Souca,

VVA Alliance that has space in the northern coalition isnt all that bad in terms of history/background checking, though a lot of NC major requirements is that your not a pirate or perform piracy. The Pelican. corp thats part of VVA, is mostly EU Active, i am one of the US Pilots, but they were pretty relaxed. I however have moved from alliance to alliance within the NC. There is always an NC Corp recruiting. depending if you are after pvp, going into an NC corp as a pve'er, except for a certain few corps. most of the NC Corps are recruiting combat pilots, to bolster numbers.

If you look at the NC as an option, i would highly recommend sticking to the Deklein alliances ie: like Fiddlesticks stated, or the Tribute and east groups. all the Pure Blind / Fade NC Allliances ie: MH FCON, WI, SMA have a lot of lag due to the size of their daily fleets. However if your part of the NC, any CTA called you will always experience lag regardless.

Shoot me questions ingame on my main Cirocke anytime, im usually on 8 to 10 hrs a day.