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Korean Documents for Australia

Australia's Department of Home Affairs does not ask for an apostille on Korean documents for skilled migration, partner visas or citizenship. What it asks for is an English translation of each non-English document: a translator in Australia must be NAATI-accredited, and a translator outside Australia must give their full name, address and telephone number, and qualifications and experience in the language, in English, on each translation. If another body, such as a university, a professional registration body, an employer or a court, separately asks for authentication of a Korean document, the method is an apostille. Our specialists confirm which documents and translations each receiving body needs, and handle the apostille where one is asked for.

Requirements & key facts

Australia is a Hague Convention member (in force 16 March 1995), but Home Affairs does not ask for an apostille on Korean documents for visa and citizenship applications
Home Affairs' translator rule depends on where the translator is: in Australia, the translator must be NAATI-accredited; outside Australia, no accreditation is needed, but each translation must give the translator's full name, address and telephone number, and qualifications and experience in the language, in English
Skilled migration and partner visas need a Korean National Police Agency Criminal (Investigation) Record Check Report (or the separate Criminal Record and Investigation Record Check Reports). Home Affairs asks for no apostille; add an English translation if it is in Korean
Skills assessment bodies set their own rules. Engineers Australia, ACS and VETASSESS ask for colour scans of the originals and translations and do not mention an apostille. AHPRA asks that a translation made outside Australia be by a translator approved by the authorities in the country where the translation is made, and asks for certified copies (outside Australia, by a notary public among others)
Partner visa (subclass 820/801, 309/100) applicants provide the 기본증명서, 가족관계증명서 and, if married, the 혼인관계증명서, with English translations. Home Affairs asks for no apostille
If a body other than Home Affairs separately asks for authentication of a Korean document, the method is an apostille, not embassy legalization. The Overseas Koreans Agency (OKA) issues it for public documents and the Ministry of Justice for notarized private documents

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Step-by-step instructions for each Korean document you need apostilled for Australia.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does Australian Home Affairs require an apostille on Korean documents?

No. Home Affairs does not ask for an apostille. You submit the original with an English translation, and no embassy legalization is needed either. If a university, professional registration body, employer or court separately asks for authentication, get an apostille then: OKA issues it for public documents and the Ministry of Justice for notarized private documents.

Do I need a NAATI translator for my Korean documents?

Only if the translator is in Australia. Home Affairs requires translators in Australia to be NAATI-accredited. Translators outside Australia do not have to be accredited, but on each translation they must give their full name, address and telephone number, and qualifications and experience in the language, in English. Skills assessment bodies and AHPRA set their own translation rules, so check those separately.

What Korean documents does a Korean national provide for a partner visa?

The 기본증명서, 가족관계증명서, 혼인관계증명서 (if married) and the Korean National Police Agency Criminal (Investigation) Record Check Report, with English translations. Home Affairs asks for no apostille on these documents. De facto partners provide evidence of the de facto relationship itself instead of a 혼인관계증명서.

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