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fredo39
Joined: 03 Sep 2009
Location: USA
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 Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 11:40 am Post subject: Would minor drug offense at 18 y.o. ruin visa? |
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Hi again all,
I see different aspects of this issue have been covered, but my question is a little different than some I've seen on here.
I have read the Korean government bars anyone with any kind of criminal record from obtaining an E-2 visa. I had a very minor drug infraction at 18 - we'll say possession of pot paraphernalia.
I am now 28 and have had no legal problems since then. Would they be willing to forgive an infraction from so long ago? Since I was 18 and no longer a minor, I'm sure it's still on my record.
Any words of wisdom? |
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D.D.
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| sorry to say but u have less than 1% chance. |
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jay-shi
Joined: 09 May 2004
Location: On tour
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| Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Apply for a pardon. Thank you. Please come again. |
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iggyb
Joined: 29 Oct 2003
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Your only hope would be to check with your state about whether such minor charges can be dropped from your record after X number of years.
If not, forget about it.... |
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iggyb
Joined: 29 Oct 2003
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Or....wait.....Where do you live?
I live in the US in Georgia a short drive to either Ala. or TN. I went to the police station in an adjoining county because it was closest and got a state CBC.
What if I had driven up to Chattanooga and applied for a CBC in TN?
....Well.....I just checked my background check I will be using to apply for a visa, and the 2nd page does say NCIC on it - and that covers the nation. I was a cop for a year, and that was the check done by dispatch when we called in a license.
So, I am taking it no matter what state you apply for the background check in, it will have a hit on an old arrest record regardless of what state it was in... |
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daddy daycare
Joined: 15 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 5:15 pm Post subject: minor ? |
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a friend tried to apply to come to Korea... 26 years ago he was caught driving with a learnes licence, and not the full licence..
He was given a fine, but his transgression was recorded....
Still upto today he cant get his record cleared.....
Just of the topic: why was criminal checks started, and who/which teacher made the Korean government ask for it ... |
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andrewchon
Joined: 16 Nov 2008
Location: Back in Oz. Living in ISIS Aust.
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Tigerstyleone
Joined: 01 Feb 2009
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| What makes your situtation so different You were busted. You're a crimminal and korea doesn't want you near their children. |
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Gillian57
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| There is a misguided belief that everyone deserves a "Second chance." Well, the reality is, sometime the mistakes we make stay will us. All we can do is suck it up and move on. If you have a criminal record, there is very little chance you will get hired in Korea. That's life. |
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daddy daycare
Joined: 15 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:18 am Post subject: minor drug test |
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| I thought the tests and police clearances were started due to a teacher having molested school children ?? |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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| Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:30 am Post subject: Re: Would minor drug offense at 18 y.o. ruin visa? |
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| fredo39 wrote: |
Hi again all,
I see different aspects of this issue have been covered, but my question is a little different than some I've seen on here.
I have read the Korean government bars anyone with any kind of criminal record from obtaining an E-2 visa. I had a very minor drug infraction at 18 - we'll say possession of pot paraphernalia.
I am now 28 and have had no legal problems since then. Would they be willing to forgive an infraction from so long ago? Since I was 18 and no longer a minor, I'm sure it's still on my record.
Any words of wisdom? |
If you have a drug record, you will be denied a visa.
If you think this was some youthful indiscretion, then take the advice above and seek to have it expunged from your record. You can seek a pardon or whatever else you need to do.
Only AFTER you have a clean record, can you safely apply for your visa.
Once you are denied in Korea, even if you are able to get a clean record, your old record will remain in the files of Korean Immigration and you may still be denied. |
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FixedGearJerk
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
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You could get a background check from a place where you have no criminal background. The State of CO will mail you one. . .
https://www.cbirecordscheck.com/CBI_New/CBI_newIndex.asp
I believe you've got to mail it back to CO to get it notarized and apostilled though, so the process will take a couple weeks probably.
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