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[quote=GUEST48978,443813]Sorry, you are wrong. I had a DUI 12 years ago and it showed up on my background check. Anything you have ever been arrested for will show up, no matter how long ago it happened. However, you might be able to get an expungement from the state in which the crime occurred. You can even fill out the forms yourself if you do your research and only pay the fees associated with the filing. But, it could take up to 2 years to get a full expungement from all authorities, including the FBI. You'll just have to keep checking. They usually mail you the paperwork once everything is finished.

What you should be most concerned with is if they are going to fingerprint you at the airport and if so, does it mean that any and all criminal records will appear from the U.S. when they scan your fingerprints and passport.

As for schools, I was told by a recruiter a few days ago that if I had a criminal background check, that would be great, but if I didn't, it wasn't necessary, just advantageous (for China as a teacher).

I look at it this way, if you can get the expungement process rolling, DO IT by all means. Give yourself a piece of mind! If you want, try to go to teach in China without the record in a different province. You can always tell the recruiter, look I really want the job, but it's going to take me about 4 months right now to get an FBI background check, the best I can do is get a state level background check, will that be okay? OR, just get the state level background check and work until they ask for a clearance, when they ask, give them the state level and play dumb. Meanwhile, save your money while you are working. If worse comes to worse, it will take at least 4 months processing right now to get your report. Work for 4 months or more, save your money, then bail out. But if you've already paid for an expungement and started the process before you go to China to work, you'll already be 4 months into the expungement process. At best, maybe you can get another job or wait another 8 months, then it will all be wiped off of your record.

Just what I would do. ;-) Will do. ;-) OR Have done. ;-)

Hope this helps![/quote]

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