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[ytuque]

The FBI mailed out my CBC results on Jan. 19th, and it has apparently been lost in the mail. I have resubmitted a new set of prints and am waiting for the background check to be reprocessed. Yes, I had to start over from the beginning with new prints and bank check! Customer service can only be described as dismal. Anyone else had problems?

Now that I have gone through this, I am wondering about the probability of a erroneous entry on my CBC. Have there been any reports of this?

[air76]

I got my criminal check done at the state level....infinitely easier.

I paid $10 to the Washington State Patrol online and printed out my criminal check, then I had to print out a payment form and pay another $5....faxed both of these forms to the State Patrol and they sent a notarized letter of my criminal check to my dad's house. I then emailed him a letter that he needed to print out and send with the notarized letter to the Washington Dept. of State requesting an apostille ($10 more)...and then the Dept. of State sent the aposilled criminal check directly to the school in Korea for me.

[ytuque]

I should have gone that route, but I was told that only an FBI check would satisfy the requirements of an E1 visa. This is probably incorrect, but I went with the information that I was given.

[Ut videam]

A state check is definitely sufficient. For that matter, no background check is currently required for the E-1 visa at all. The requirement applies only to language teachers on E-2 and C-4 (short-term work, e.g. English camp) visas. Your university may want one, but in that case it's an employment requirement rather than an immigration one (hence the school should pay for it).

As for the possibility of erroneous entries on your CBC, they would be highly unlikely on a fingerprint search. People often have the same names, but they never have the same fingerprints, so cases of mistaken identity should be well nigh nonexistent.

One possible cause for concern might be if you've been arrested and charged with a crime (and hence been fingerprinted during a booking process) but the charges were later dropped or you were found not guilty at trial. In that case, you'd want to be sure that the police had correctly forwarded the positive disposition to the FBI.

[ytuque]

As for my criminal background, I have never been arrested, charged, or read my rights, so it seems I am in good shape there.

As for the E1 visa, where can I read the gory details in English? I guess I should educate myself before I head over.

Thanks for the info!

[Ut videam]

Info on all the different visa types and their requirements can be found at the HiKorea e-Government for Foreigners Portal, http://www.hikorea.go.kr. Go to Information -> Immigration Guide -> Work -> E-1 Eligibility/Procedure/Documents.