Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Porksta]

I know I can go to a police station and get my fingerprints taken for an FBI CBC, but will the FBI accept them? I am just concerned they will see a Korean signature and not accept them.

[sketcha]

do they not post the requirement on the FBI website?

I know for the RCMP criminal check they posted the requirement on their website (that whatever form the police station use is OK)

but I ended up getting the form from the Canadian embassy

check with the American embassy - they might have a form there as well

[plchron]

You can take your own prints and send them in.

print out the forms in triplicate.

Find some ink and try to roll your fingers the appropriate way.

Send in 3 forms with your fingerprints on them. Just in case one of your fingers smudges, they still have the other 2 sets.

worked for me sending my prints in from guatemala.

[ironclad80]

I did and they were accepted.

[posnew]

You may have the police station give you fingerprints on form given by the FBI.

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/background-checks/standard-fingerprint-form-fd-258

Or you could send them in together as well.

A copy of the Korean fingerprint card along with a copy of the form provided by the FBI.

[ironclad80]

[is so delicious]

I have a few questions regarding this subject (I'll post elsewhere, because I'm kind of stressed about it):

I just went to immigration and they told me I need a nationwide criminal background check (I last did the visa process a few months before this rule went into effect). I DO have the fingerprints, which will save me at least ONE headache. I got them done officially at a police station in New York, which is where I claim residency.

So all I have are the fingerprints. I have until March 29th. The immigration agent told me that I have to show proof that I applied for my CRC before my visa expires, which will grant me a three month grace period.

So does anyone know how specific the "proof" has to be? Just a copy of the application, maybe a receipt from the post office that I sent something to the same address?

I think she used the word "receipt," which worries me, because in America they'll only give you a receipt for something AFTER the process is over (which is, after all, kind of the point of the receipt).

Also, how complicated is it to send off my fingerprints and obtain a CRC while living in America?

AND... do I have to get this apostilized?! PLEASE say no... but I figure I do. If so, how/where can I go about that?

Can anyone shed any light on this? I'm pretty stressed about it. I know the FBI check takes a while... think it takes two or three months, depending, so if I get on it quickly, I should be okay, seeing that I have four months in total. Just worried I'll run into some problem... like Korea doesn't have a notary/apostille person/whatever, and I'll have to fly all the way home to get a stamp on some document...

[jeremysums]

About 39the pages of info.

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=191548

[young_clinton]

I guess the Yongsan US station doesn't provide prints anymore?

[Skippy]

QUick off the top of my head.

Consider getting and submitting two or more fingerprint sheets. Some people have been burned with having a smudged fingerprints.

I think the receipt might be an email from thr FBI saying it has been received. It may consider check/C.C. cashed/charged. Or postal/delivery received notice.

The Korean police can take the fingerprints. Just make sure they sign it, provide details, and if possible a office stamp. The best places are to go with the bigger GU police stations. Smaller DONG stations will be very much hit and miss more likely miss.

If you are really worried about FBI not accepting the prints. Spend 50K won and hire a translator. But that would overkill

YES FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GET THE CRC APOSTILLED. PLEASE READ MORE OF THE MANY THREADS ABOUT CRCs. There is a special way for FBI checks to be verified.

If you want to save time. Spend the money and use one the many apostille services. If you decided to go the do it yourself way via the STATE department, you could be waiting a while.

[cari83]

I had some prints done at my small town police station but the guy had me roll my own, so they are bad quality because I had no idea what I was doing.

I'm using the FBI fingerprint form and one of my concerns is, if I go to the bigger Gu stations in Seoul they are still going to sign the officer's name in Korean, so will the FBI see the Korean officer's signature and care about that?

Do I have to put my Korean employer's name in the "employer" box or can I just write "N/A"?

Also, on the other form where you have to write your current address and the address you want your check mailed to, do I have to give them my Korean address as my current address? Or can I just put my family's address in the USA for both?

Actually now that I'm thinking about it, are you guys saying that I don't really need the officer's signature at all? On the FBI's website it says that "some printing companies" offer fingerprinting services so I'm guessing an officer's signature is not really required? In that case I could just get prints, no signature, send everything in as if I'm still in the USA, and as I planned, have my dad send the FBI check to an apostille service when it arrives. Do you guys think that would work? I hope so.

[jeremysums]

I wonder why he had you rolled your own prints.