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[aleafofthetree]

I came across this posting on this site:


CHINA BRIEFING January 2009 issue:

'The Criminal record certificate:

Over the past few months, additional requirements for obtaining an employment permit in China have begun to be put in place. These include a certification of "no criminal record," to be issued by immigration agencies of foreign governments, on which an official statement must be obtained certifying that the applicant has no prior criminal convictions in his home country. Details to the extent of this documentation, applicable levels of criminal offence, or how it applies to long term reisdents of other countries, yet to be worked out.

The application process varies from country to country, please, check with your embassy for advice.'


And wanted to know if anyone could confirm if the information was valid and if so any details about the change. I am specifically interested in going to teach in China this fall and seeing now if it would be a possibility.

[Pelican_Wrath]

Heh.

I had to do a CRB check in the UK prior to doing my PGCE course (Or, more precisely, prior to going on placement during that course).

It took around 3 months to come through.

Good luck to the Chinese government in getting these issued for every FT.

[Buck Lin]

Most embassies can't do this because criminal codes differ. My embassy will not do it because they are lazy.

[Buck Lin]

China has the most to lose because of the criminals here who manage to get passports to countries that don't extradite people who will face the death penality if returned. A bag of worms will be opened for them.

[evaforsure]

China Briefings also offer downloads of these guides...one such guide is a tax guide....I believe I linked to it on one of these postings..there has been talk of requiring a filing of all foreigners in China in March, but so far I have not heard anymore about it ..

[xiao51]

[evaforsure]

http://www.2point6billion.com/

This is his blog....Chris Devonshire

He does publish China Briefing but the only China Review I have seen is this one

[eddy-cool]

I happen to know that Chris Devonshire-Ellis is an extremely litigeous person; on the other hand rumours have it that he has not secured a law degree for himself contrary to the image he has been promoting about himself.

[mike w]

China briefing has before been guilty of spreading misinformation - it did so prior to the Olympic Games regarding visa issues.

I remember about 7 years ago, the website was blocked for a period of time by the Chinese government for such as this.

The issue of criminal recored checks is not new. It has been around for years. For as long as I can remember, US teachers wishing to teach in Inner Mongolia have had to provide this check. Periodically over the last few years it has also been brought into use for US teachers in Shanghai and Guangdong.

I know of no US / UK / Canadian / Australian / NZ teachers who have been required to provide such a document for Beijing or Shanghai during the last 7 years, and I have been involved in hiring more than a few.[/u]

[Itsme]

I guess they can afford to be more picky now that everyone wants to go there.

It sounds like a huge pain in the ass though, especially if you are already in the country.

[mike w]

[aleafofthetree]

[Jayray]

True or not, why would anyone in China or considering going to China be alarmed by such information? Nobody is interested in minor traffic violations.

If one reads the job boards, one must notice the jobs in Urumqi requesting a police report to be sent with an application.

I believe that we will see more requests like these from Immigrations in more and more countries.

[aleafofthetree]

[evaforsure]