Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Trevor]

I am a U.S. citizen who needs an FBI check from a third country to send to Korea. I can get the local police to take prints on the PDF supplied on the FBI's website, but there is nothing on the form that says what to do with it or how the local police validate the card as being from a law enforcement agency. I looked at previous threads. Can't find anything. My local police don't have a clue.

Also, can anyone tell me if E-1 visas still do not require CRC and medical checks? I recall there was talk of requiring them, but did not hear if that changed.

[nimrand]

There should be instructions for how your prints should be placed on the card. The FBI does not validate that the card was done by a law enforcement agency. You just need to be sure the prints are clear. I'd recommend doing several cards and sending them all in in case one gets rejected (I learned this the hard way).

When the FBI processes cards by mail, it does not certify that the CBC is for the person who claims to be submitting the prints, only that the CBC is for the prints that were submitted. So, it is possible for someone to use someone else's prints to get the CBC. This is probably illegal, but I'm not sure which laws it would break (just to be clear, I do not condone this in any way, I'm just trying to clarify). For this reason, the FBI does not recommend that employers use such processes for background checks. The process is designed for people to get a copy of their own background check, and they have other channels for employment background checks which prevents chinanigans like these. With Korean Immigration, you have to use this unverified process anyway. Kinda makes it ironic that you have to go through all the trouble to get an apostille when all you need to do is send in someone else's prints to circumvent the process.