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Do you have a criminal record?
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Do you have a criminal record?
Yes, I've been convicted of a crime and it would show up on a CRC
14%
 14%  [ 21 ]
I've been convicted but it might not show up b/c of a pardon or it being a juvinile offence
8%
 8%  [ 12 ]
No, I've never been convicted of a crime
77%
 77%  [ 113 ]
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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004
PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:17 pm    Post subject: Do you have a criminal record? Reply with quote
I once heard somewhere that one in seven Canadians have a criminal record. The majority of them are men, as are most EFL teachers here. Apart from the hassels, I wonder if actually having a criminal record will keep many potential teachers away.

So, everyone's eyes closed, hands up who has ever been convicted of anything?
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yingwenlaoshi



Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Have you?
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caniff



Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Traffic violations (civil) = many (but after 5 years in Korea, I am now considered by my insurance company in the US as being a "safe driver").

Arrests = many.

Convictions = zero (helps when you have lawyers in the family who know the judges - but it was all just minor shit anyway).

(I'm on an F2, but I guess I'd be clear for the E-2 if I applied. What is the minimum threshold for failing the CBC?)

Edit: Since 'minor' is subjective, it was stuff like driving unregistered, smoking a doobie in a park, getting in fights, etc. during my younger days.

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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004
PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
yingwenlaoshi wrote:
Have you?


According to my RCMP paperwork I had never committed ... er been caught and convicted ... of a crime as of September 2004. But that and the fact that I've spent almost all of November 2004 until now in Korea would still not satisfy immigration. Had I been convicted of dangerous driving when I was 16 - as I probably should have been - would I now be unfit to teach anyone of any age in Korea? Good thing we told Constable Abble that I was swerving to avoid a cat and that's how the car plowed through 50 metres of brush after skidding off the road and doing a miracle roll, and that he couldn't be arsed to do an investigation to prove us otherwise.
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yingwenlaoshi



Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've gotten tickets. Never been in a courtroom though.

One ticket for being drunk in public (although I could've gotten worse - long story), two speeding tickets, one ticket for not having my registration/license change 6 months after changing provinces, one ticket for going through a red light, one warning for speeding, and was once held in a drunk tank but got no ticket.

I don't think any of the above is a conviction. Although the one in bold I never paid. That was back in 1996 in Quebec.
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Julius



Joined: 27 Jul 2006
PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Is picking magic mushrooms a crime?
Maybe they are protected species.
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xtchr



Joined: 23 Nov 2004
PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not yet.
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trubadour



Joined: 03 Nov 2006
PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
i got a 'caution' back in 2002...anyone UKish know what the deal with that is?
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Major Kong



Joined: 29 Oct 2007
Location: South Korea
PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Other than the "criminally insane" my only other concern is
interior decorators that run over and stab soldiers to gather
their weapons.
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Woden



Joined: 08 Mar 2007
Location: Eurasia
PostPosted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
trubadour wrote:
i got a 'caution' back in 2002...anyone UKish know what the deal with that is?


Cautions WILL show up on a Subject Access Check, which is what you would need for a visa.

I have a Drunk'n'Disorderly Caution and it showed up, but I just had