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ramakentesh
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 Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 3:57 am Post subject: Police record problem? |
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I got my police record check done, and something from 1994 when i was 17 appeared on it! It says that i received a two year good behaviour bond for recklessly causing injury to a person when i opened a car door drunk and hit someone - I thought these blanked after ten years??
Anyways, i asked the visa people and they told me that it shouldnt be a problem but that its up to the school i work for.
SInce its so long ago - will it be an issue? |
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clark.w.griswald
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:13 am Post subject: Re: Police record problem? |
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I don�t think that you have too much to worry about.
| ramakentesh wrote: |
| Anyways, i asked the visa people and they told me that it shouldnt be a problem but that its up to the school i work for. |
According to this the visa office doesn�t have a problem with it, and if they don�t, and you get issued a visa, then you can safely file the record away. To my knowledge, very few schools here in Taiwan require a police record check for teaching positions. So if you were unlucky enough to apply to a school that did, and they rejected your application for the fact that you did have a record, well there are plenty of other opportunities.
Police record checks are not generally part of the process of securing a visitors visa to come to Taiwan, but some of the TECO offices seem to have been playing by different rules recently. You may find that they don�t even require the check when it comes time to actually applying for your visa. |
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ramakentesh
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 5:33 am Post subject: |
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| Phew! It was a big surprise to see that appear after so long. So if i find work and then they sponsor me for a resident visa you dont think that most schools will even require a police check? I was going to go with Hess, but they seem to require it. |
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clark.w.griswald
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 11:42 am Post subject: |
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Hess is one of the few schools that does ask for criminal history checks. They haven't always done so, but I commend them for taking this step. They are the sort of school that processes a quantity of applicants and therefore they can afford to lose a few possibles if these people can't or don't want to comply with this. You might want to contact them directly and ask them whether your situation would be a problem.
If it is then there are plenty of other schools that won't even ask. |
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