non-koreans being given the power of attorney to access police records

[inlimbo]

I am a Canadian and I likely need to travel to Korea to access police records to assist with my husband's permanent residence application.

Have any Canadians been issued the power of attorney to issue such a thing, in Korea? Or is this only possible for Korean people?

I don't want to travel to Seoul to find out I can't access records on my husband's behalf. There is evidence out there saying that immediate family members can have access, but am I included?

If so, my husband can apply for this to happen from any Korean Consulate. That much, I know.

 

[canadianwoman]

About getting police records in South Korea:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/asia-pacific/korea-south.asp
This states spouses are included. Still, it doesn't specifically say 'including foreign spouses.'

Do you actually have to go to Korea? Doesn't someone in your husband's family live there who could do it?
I'd contact the Korean Embassy in Canada to see if you will be allowed to get it, and if it is possible to get it by mail instead.

 

[canadianwoman]

I see from your other post your husband is not Korean.
If you go to Seoul to try to get the records, and are still refused, try to get the refusal in writing. Beg them, if necessary, saying you need it for your husband's immigration application to Canada. Then if you have to go without a police record check from Korea, and you send in an explanation instead, include this evidence: proof you traveled to Korea to try to get it, and the written refusal. Take a Korean friend with you, if possible, and get an affidavit from him/her as well.