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amudbc · Joined: 20 May 2010 Posts: 34

Hi, I might be teaching in China in five or six weeks time. Do I need to update my CRB check? (im in Korea and I one but its a year old). How long does it take normally to get a new one?

Thanks

amudbc · Joined: 20 May 2010 Posts: 34

Ive answered my own question, I cant get an update I need to get a new one, it takes about 6 weeks. However, it seems I dont do it as an individual I need to be sponsored for it........does that mean I cant get one until I have a job? Would the organisation I work for (possibly Aston) sort it out for him after I arrived or what?

nickpellatt · Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 1522

I could be speaking out of turn, but I dont think any kind of CRB check is required in China. I have never had one from any of my three previous employers...and judging by the manner and disposition of some of the lunatics you encounter in China...they havent had a CRB check either Very Happy

johntpartee · Joined: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 3258

It's not required. But, yeah, nickpellatt, if the current crop of "teachers" is any indication, China's gonna wise up pretty quickly.

johntpartee · Joined: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 3258

Maybe this should be appended. Perhaps the SCHOOL (in this case, Aston) would require a background check, but the Chinese government doesn't.

rc81 · Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 85

Big Poppa Pump · Joined: 28 May 2010 Posts: 167

I wouldn't worry about it. The conditions that prompted the Koreans to turn their ESL industry into more of a shambles than it was before don't exist here in China as of yet.

China is a bit more used to Foreigners acting badly so to speak with the Opium wars and all.

malu · Joined: 22 Apr 2007 Posts: 1344 Location: Sunny Java

Even if the employer asked for a CRB check (and I've never heard of it yet in China) I suspect they wouldn't be concerned if it was a year old and you can account for the past year in Korea.