Adoptees (and others) accepted by TRC 3 who receive a truth-finding decision must file a request for information disclosure form from TRC to access case documents and investigation notes.
The key to unlocking your TRC 3 files is filing an information disclosure request within 1-2 months of your receiving a truth-finding decision by TRC 3.
Adoptees (and others) whose cases are accepted by TRC 3 who eventually receive a truth-finding decision at the end of the TRC 3 investigation (2026-2030 or 2031) must file a request for information disclosure form within 1-2 months to access case documents and investigation notes from TRC 3.
The same would apply for any of the 311 Adoptees whose cases were automatically carried over from TRC 2 to TRC 3.
Stay tuned to the Paperslip Blog and / or Paperslip’s PUBLIC Facebook page for udpates about this multi-year long process.
*Please Note:
It may be a few YEARS before I share this form. This is because I don’t know if the current form for TRC 2 will the same form which TRC 3 uses. So STAY TUNED!
You can also of course contact TRC 3 directly about this, assuming your case is accepted.
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Adoptees (and others) whose cases are accepted by TRC 3 who eventually receive a truth-finding decision at the end of the TRC 3 investigation (2026-2030 or 2031) must file a request for information disclosure form within 1-2 months of their TRC 3 decision, in order to access case documents and investigation notes from TRC 3.
I recently learned about this from a lawyer in Korea while in town to submit my INDEPENDENT TRC 3 case in person on March 27th, 2026.
There is just one request for information disclosure form that is relatively easy to complete, which would need to be completed within 1-2 months of TRC 3 rendering a truth finding in your TRC 3 case. Supposedly you should receive the documents which TRC 3 collected about your case from various institutions as well as their investigation notes within a few weeks of your submitting your request for information disclosure form.
Please note that you MUST submit this request for information disclosure form to TRC 3 within a very short time frame — around 1-2 months of your receiving a truth finding decision in your TRC 3 case.
I do not yet have this form in my possession, but will share when I do. Please stay tuned to Paperslip’s various communication channels for updates.
All of this presumes that TRC 3 accepts your case in the first place, and renders a truth finding decision in your case — neither of which is a guarantee.
To learn how to submit your case INDEPENDENTLY to TRC 3, during the submission period of February 26th, 2026 — February 25th, 2028, please see:
Paperslip links related to submitting your case INDEPENDENTLY to TRC 3.
So the request for information disclosure form would only need to be submitted once the TRC 3 renders a decision in your TRC 3 case towards the end of its multi-year investigation.
The TRC 3 submission period is from February 26th, 2026 — February 25th, 2028. The investigation may run concurrently, but had not yet begun as of this writing. The investigation would likely conclude sometime around 2030 or 2031.
So you will need to stay tuned to the Paperslip Blog for updates throughout this multi-year process, as we do not do a mailing list. You can also follow our PUBLIC Facebook page for updates.
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You can read more about my journey of submitting my INDEPENDENT TRC 3 case here:
How I prepared my INDEPENDENT TRC 3 submission in 4 million not so easy steps over 8.5 years of time.
You can read about how I first visited NCRC’s Temporary Storage Facility in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, prior to submitting my TRC 3 case here:
My visit to NCRC’s Temporary Storage Facility in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do.
You can learn more about how to submit your case INDEPENDENTLY to TRC 3 here:
Paperslip links related to submitting your case INDEPENDENTLY to TRC 3.