Employment problems - Port Authority background check

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nnbllparker

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Hi, I did not know where to post this and hopefully here someone would know. Okay so I got my EAD, SSN, Drivers license and I applied for a job at an airline - passed the two tests and finally got to an interview and was doing really good - I practically had the job BUT - here's the big thing - I made a really dumb mistake - putting in my resume that I have been working in the US. How stupid is this? Well - now I know... So - can't pass the Port Authority background check and also can't just remove it from the resume for this specific airline, as they saw it an can't close their eyes. So this is a lesson, but for the future - what do I do? Should I just erase 8 years of my life, which would greatly lower my chances for ever getting an interview, which sucks because I have the qualifications needed and in fact after meeting the other candidates yesterday - I am much more qualified than most of them. Now I don't really want to remove it all together from the resume. My question is, if you happen to know - can I just leave at least one of the places I was employed and say I was volunteering there? Can someone who is not allowed to be employed in the US do a volunteer work? How does Port Autority do the background check? I mean - I appear all of a sudden out of nowhere, what do they do? Homeland security who issues the EAD says it is okay for me to work, FBI who runs the fingerprint check -says I am okay- no criminal recorsd... but what would Port Authority say? all these addresses I used to live before can't be verified, so should I just state my current address? Please help me, because I am really frustrated. It is so unfair. I thought I would not have any more problems as soon as I get my EAD, and apparently this thing is still haunting me. It seems to me this will just never end. I feel so down. :(
 
Who told you that you wont be approved? I work for an airline, and I worked before getting asylum, and I have worked for the airline for over 2 years now and I always told the port authority all of my past employments and it was no problem. They are not there to review if you were allowed or not to work they are there to verify data, and see if you are the same person only. You should reapply and get that job do not let it go. Working for an airline is a lot of fun and lots of travel benefits.
In fact I was just re submitting my application to renew my airport badge since the one I have is expiring soon so do not worry and to it. you will be fine.
 
Usually for the background checks on employment or residence, you have to fill an application with all your history and sign it saying that you authorize for the background check...thats how it works in USPS..so just submitting a resume may not allow them to background check you unless you sign something.

Double check with the company you applied at to see if you can update your information in the application.
 
Usually for the background checks on employment or residence, you have to fill an application with all your history and sign it saying that you authorize for the background check...thats how it works in USPS..so just submitting a resume may not allow them to background check you unless you sign something.

Double check with the company you applied at to see if you can update your information in the application.
18th June 2009 03:57 AM
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I signed the authorization for a background check. I listed all the addresses where I lived before (not that anyone has an information about that, since the first address that USCIS and after I got an approval DMV has is my current address.
So basically this is how it looks with me - enter the US with B1/B2 visa in 2001/ Adjusted to F1 in september of 2001 and then lost this status, all of a sudden I appear again in 2006 when my husband filed i730 and I got approved in March 2009. So I was in the country, but I did not have a SSN, no bank account, no DL, no nothing, like I did not exist. And now I appear all of a sudden out of nowhere....How would this work out?
The reason they told me I won't pass the background check was because I have been working off the books, illegaly for 7+ years in the US. And also they told me if this comes out, meaning if they submit the info to Port Authority - it could cause a huge problem, even me losing the EAD????
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nnbllparker said:
meaning if they submit the info to Port Authority - it could cause a huge problem, even me losing the EAD????
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This part is bunk. You are an asylee and you do not lose your EAD unless you lose your asylum status. And you do not lose your asylum status just because you worked without authorization.

who are "they"?
 
did the document state the scope of the background check? Is it just a criminal history, credit history and reference verification check?
 
It should be criminal check and I believe credit history, which I do not have and then the reference check I am not sure who is it done by, since the employer would need references upon hire.
 
You're getting all worked up for nothing. I know tons of people who worked "legally" by providing their restricted social security numbers and since then, they've moved on to get a green card.

What you did prior to your approval is no longer a relevant cause to prevent you from securing a job unless you were involved in some kind of illegal activity. Many illegal immigrants who didn't have a legal status have moved on to securing "decent" jobs after adjusting their statuses. Your case is stronger as you now have a permit that allows you to work in the states legally. You should be fine.

Also, if you used SSN in your previous jobs when you worked illegally, it should show up upon background check, hence don't lie. Typically, work experiences carry a significant weight that raise a person's chances of getting hired.
 
Do they have a written rule that you cannot be hired if you worked without permission? That would disqualify a lot of people in NY/NJ. I doubt this is the case. My guess is that it is a normal background check to make sure you are not a criminal, are not a deadbeat and have references to support you.
 
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