Greetings, I am dating a woman in TW and we are talking about getting married and then living there for a year as we both teach and save some money to move back to the states. I have a question that I searched for the answer but as of yet can’t find it. THe clean criminal history check is bothering me as unfortnally I have a few things that I am woried may make it so I can’t move there. These things are minor really, disturbing the peace and injury to a child (was a accident but was still convicted). I have no felonies or any other criminal history. IS this going to stop me from getting into TW on a ?marriage visa? Thanks.
Don’t get me started on crimial history checks from the US :taz: It has been my own personal little nightmare…anyways…
No one here will be able to give you a definite answer for your circumstances, best advice I can give is to talk to BOCA and see what they have to say. I can pretty much guarantee they will want to see your criminal history report before they give you any advice/answers.
My guess would be that if you comitted a felony and were convicted you would have trouble.
Mate, I’m from Australia, what can I say?
HG
Thanks for the response, I was hoping for a definite answer. Hopefully someone who knows will chime in. I looked all over the BOCA web site and the only thing I found is a statement saying that if you was convicted and sentenced please include that info as it will speed up the process 
The CCRD (Clean Criminal Record Documentation) which the Taiwanese authorities require has two major components: (1) criminal convictions, (2) within the last five years.
Hence, you have to have a clear understanding of what you were convicted of. If it was a civil offense, then it doesn’t matter. If it is a criminal offense, and it happened over five years ago, then it doesn’t matter either. Neither civil convictions (whenever they happened) nor criminal convictions (over five years old) will show up on your CCRD for the last five years … which is what the Taiwanese authorities are looking for.
For your reference, in Taiwan, the people separate law into four broad categories: civil, criminal, administrative, and military. Legal actions in the court system are also separated this way.
Thanks, both were criminal convictions. The worst one was around 5 years ago so it should be cool then. No jail time was served on either, just a fine. They both were misdemeanors, worse then speeding tickets but no were as bad as say a DUI or theft.