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eventually



Joined: 30 Nov 2011

PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:02 pm    Post subject: can you open your background check? Reply with quote

i have received my FBI background check. it's in a sealed envelope marked CONFIDENTIAL. it seems like it is this way for a Reason, but is it safe to open? does it have to be sealed, in order to get it apostilled? can i open it and look at it? i shouldn't have a rap sheet, but i am curious what it says/looks like.
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cincynate



Joined: 07 Jul 2009
Location: Jeju-do, South Korea

PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can open it.. It is confidential to you only. You will need to open it to get it apostilled anyway.
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NYC_Gal 2.0



Joined: 10 Dec 2010

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The "seal" that is required is a raised stamp over a sticker�not the envelope seal. Feel free to open it.
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eventually



Joined: 30 Nov 2011

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

seal? there is no seal. why do people not tell me this BEFORE i do these things? Sad

my recruiter told me to use a channeler but never mentioned a seal. i used a channeler, and told them i was applying for a SK visa, so why didn't they know, either?
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eventually



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

augughgh #($*@$#

does this mean i cannot get it apostilled? i spent over $50 on this.
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eventually



Joined: 30 Nov 2011

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

apparent loophole, maybe???:

i write a letter attesting to the validity of the background check and get that notarized and then apostilled? Neutral
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NYC_Gal 2.0



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You might be able to swing it, but it's really up to chance. I'd send off for another, if I were you, but that's me. You might get lucky.

You're supposed to have the FBI affix its seal and have a signature of an official, as well, attesting that it is authentic. Then you get it apostilled. Sorry.
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eventually



Joined: 30 Nov 2011

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i don't think i have time to send for another. i start in march - or, you know, was supposed to.
essentially, i paid more just to get screwed over. Sad
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swinewho



Joined: 17 Aug 2009

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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i don't think i have time to send for another. i start in march - or, you know, was supposed to.
essentially, i paid more just to get screwed over.


Just tell them your cat opened it when it fell through the letter box!
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