I am trying to get a job in South Korea for teaching as I have been in Japan for three years, I started teaching and in Japan I didn’t need apostilled documents before so I didn’t get it done. Does anyone know where I can get the apostille done for a university degree? I know I need to get it notarized too but I learned that’s the easy part as MOFA does the notary services I was told. Since they don’t do apostilles for degrees because it is a national institution, it doesnt qualify for apostilles and leaves me stuck. My university was a US university if that helps at all. Please help!
Thank you.
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I googled because I honestly don’t know anything about this. After googling all I know is there are online international apostille services.
So, I’m mostly messaging here to ask what is this apostille requirement?
Before I came to Japan I was offered a job in South Korea and this never came up then. A decade later it still never came up in Japan.
Not sure if it helps but I know there is a notary in Kita Senju that I used to get some documents taken care of when selling property in the USA. I needed an apostille for that.
MOFA will probably only help you with apostille of Japanese documents as they cannot prove whether US documents are valid or not. I would contact US embassy in your case.
There are many notaries scattered throughout Tokyo (if that’s where you are) that will apostille. I needed some U.S. documents notarized and apostilled last year and went here: [http://www.asakusa-koshoyakuba.jp/](http://www.asakusa-koshoyakuba.jp/)
I lived nearby at the time. It wasn’t cheap.
Here’s a list by prefecture: [https://www.koshonin.gr.jp/list/tokyo#prefectures](https://www.koshonin.gr.jp/list/tokyo#prefectures)
Ok, I’m doing this right now, so this is what the site (and the lady on the phone said):
MOFA does not apostille Japanese degrees (unless the university is still not recognized or something like that). The only thing they can do is “authentication” of the seals, and not in your degree per se, in your transcript. They said if I really really want apostille, I should ask my kuyakusho about it, but it would cost me money.
Are you sure you need apostille?