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[tareze]

just to illustrate how mind boggling this can be for an American...

...so i call what i think is my local police station...they are just that, the police station and don't handle this sort of thing, direct me to another number of a different office. i call there, they say well, that's not exactly our specialty, let us transfer you to these other people. i interrupt to get the phone number of course since i'm calling from overseas. then i am transferred to another office but these people are only the ones who accept payment for background checks and i get routed to another office yet again.

at this final office, where they do in fact to background checks they tell me that while yes they cover the city i live in, the street my home address is on is not actually within their jurisdiction. also i will need to provide them with a notarized copy of my driver's license or passport for identity verification (this is for New York). i can get a check from them if i like but they don't really see the point...i've missing out of the point for a while by this time...ANYWAY... i get another number to the Sheriff's Dept. that my street is covered by and they will issue a check if i fax them a written request, simple enough. they will notarize it too and mail it to my home address. ok.

now, i have to convince my mom to take it to the County Clerk and also get his seal on it because New York state will only put an apostille on documents that have been notarized and then that notary has been verified with the signature and seal of the county clerk.

if i had noone at home to help with this i would have to receive the notarized document, mail it to the county clerk, have it mailed back to me a second time, then send it off for apostille and have it mailed back to me a third time...

what in the blazes?!?

also of note, a while back i was corresponding with a private online company that does record checks of a rather thorough nature. they offered certified checks and were completely surprised by the apostille thing... "We do background checks for esl visas all the time and have never encountered a govt. insisting on an apostille! Are you sure about this?" what's wrong with an online certified check Korea?!?!?

[colewest]

Hello,

I posted this in a separate place but I think this would have been a better spot for it, sorry to clutter things.

I've just signed a contract to teach in Seoul. I need to get my visa paperwork sent off and am waiting on my criminal background check.

It just occurred to me that a MIP I received in Corvallis, Oregon in 2004 might be a problem when trying to get my E2 visa. I was 18 at the time, 22 now, and as far as I know it is still on my record. I haven't received any other tickets.

Does anyone know if this will or will not be a problem? What do they consider a serious enough offense to deny a visa request?

I was not fingerprinted or arrested when given the ticket. The first time my prints were taken was when I needed the card for the CBC.

Thank you for any help.

[huck]

[Ut videam]

[blade]

Somebody told me that Mr Lee Dong-wook's proper tittle is the Deputy director of the Ministry of Justice, is this correct?

[Ut videam]

[blade]

[Ut videam]

[dimnd]

[email protected] <[email protected]>

This person's address was listed on Dave's in a post with regard to the person who is supposedly an official at the Ministry...but he never wrote back.

[moosehead]

I need a CBC but am in K - I did one online last nite

has anyone here actually used an online CBC and had it notarized here and then submitted it to Kimmi? other than the guy who was just extending his visa and probably didn't need it anyway?

also the criminalbackgroundcheck.com website charges 24.95 - is that the only one they will accept? my state does it for $3 and change - !

[wylies99]

Any updates?

[cubanlord]

[jkelly80]

I got a CRC from the State of Illinois. Paid 30 bucks and got a printout in the mail from what looked like a website, as it had a url in the top and bottom margins. I double checked with the Bureau of Identification and they said that's how it looks.

My recruiter said "we need the original this looks like a copy" and I said "that is the original it just looks like a copy". That was about a week ago, and I applied for and received my visa with no problems. Granted I'm working for SMOE, but I didn't run into any hitches. I'm ready to go.

[Ut videam]

[soohak]