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rawfooddan · Joined: 14 Sep 2006

About 8 years ago I got a misdemeanor for the wacky herb. It comes back on my criminal record.

I know that I'm a good upstanding citizen now and have reformed my ways, and that I'm also not a sexual predator or serial killer.

I'd like to get a job in korea but am not sure if I can.

I got the bonehead idea of going across the state border and getting a criminal record check from a town across the border in another state where my friend lives and using his address.

I worked in Korea before and listed my original address in a different state when applying.

Now, I'm worried if what if they do a cross check and see that when I worked in korea before I listed a residence in a different state than I would be now.

I would list my friends address as my address so it would match with my criminal record.

Am I totally crazy to even consider doing this? Is this even doable? Would I get thrown into a Korean torture cell immediately upon entering korea assuming my visa could get approved?

or am I just moraly reprehensible for thinking about this and the possible remifications, or just crazy in general based on an assesment of my grammatical cadence?

Norith · Joined: 02 Nov 2007

My understanding is that you don't have to be a resident of a state to get a criminal b/g check from that state.

If you get a criminal history report from a different state, then Korea will either accept or deny your application. I'd imagine that most immigration workers wouldn't notice or say anything about it.

I would not recommend that you falsify your address. That's fraud. And you're probably no more likely to have things work out that way. I highly doubt that they do cross-reference checks to see what your address was before. They probably just compare the copies of your passport and degree to make sure there isn't a discrepancy, but they may only do this if it's the same immigration office that processed you last time.

The other option is to look into having the charge expunged. Some states will automatically drop misdemeanors after 5-10 years, some charges can be dropped by writing a letter to the state bureau of investigation.

rawfooddan · Joined: 14 Sep 2006

I mean, they do realize that not all local police stations can pull up records from all other stations dont they?

plynx · Joined: 03 Jun 2008

cobright · Joined: 10 Oct 2008 Location: Rochester Hills, MI

Get it from a county office. Just not one that reports on the county that you got popped in. My CRC said in bold letters that it only lists violations in my county. They took it fine.

Nierlisse · Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Location: South Korea

So do we need a CBC at any certain level then? State-wide or otherwise? I just went to get mine from the town's police department and they were adamant that it would only show my record (or lack thereof) in that town, which I thought was okay but now I'm not sure. Korea doesn't care?