Paperwork and red tape really sucks

I'm having a lot of trouble getting past one hurdle of the application process for Korea, and that's the background investigation. Stockton Police Department states they don't actually do it, that such a thing is initiated by employers, and they don't do background investigations for people who request them. Called Lodi Police Department, and I got pretty much the same reaction. So, I'm not really sure what to do here.

At the same time, I ended up having a telephonic interview with Missouri (Truman State University), and that went really well. It doesn't pay anywhere near what I want to even really consider it, but with this red tape situation with Korea, it may actually force me to seriously consider it. They are well aware that money is a concern for me with what they normally offer for a one year, temporary position, so if they end up increasing that amount, it would be hard NOT to keep it a consideration.

But I'm anxious to go to Korea. But being anxious doesn't mean anything if I can't actually finish the paperwork to actually be able to go.

At the moment, I'm still completing the paperwork preparation for Korea (having to drive to San Francisco to get official transcripts from my undergraduate institution...apparently they don't care about the master's degrees when it comes to paperwork). If I can somehow get past the background information part of the application process, my paperwork will be essentially complete. Already did the rest, including passport, passport photos and all that.

Anyway, trying to move forward....

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