TRC Workshop: Eight Key Korean Documents

USKRG
Oct 25
3 min read

Updated: Oct 26

The USKRG has been working diligently to create a series of free workshops on how to create your adoption timeline, vital for case acceptance to the Truth & Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Below, you will find a list of basics for timeline creation and eight key documents that you should be watching out for.

Basics for Timeline Creation

STEP 1: Gather your adoption documents

Having all available adoption documents on hand is the foundation of filing with the TRC. All of the ways we are recommending that you gather documents are to be examined for discrepancies or new information are as follows:

Ask for your adoption files from your adoptive parents
Contact your American Adoption Agency for the files (usually by email)
If you are a US citizen, perform a FOIA request (be aware that some adoptees have been receiving heavily redacted forms)
File for Adoption Information Disclosure with the NCRC (be aware that the NCRC is currently experiencing logistical problems and delays)

STEP 2: Attend one of our timeline creation workshops

In our TRC workshop, we will help you understand the nuances of your documents and teach you how to identify red flags or holes, audit your file, and create your timeline.

STEP 3: Create your Timeline

Your timeline, along with copies of your adoption paperwork, will be submitted to the TRC3 once the submission window is open.

Eight Key Adoption Documents to Look Out For

Below are the eight key documents which the TRC most frequently uses to identify red flags and discrepancies in your adoption story. Please check your files to see if any or all are present.

The utility of these docs is two fold:

You may use them to identify discrepancies in your story (such as if your Orphanization documents were created before the adoption agency took guardianship of you, that can be considered a potential red flag); and
It will expedite the ability of the TRC to clearly understand your case and timeline.

You may not have all the Korean documents pictured below (and that is okay!). Should your case get accepted, the TRC will also be verifying Korean documentation with the NCRC on their end. If you do have any of the below documents, be sure they are included in your final TRC document scan.

If you are having trouble identifying your Korean documents, you may reach out to USKRG via our private Facebook Group or email us at uskoreanrightsgroup@gmail.com

Release for Emigration

Author: Birth parents or orphanage

Content: The writer had agreed oversea adoption by the adoption agency

Possibly looks like one of the 3 below options

Release for Adoption

Author: Adoption agency

Content: The writer had agreed adoption to a specific family.

Possibly looks like one of the 2 below options

Certificate of Orphanhood

Author: Korean government

Content: The writer had confirmed that the child an orphan

Possibly looks like one of the 3 below options