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eddy-cool · Joined: 06 Jul 2008 Posts: 1008

As Eva correctly stated I was correct in reprinting the correct relevant passage RE Criminal background records.

I copied it from page 7 in the printed newsletter dated February 2009.

It also has a rather good summary of what's needed for laowais to get legal residency permits or work visas.
On page 3, it has a short intro to 'Individual Income Tax for Expatriates in China'.

This newsletter really is packed with informative facts.

rmcdougall · Joined: 28 Feb 2009 Posts: 71

Is the criminal check coming to Shanghai? I heard it's mandatory in Korea.

Buck Lin · Joined: 13 Oct 2008 Posts: 405 Location: nanchang china

Having worked with people who I know were in trouble back home or in KOrea, I wonder why employers don't take the time to do this check. Maybe it is like the medical that you must do twice. Once so they don't waste their money and a second time for the government. So we once again have to pay out of our pocket to work in China.

Mikeylikesit114 · Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Posts: 129

I have confirmation from my school's hr/fao that the background check is now required for new Z-visas. They are checking to see whether it is needed in order to renew residence permits.

Buck Lin · Joined: 13 Oct 2008 Posts: 405 Location: nanchang china

Everything is redundant. How do you get a passport with a criminal record? So maybe China must start to check it's own people before giving them the legitamacy of leaving. This problem, if it is a problem, is being fueled by foreign governments that are angered by Chinese criminals coming to their countries. Canada has a businessman that refuses to return to China and face litigation because he fears for his life. Canada does not repatriate people who could face the death penalty. Last week they gave him a work permit so he can work. Obviously he has not made that much money , he must now work in Canada.

Mikeylikesit114 · Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Posts: 129

My school's hr/fao has checked with the psb, and says that the background check is needed for first-time z-visa's only. Residence permit renewal does not require a background check.

El Macho · Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 200

Angel46 · Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 51 Location: Hangzhou

As a CANADIAN, I really hope this new requirement is restricted to first-time Work Visa applicants.
In Canada, one must apply "in-person" for a Criminal Record Check, and then MAILED to you!

But, we have to get it stamped by the Chinese Embassy/Consulate before returning to China!
How can we book our return flights when we don't know how long this process might take?
Canada Post is often referred to as "snail mail".
I'd like to pick my CRC up in person, but who knows if that would be possible?

I have lived here in China for the past 5 years. To be honest, any crimes I commit would have to be here, right?!

Buck Lin · Joined: 13 Oct 2008 Posts: 405 Location: nanchang china

Angel you don't get a passport in Canada with a criminal record. Maybe in China where gifts are the normal. It is knee jerk response to criticism China has recieved for sending their criminals abroad. So China sends ten abroad and two return. What is the rate for people coming from abroad and staying in China? They need to think about this and the GENI coefficient.

eddy-cool · Joined: 06 Jul 2008 Posts: 1008

evaforsure · Joined: 26 Jun 2004 Posts: 1217

I had to get one from Dalian before I could take my job in Beijing. I had never registered and had no RP when I ask the Dalian PBS to complete a letter (criminal check). I had worked most of the time in Dalian with a FEB from another city as Dalian had run out of books....they eventually had to go to ShenYang for the paperwork, so it is unlikely that they even had a file or what ever...the whole time I was ther I never even went to the PSB... no RP and never had anyone ask for one...didnt even think they were important til I got to Beijing and then they left the closing date on the RP card blank and I didnt go back til this year when I changd apartments.. but now they told me they can only do one year at a time...

bearcanada · Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 312 Location: Calgary, Canada

There is so much poor, incomplete, or just plain wrong, information on this board.

Buck Lin wrote that one cannot get a Canadian passport if he or she has a criminal record. That is untrue. Canada does examine a person's criminal record when a passport application is received, but only in rare cases will they actually refuse to issue a passport (or will revoke one that has already been issued).

These circumstances normally apply to indictable offenses (which generally mean jail time), and normally only to the most serious of those: slave trading, crimes against humanity, organised crime activities, heavy drug trafficking, and things like that. And they examine each case individually; you have to be pretty bad to have a passport denied.

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