Korean Immigration (and therefore the Consulates in Canada) previously accepted regular CRCs, but changed to only accepting CRCs with fingerprints starting April 1st, 2015.

http://can-vancouver.mofa.go.kr/english/am/can-vancouver/visa/criminal/index.jsp

Korean Immigration (and therefore the Consulates in Canada) previously accepted regular CRCs, but changed to only accepting CRCs with fingerprints starting April 1st, 2015.

http://can-vancouver.mofa.go.kr/english/am/can-vancouver/visa/criminal/index.jsp

Hmm wonder if gnomon didn't have to cause he was in Ontario. I insisted on getting my fingerprints taken at the local police station, but he said it wasn't necessary. I can't see why having fingerprints on it matters though.

On a side note, do you know if these expire? I have the same one marked Dec 2012, stamped by the embassy etc. I've used it for the first job (when I still lived in Canada) and the subsequent 3 jobs I've had here.

Is it good forever? I've lived in Korea the entire time, if that helps.

Quote from: gnomon on March 16, 2016, 01:42:05 pm

Quote from: courtneym on March 16, 2016, 10:49:54 am

Korean Immigration (and therefore the Consulates in Canada) previously accepted regular CRCs, but changed to only accepting CRCs with fingerprints starting April 1st, 2015.

http://can-vancouver.mofa.go.kr/english/am/can-vancouver/visa/criminal/index.jsp

That link only mentions CRCs coming from BC, AB, SK, YK, and NWT. The website for the Korean Consulate in Toronto doesn't mention needing fingerprints at all.

A bit curious here. Did you get your degree and CRC notarized at a Korean embassy, send your documents to Korea, receive your NOA, then go to the embassy again to get the visa issued?

Let's see if I can remember. Degree copies notarized by a lawyer. Notarized degree and CRC stamped by Korean embassy. Mailed to Korea. NOA given by recruiter/employer. Back to embassy to get visa in passport.

Quote from: CO2 on March 16, 2016, 02:05:26 pm

On a side note, do you know if these expire? I have the same one marked Dec 2012, stamped by the embassy etc. I've used it for the first job (when I still lived in Canada) and the subsequent 3 jobs I've had here.

Is it good forever? I've lived in Korea the entire time, if that helps.

Valid for six months I think

Six months before submitting it. If it's on file, and you remain on the same visa, you shouldn't need a new one, at least not from Canada. I know people who have had to get Korean CRCs for new jobs instead.

I have sent all the necessary E-2 Visa documents to my recruiter in Korea.  She is now saying that immigration will only accept a fingerprint check for my Visa Issuance Number.  However, when I applied for a Visa in October 2015 I did not require this.  I sent a standard RCMP check, the same I sent this time.  I am from Ontario, btw.  Is there anything I can say to my recruiter to avoid getting the fingerprint check?
I have read over this thread and noticed that others have had the same experience.  They only needed an RCMP check without fingerprints.
So frustrating...

I have sent all the necessary E-2 Visa documents to my recruiter in Korea.  She is now saying that immigration will only accept a fingerprint check for my Visa Issuance Number.  However, when I applied for a Visa in October 2015 I did not require this.  I sent a standard RCMP check, the same I sent this time.  I am from Ontario, btw.  Is there anything I can say to my recruiter to avoid getting the fingerprint check?
I have read over this thread and noticed that others have had the same experience.  They only needed an RCMP check without fingerprints.
So frustrating...

I'm not clear on what you mean here?  You've never had to get the fingerprints done for the E2?  I was able to get my visa without the RCMP check back in 2010, but they later came to me and said you need to get it done with the fingerprints.  I was able to maintain my visa but I thought everyone had to get that Mountie check with the fingerprints.  I picked up the form at the Embassy and since it was nearby I went to the police HQ and they actually sent me up to the crime labs to have a CSI guy do my prints.  He gave me a card that literally had CSI printed on it.