Thanks for your reply Cessilia.

I tried replying to your email so I could give my name and all but I received an error because your email is full. Anyhow, here goes.....
I am currently in Australia and have been here for the last year. I have no criminal record in Australia whatsoever. However, I am a United States citizen and my passport is from there. Does this mean that I would have to go back to the U.S. for a background check or would one from here suffice? Also, in U.S., police don't really hold much power and therefore cannot conduct/sign off on criminal background checks. The "police background check" does not exist in the U.S. as it does in Europe, Australia, etc. We have two types of background checks in the U.S.: a "BCI" or "Background Criminal Investigation" which is done at the local courthouse and the "FBI" or "Federal Bureau of Investigations" fingerprint check. My attorney said that no conviction would show but that there would be some sort of record showing that I was arrested for "simple assault". He said that in the United States employers only are permitted by the constitution to be concerned with convictions which I do not have. Either way, it's a misdemeanor and not a conviction but it will come up with a fingerprint card. We have an "innocent until proven guilty" policy per our constitution and that's why police arrests (and even most misdemeanor convictions--which I don't have anyway) don't matter for the states. What is the case for Korea? Do they care about arrests or only convictions like the U.S.? Can you please advise me on these questions and answer my questions about about where I would need such a check completed (Aussie or the U.S. or doesn't matter)? By the way, what are considered minor records? Anything other than a felony? Just curious.....

Thank you for your time and assistance and I look forward to applying very soon!