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macka · Joined: 11 May 2007 Posts: 45 Location: uk

hi

so are we saying that it is now not possible to teach in thailand if we have a criminal record?

what about people who have been in prison?...this doesnt apply to me (honest!) but i am interested to know.

cheers

maximmm · Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 59

macka · Joined: 11 May 2007 Posts: 45 Location: uk

so are we aying that people with a criminal record canot teach legally in thailand!!!!

maximmm · Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 59

macka · Joined: 11 May 2007 Posts: 45 Location: uk

'you shouldn't have a criminal record' !!!!!!!!

very righteous!!

is the criminal record check for work permit or visa??

takgeyon · Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 51

This is really going to be a problem as I am trying to tackle the issue now. I have no criminal record but due to the new privacy laws that were passed recently all background checks must be done through the FBI. And what will make it next to impossible is that the FBI, on it's website specifies that the waiting period for background checks is 14-18 weeks AFTER they recieve the paperwork, which of course will in my case have to be mailed from Thailand. Thats way too long for any VISAs including a non B. My school is going to submit my paperwork anyway and wait and see if the Thai government will make an exception due to the impossibility of the matter in nearly all cases regarding teachers here. Apparently you can't just have your relatives go down to the local police department and get anything because they wont give it to them.

leosmith · Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 54

Welshguy · Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 143

Interesting last post. I now work in criminal law and it is certainly the case in the UK that you would need an advanced CRB check to get any kind of job that involves teaching kids. However, you could be looking at three to four months after they get the paperwork as a minimum. so, if the thai govt have then to make exceptions for all American and UK citizens on the basis that it just takes too long to do the necessary then it may well be that as with many initiatives in Thailand its just quietly shelved. C'mon guys its Thailand, anything is possible. I know a bloke there who has been on the run for years, has no passport and is in his 10th year there and its never bothered him in the least.

sweet 'n sour · Joined: 19 Jun 2007 Posts: 11

You can send your thanks that that jerk ... "John Karr" ... for this new law along with the visa changes.

Henry_Cowell · Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 3352 Location: Berkeley

macka,

Why are you so very interested in the issue of criminal background checks if you don't have a criminal record yourself?

This is the second thread you've started in the past month about the issue.

sigmoid · Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 1276

Does it matter?

Thailand has made itself completely irrelevant as a teaching destination. No one cares...

Henry_Cowell · Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 3352 Location: Berkeley

lanceevan1 · Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 21

From what I understand, Thai Im. is only interested in the fact that you can present them with a vaild BA, and official transcripts for the Non B visa.

Unlike the US or UK, Thai immigration does not do the equivilant of FBI fingerprinting or background checks for teaching positions.

Good Luck!