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fluffyhamster
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| seklarwia wrote: |
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| plus one doesn't need a CRB for any other sort of job/visa (eikaiwa teacher, dispatch AET etc). |
Really? I got asked for one just last year for dispatch. And a recently departed US JET told me they got asked for one (don't see why they would ask only US applicants). |
Well, dispatchers can start asking, but it they're illegal dispatchers that would obviously seem just a tad hypocritical...plus, how are those who've been in Japan for years meant to get record checks from back home anyhow! Hmm but I wonder if the Japanese police would be too interested in furnishing foreigners with time-consuming pieces of paper...probably not! Surely any long-time gaijin-san in Japan are either naughty and accordingly nicked and sooner or later deported, or have proved themselves a just about tolerable sort who hasn't done anything obviously illegal...yet! |
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seklarwia
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Location: Monkey onsen, Nagano
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:17 am Post subject: |
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| I don't think it's hypocritical. I believe any company, programme, centre or school that is employing people to work in close proximity to kids should be obligated to find out a bit about their employees. I think the Ian Huntley case is proof of just how badly things can go when the proper checks are not being made. |
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fluffyhamster
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| Well, I just hope that Japan doesn't go overboard on this stuff like the UK has sometimes. But taking the argument to its logical conclusion, the Japanese government would make CRB checks a condition of issuing visas generally, like in some other countries. Still, genuine specialists in childhood education are probably doing OK in their home countries or in international-type schools - Japan seems to take what general "English teachers" it can and then expects them to be up to the demands of the job (even if a possible CRB check were to check out fine). |
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G Cthulhu
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| Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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| fluffyhamster wrote: |
| Hmm but I wonder if the Japanese police would be too interested in furnishing foreigners with time-consuming pieces of paper...probably not! |
The process for getting a criminal background check out of the Japanese police is very simple. I had to do it for the US where they demand a record for any country you've *ever* been in for more than 90 days.
For Japan, if you're outside the country, you visit a consulate, fill out the two page form, have your fingerprints taken, and 3-6 weeks later you get the paperwork back from the NPA. One copy sealed for the country you're trying to get into, and one copy to keep for yourself. Inside Japan, I'm told that you have to go to the prefectural police building and complete the paperwork there. lightly more hassle, I guess, depending on where you live.
Much easier than Australia and NZ where it is a pain in the arse to get the record arranged. SA is just a freakin' nightmare to get it done in. |
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fluffyhamster
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| Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:37 am Post subject: |
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| That's good to know, G Cthulhu. I guess it will be the same in the UK, at least for education job applications, if that's the field I remain in. |
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