South Koreans and foreigners living outside Korea can obtain a police certificate at a Korean Embassy or Consulate. The requestor should download the police certificate request application from the official KNPA website at minwon.police.go.kr (accessible by clicking on the “civil format” link under the “customer center” tab) and apply for the certificate in person at a Korean Embassy/Consulate.

We did not get any background checks before leaving Korea, but it sounds like you must have gotten the more thorough check ("Criminal (Investigation) Records Check Reply ‘For confirmation of investigation card materials (including lapsed criminal sentences)’").

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/SouthKorea.html

 

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated, as we had originally just planned to get the police cert from the Korean embassy in Dublin, and now we're worried that's not sufficient for NVC (even though the DOS says it should be). Help 

To give you an update. The NVC got it wrong and I sent them a letter stating how the police cert met all the prerequisites as delineated by the department of state. It was not that I submitted the wrong cert but that some of their staff seem to be ill-informed (or trained) of their own rules.  Yes, I obtained my police certificate whilst I was in Korea. This is the one you are looking for 

You should be able to get this form from the embassy in Dublin. I would print out that sample and bring it with you though as there have been times were the Korean Embassy issued the wrong check (the one without lapsed criminal sentences). To get the check in Dublin you have to fill out an application form which is on the Korean embassy in Ireland website and bring it with you in person. Make sure to stress you need the one including lapsed sentences. Let me know if you need any more help. 

Hi,

I got a case update today stating that my Police Certificate ( for South Korea) was rejected. The message sent was "This document does not fulfill the necessary requirements. Please replace this with an acceptable police certificate. For information regarding an acceptable police certificate, please use our Document Finder at https://nvc.state.gov/find."  However, when I went onto the department of state document guidelines for South Korea documents. It indicated that the police certificate I initially submitted was indeed the correct one. Anyone know what to do in this case of why it could have been rejected. There is a slight discrepancy in the address on the DS260 and the certificate due to translation and it was issued in 2016. However, I got the background check the month I left Korea and moved to my current residence in Europe so it is still valid. It is one of three police certificates I submitted and was the only one that was rejected. How should I go forward with this?  They didn't exactly say why it was rejected.

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