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[cemented]

Hello
I am thinking about coming to Korea, and I need to clarify something
I spoke with a recruiter and she was an idiot and not really helpful (basically wanted to get paid and didn't know anything else)
Anyway 6 years ago I got arrested for possession, however, it was thrown out of court but it shows up on my record when I access it
I am in florida, I don't know if this will A) show up on a background check
and B) Will this cause my visa to be denied.
I even went as far as to contact the Korean embassy (I could barely understand the woman I was speaking with and she was no help either)
All this money koreans spend on english and they still can't speak it
I think eloqusion lesson would be better

[aphase]

One of my friends was recently denied an E2 renewal because he has Underage drinking on his record. This is when he was 20. If he got denied because of that, I'm thinking you would probably denied as well. However, I don't work for immigration so I can't really say. Maybe someone else will know better.

[ttompatz]

[Yu_Bum_suk]

A CRC from another state or perhaps even another county might work. Do you have another address you can use?

[Illysook]

you should contact the court that your case was thrown out of and see if they will esponge your arrest record. It can take up to three months, but it is likely that they will. Once it is esponged, the record will be sealed and won't show up any more.

Another option is to go to a neighboring county where you will come up clean and have that local police check apostilled. It might not be an option everywhere, but if it looks like a gaping loophole in the system, it just might be one.

[A2Steve]

[Tobias]

Talk to a lawyer and see if you can get this expunged from your record. Explain to the lawyer that this will prevent you from getting a job, and he will present that info to the court where the charges were dropped. You should be able to get an expungement in this case.

An expungement will remove this from all eyes except law enforcement agencies, such as the FBI. Understand that if Korea starts requiring FBI checks, even this won't work. Anything one has expunged will show up on his or her FBI check.

[Young FRANKenstein]

[cdninkorea]

[broken76]

The Korean justice system is a bit different than the one in the States. Here it is more along the lines of guilty until proven innocent. If you have a violent, drug or sexual offense on your record regardless of convictions or not it will be an automatic denial.
Other offenses are pretty much on a case to case basis. Like others said if you can get it expunged from your records it won't be a problem, if not then teaching in Korea won't be possible.

[matthews_world]

There was a guy a couple weeks ago who had his Korean boss write a character statement to attach to his CRC on his behalf stating that his offense wouldn't be serious enough to have him be a bad teacher.

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=128978&highlight=

A lot of new and misinformation on this board concerning new regulations. Just be proactive with your job search and ask as many questions as possible.

Have any future boss call immigration in regards to this topic.

[Tobias]

Something else you, and anyone who is in the same boat with you, should think about:

These new regs are going to create a temporary shortage of native English teachers and put schools, both public and private, in a bind here.

When enough schools here feel enough pain, they will complain to the government and some things that will get you denied a visa today may be overlooked a few months from now. That pain will take the form of having to pay higher salaries to scarce teachers plus the fact the teachers are becoming scarce, thanks to the new rules. It's pretty hard to hold an English class advertised as being taught by a native speaker when there is no native speaker there to teach it.

If you are denied right now, just be patient and reapply in about 6 months. China is rumoured to have more English speakers now than there are people in the USA. Korea will not allow itself to be left in the dust, from an English-ability standpoint. They'll come around and relax some of this insane shit, and it won't be long before they have to do it. Mark my word.

[Rob'sdad]

[Young FRANKenstein]

[jurassic82]