So, here I am, doing my very first private, in person, background check for what will hopefully be a fair change in career. In the past, the company I applied for did this, so this is very new to me. I was told before formally applying, I'd need to go to a Fieldprint location and give my fingerprints. No big deal. I've never been arrested, never been to court, never been convicted of anything. To my knowledge, I've had 3-4 traffic tickets in about 17 years. Again, I have never been arrested, never been called to court. I am a few weeks away from finishing university, and when I applied, I assumed they did a background check for loans and other various things. If I recall, some misdemeanors and felonies can prevent you from receiving assistance. I receivced all assistance I needed. The company Fieldprint claimed this would take a maximum of 7 days. It's been over two weeks now, and my prints have been sitting in the DOJ for all of them.
My anxiety has been through the roof, and typically I have pretty good composure with most things.
My questions:
- Am I unaware of something?
- What on earth could be taking so long?
- Again, I have NEVER been summoned to a court, nor been arrested. I have never been to court and convicted of anything. What could this be? Am I actually a criminal and am unaware?
- Can you be convicted of something and simultaneously be UNAWARE?