you're an American with a criminal record in California and you're pursuing second citizenship elsewhere, you're probably gonna need to get your California Department of Justice ("DOJ") background check.

Why?

Because the CalDOJ is the repository that reports CA conviction data to the FBI CJIS.

The FBI CJIS, in turn, issues your FBI IdHS ("backgound check") that you need to naturalize in most, but not all (Hey, shout out Hungarian simplified naturalization!) countries.

Here's a step by step guide on how you can request your own CalDOJ background check. 👇

Also, in the comments, is my breakdown of how criminal history information is reported to the FBI and the steps necessary to fix/correct/change an FBI IdHS WHEN possible. 👇

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