Ok,
no joke getting the paperwork to go to South Korea to teach English is hard… I
mean it takes money and time, oh and if you’re like me, stress. You never know
what is going to be on your record, what if someone else used your name? So
here goes my slow but steady way to get your paperwork done… I am going to give
you a description of doing this from Washington State in the US.
Hopefully
you already have a passport. This is really easy, look up the paperwork to fill
out at Passport
people. They have the info you need. I am going to assume you have this
part done.
Start
by getting your fingerprints done. These are for your criminal record check.
This is the one that will take forever. A lot of the websites I visited said
that you could go to your local police station. Yah, mine actually laughed at
me. They explained the only way that they take fingerprints is for a concealed
carry permit, or if you get arrested, and neither of these ways allows you to
keep them. So they gave me a name and an address to go to get them done. I wish
I would have googled fingerprinting, because there are a bunch of places out
there that do them, for cheaper than I got mine done. I got mine done in ink, I
hear that there are places that do them digitally; next time I do this I will
do them that way. I totally felt like a criminal for the rest of the day. After
that part is done, get your first grouping of paperwork done. FBI
click that link and they will hook you up with a bunch of great info. As well
as the form you need to fill out.
So
you have your fingerprints and your filled out form.. Great job so far. Send
that stuff in.. Get it in as soon as you have an idea that you might want to do
this.. It will make your life easier.
So
you got your Criminal Record Check back. Woo hoo. And it’s clear, even bigger
WOO HOO. That is great. Now on to your Apostilles..
Pull
out your diploma. Take it to your nearest UPS store. Ask the person behind the
desk to notarize a copy of it. This is really easy. Show your id, get it
notarized and leave. Now to get your College Degree Apostilled. I went to this
site WA
Secretary of State, print out the sheet. Fill it out.
Go
to your bank and get your money grams. One for the state, and one for the
nation. Go to usps, and talk to the really nice people behind the counter,
explain that you want to send the forms over with tracking, then you need to
add an envelope to receive them back with tracking. This will allow you to see
how long it takes for them to get them and when they will be returned. Give
them bunches of money and send them off.
During
this downtime of waiting, you should probably get a hold of your school and get
three or four sets of transcripts. I got four, my idea is that they don’t
change and they take a little time to get to you. Better to have too many than
not enough.
Now
is your waiting game. During this time, check out the job offers on any of the websites
that post those things and start looking. Look at the different towns and
areas, coastal, mountain? Big city, small city, little town in the middle of
nowhere? Good luck
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