Becoming a police officer dilema...how extensive are there background checks?
I am currently married and have been married for 1 month. I think we've accomplished the shortest marriage in the history of time. He cheated on me. He's hoping for reconciliation. Don't think that's going to happen at this point. I really do love him. He just doesn't know how to behave. He's currently living at his friends house. I told him I'd still help him get his green card. Was this stupid? Will this look negative in my background check? I've been working out so hard. I'd hate to think everything would go down the drain because of him.
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File for divorce and get that green card away from him. Sounds like the marriage was for his convenience of becoming a citizen. Happens all the time. Sorry it happened to you.
Unfortunately (for you) police background checks are some of the most extensive out there. I work in high schools and the only potential employers who ever contact us to get high school records are police departments and they want to know EVERYTHING. Attendance, discipline, tardiness, they want to know everything we can tell them.
One reason that they have to be so tough about an officer's background is because they don't want to end up with someone on the force who is susceptible to blackmail. Look at your case. Suppose you really do stick with your marriage for the one and only purpose of helping your husband get a green card. Technically, that's illegal. Anyone who knows this about you can now extort money from you or you risk that they will tell the INS about your sham marriage. Then you can kiss your career in law enforcement goodbye.
If your marriage is really over, best thing you can do is end it legally (i.e. get a divorce). Then everything is above board and you have nothing to fear.
It can, it depends on the department you are applying for. Typically a background investigation looks fro past criminal activity. Marrying someone to help them become legal may not fall into that category, but it may cast doubt as to your ethics and integrity. Ethics and Integrity are key for poice officers. However, if you get called for your interview you will have the opportunity to present your side of the story. Best of Luck.
Your marital status will not have any influence on a background check. They are looking for prior criminal record or mental instability. However, if you lie to the immigration service about the status of your marriage, you are heading for big trouble.
Any type of civil servant occupation requires an extensive background check. I know, I've been doing these kinds of background checks for years.
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