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I've held off on asking this question until I searched around, but I cant find a clear answer. I am 22 years old coming from America to teach English. I've been told I will need my diploma (business and economics) to get a job doing this as well as a TEFL. I know I need to legalize, notarize etc... my diploma. This next part is probably a stupid question but... Does it have to be the originial copy of my diploma or do you make copies and get them legalized, notarized etc...?
I'd rather not have to carry the original copy of my Diploma around if not needed.

wardo1234 wrote:I've held off on asking this question until I searched around, but I cant find a clear answer. I am 22 years old coming from America to teach English. I've been told I will need my diploma (business and economics) to get a job doing this as well as a TEFL. I know I need to legalize, notarize etc... my diploma. This next part is probably a stupid question but... Does it have to be the originial copy of my diploma or do you make copies and get them legalized, notarized etc...?
I'd rather not have to carry the original copy of my Diploma around if not needed.

Notarizing your Diploma/Degree for Americans processing a Professional Visa, etc. etc.

1. Make a copy of your Diploma.
2. Send it to the Registrars office at your university for them to Notarize it
3. Tell the Registrars that they need to send the Notarized diploma to the Secretary of State (of the state of your university) to place an apostille on the diploma
4. Receive notarized and apostilled diploma
5. Send the diploma to the consulate THAT PERTAINS TO YOUR UNIVERSITY* to get the notarization and apostilization "certified." Tell them you need it for processing a visa here in Chile.
(*THAT PERTAINS TO YOUR UNIVERSITY* IE. If you live in California, but got your degree in Illinois, send your stuff to the consulate in in Chicago)


You'll need some self-addressed envelopes, money orders, and possibly a check or two to get it all done depending on your university, state, and consulate. Ask your consulate about their certification process.

wiscondinavian wrote:

wardo1234 wrote:I've held off on asking this question until I searched around, but I cant find a clear answer. I am 22 years old coming from America to teach English. I've been told I will need my diploma (business and economics) to get a job doing this as well as a TEFL. I know I need to legalize, notarize etc... my diploma. This next part is probably a stupid question but... Does it have to be the originial copy of my diploma or do you make copies and get them legalized, notarized etc...?
I'd rather not have to carry the original copy of my Diploma around if not needed.

Notarizing your Diploma/Degree for Americans processing a Professional Visa, etc. etc.

1. Make a copy of your Diploma.
2. Send it to the Registrars office at your university for them to Notarize it
3. Tell the Registrars that they need to send the Notarized diploma to the Secretary of State (of the state of your university) to place an apostille on the diploma
4. Receive notarized and apostilled diploma
5. Send the diploma to the consulate THAT PERTAINS TO YOUR UNIVERSITY* to get the notarization and apostilization "certified." Tell them you need it for processing a visa here in Chile.
(*THAT PERTAINS TO YOUR UNIVERSITY* IE. If you live in California, but got your degree in Illinois, send your stuff to the consulate in in Chicago)


You'll need some self-addressed envelopes, money orders, and possibly a check or two to get it all done depending on your university, state, and consulate. Ask your consulate about their certification process.

That helps alot. Thanks

wiscondinavian wrote:

wardo1234 wrote:
Notarizing your Diploma/Degree for Americans processing a Professional Visa, etc. etc.

1. Make a copy of your Diploma.
2. Send it to the Registrars office at your university for them to Notarize it
3. Tell the Registrars that they need to send the Notarized diploma to the Secretary of State (of the state of your university) to place an apostille on the diploma
4. Receive notarized and apostilled diploma
5. Send the diploma to the consulate THAT PERTAINS TO YOUR UNIVERSITY* to get the notarization and apostilization "certified." Tell them you need it for processing a visa here in Chile.
(*THAT PERTAINS TO YOUR UNIVERSITY* IE. If you live in California, but got your degree in Illinois, send your stuff to the consulate in in Chicago)

Careful, I'm in the middle of the same process right now. I had to do my original, I'm not sure if you can get around that or not. What I do know is that an apostille does not work for Chile. Chile is not a signing member of the Hague Convention, which long boring story short means that you have to have the Secretary of State in the state where your university is certify the diploma (after receiving the notarized document from your university).
If you have to go through the process of having your diploma accredited with the Chilean government so you can use it down here you'll also need to have official legalized transcripts (so they have to go through the same process as your diploma did) and a copy of your schools course book that applies to your year.
Also, as a side note if your university's consulate is the DC one you'll also have to send all your paperwork through the US Office of Authorization (Secretary of State's department) before they can legalized them.
If you want I can send you the form and papers I was given by the University of Chile (who are the ones that do the Chilean side process) that details what they require.

On my phone so can not go In to details, but al the above answers are wrong.

start here, and when I get a moment will straighten this mess out in more details (someone bump this so I don't forget this weekend).

http://www.spencerglobal.com/chile-lega ... ments.html

Should I delete my previous post?

FWIW,

wiscondinavian describes how I did it but just needs to add the trip to the Minsterio in Santiago Centro for the final stamp.

THIS has been described MANY times on this forum and this thread just dilutes the information. I just cannot understand how the generation and a half that has supposedly grown up with the net cannot do a decent search.

Generation X grouch

no, no, when I have time I'll try to clarify this all. It is sort of more right than wrong, but again depends on a bunch of things. Just too involved for this late at night to do, and not just generate a bunch of confusion.

I'll be waiting.

Again, we are talking plain jain diploma not professional diploma.

eeuunikkeiexpat wrote:FWIW,

wiscondinavian describes how I did it but just needs to add the trip to the Minsterio in Santiago Centro for the final stamp.

THIS has been described MANY times on this forum and this thread just dilutes the information. I just cannot understand how the generation and a half that has supposedly grown up with the net cannot do a decent search.

Generation X grouch

I've found many different threads discussing this, thats not the problem. The problem is that each one has a different answer with everyone telling each other that they are wrong. Just hoping for a clear answer.

Well, each Chile consulate in the US actually has the details what they require on their website. They all basically fall under what wiscondinavian described.

So do you have a specific question about the process?

Copy sent to Uni, Uni notarizes it sends to Sec of State who verifies sig and notarizes it (US Unis are very familiar with this process), you then send to Chile consulate of your Uni to get their stamps and approval, you then take this to the Ministerio of Foreign Relations office in Santiago Centro for the final stamp. This is all that is needed UNLESS we are talking professional endeavors in Chile like Engineering, Architecture, Medicine, TEACHING AT A PUBLIC INSTITUTION OTHER THAN A MONITOR, etc.

There are many US (Empire) slaves who obtained their Professional TRV this way, so what was the question?

If you can't follow that, then the in-Chile bureaucracy will eat you alive.