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stiofan
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 Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:15 am Post subject: Criminal background check for UK'ers |
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hi, sorry im sure this was asked before but can't find it.....
my contract is up next week ( nov 7th) and im recontracting with the same hagwon but will be returning home for xmas/new year and returning on jan 4th( new contract starts jan 6th) My employer said I need to get a background as its now law. Anyone know how I go about it in the UK ? How much? How long? etc..
TBH I never paid much attention to background check posts before because I assumed i'd be staying here for a 3-4 stretch but decided i'd like to spend xmas at home this year,,,anyways thanks for any info....stiofan |
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withnail
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:48 am Post subject: |
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head-in-the-clouds
Joined: 14 Oct 2008
Location: London for now
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:57 am Post subject: |
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contact www.disclosurescotland.com
Costs �20 but you will need to show evidence of your current address. Takes up to 10 days from them receiving it. they are much quicker than any other route.
You HAVE to get it notarized by a solicitor then appostled at the FCO in Milton Keynes. Anyone can do this on your behalf in the UK. Notary should only cost �20 and the Apostle �27.
Hope this helps |
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stiofan
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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| cheers y'all....withnail can ye check yor pm.. |
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Hyeon Een
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 3:05 am Post subject: |
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| head-in-the-clouds wrote: |
contact www.disclosurescotland.com
Costs �20 but you will need to show evidence of your current address. Takes up to 10 days from them receiving it. they are much quicker than any other route.
You HAVE to get it notarized by a solicitor then appostled at the FCO in Milton Keynes. Anyone can do this on your behalf in the UK. Notary should only cost �20 and the Apostle �27.
Hope this helps |
What's the best way to do this if I'm in South Korea? Disclosure Scotland or something else? Then can the embassy in Seoul notarize and apostle it or does that need to be done in the UK? I don't suppose the embassy can do a criminal background check can they? |
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withnail
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul, South Korea.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:02 am Post subject: |
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You can take your CRC in person to the consular section of the British Embassy in Seoul to have it notarised for 57,000 won. If you want you can post it there with an SAE and 60,000 won (3000 for return postage) with a short note telling them what you want. I phoned directly to the UK Embassy in Seoul for this information. YOU CAN NOT USE DISCLOSURE SCOTLAND ONLINE IF YOU ARE IN KOREA. End of story.
Whilst in Seoul, you might also take the trouble to get your university diplomas notarised as well. It's not required at the moment but may be in the future and you could save yourself some time in the future. |
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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:38 am Post subject: |
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| withnail wrote: |
| You can take your CRC in person to the consular section of the British Embassy in Seoul to have it notarised for 57,000 won. If you want you can post it there with an SAE and 60,000 won (3000 for return postage) with a short note telling them what you want. I phoned directly to the UK Embassy in Seoul for this information. YOU CAN NOT USE DISCLOSURE SCOTLAND ONLINE IF YOU ARE IN KOREA. End of story. |
Right.. so I need some other CRC then.
If I haven't lived in England for the last 10 years.. will any constabulary give me a CRC? And can I do it by post or internet? And what details do they take? Name and DOB? National Insurance No.? Passport no.? This all sucks.. |
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head-in-the-clouds
Joined: 14 Oct 2008
Location: London for now
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:40 am Post subject: |
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| Hyeon Een wrote: |
| withnail wrote: |
| You can take your CRC in person to the consular section of the British Embassy in Seoul to have it notarised for 57,000 won. If you want you can post it there with an SAE and 60,000 won (3000 for return postage) with a short note telling them what you want. I phoned directly to the UK Embassy in Seoul for this information. YOU CAN NOT USE DISCLOSURE SCOTLAND ONLINE IF YOU ARE IN KOREA. End of story. |
Right.. so I need some other CRC then.
If I haven't lived in England for the last 10 years.. will any constabulary give me a CRC? And can I do it by post or internet? And what details do they take? Name and DOB? National Insurance No.? Passport no.? This all sucks.. |
10 years, wow. Lucky you. youve missed the new labour years! |
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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:44 am Post subject: |
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| head-in-the-clouds wrote: |
| Hyeon Een wrote: |
| withnail wrote: |
| You can take your CRC in person to the consular section of the British Embassy in Seoul to have it notarised for 57,000 won. If you want you can post it there with an SAE and 60,000 won (3000 for return postage) with a short note telling them what you want. I phoned directly to the UK Embassy in Seoul for this information. YOU CAN NOT USE DISCLOSURE SCOTLAND ONLINE IF YOU ARE IN KOREA. End of story. |
Right.. so I need some other CRC then.
If I haven't lived in England for the last 10 years.. will any constabulary give me a CRC? And can I do it by post or internet? And what details do they take? Name and DOB? National Insurance No.? Passport no.? This all sucks.. |
10 years, wow. Lucky you. youve missed the new labour years! |
Ah.. well.. I was in Scotland for four of those years haha. So not so much. |
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withnail
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul, South Korea.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:43 am Post subject: |
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| what i did was to telephone the local police station back home. i was given a link to an application form to download, fill in and send to them with a tenner and pcopies of my driving license for proof of address in uk and passport for proof of signature. |
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withnail
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul, South Korea.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:45 am Post subject: |
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| you may also be able to get the crc through disclosure scotland but by post, not online. |
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nizpaz
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:13 am Post subject: |
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The recommended CRC is the Subject Access check from the Police NAtional Computer. Go to the web site of the local police service in the area you last lived (or the area you have proof of address for) Say it's London for example that would be the Met Police. Print of the form. You need 10 quid, proof or address plus proof of identity (passport/driver's licence) send or take all this to your local police. They deal with it. The maximum time by law is 40 days after receipt. If you're going home then you're sorted.
This Subject Access can then be appostilled at the FCO in Milton Keynes without any notary. (Perhaps the basic disclosure does but the Subject access doesn't) That's 27 quid. The you're good to go!
You can also get the SA apostilled (well stamped) at the UK embassy in Seoul for 60,000w
If you can get the forms off now then you can get the process going. |
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withnail
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul, South Korea.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:37 am Post subject: |
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| didn't i just say all that...duh!!! |
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rich45
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:47 am Post subject: |
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| nizpaz wrote: |
The recommended CRC is the Subject Access check from the Police NAtional Computer. Go to the web site of the local police service in the area you last lived (or the area you have proof of address for) Say it's London for example that would be the Met Police. Print of the form. You need 10 quid, proof or address plus proof of identity (passport/driver's licence) send or take all this to your local police. They deal with it. The maximum time by law is 40 days after receipt. If you're going home then you're sorted.
This Subject Access can then be appostilled at the FCO in Milton Keynes without any notary. (Perhaps the basic disclosure does but the Subject access doesn't) That's 27 quid. The you're good to go!
You can also get the SA apostilled (well stamped) at the UK embassy in Seoul for 60,000w
If you can get the forms off now then you can get the process going. |
So the subject access form can be appostilled without a notary? 
If I had a penny for every time I've read conflicting statements on these forums...I'd have �3.73. |
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head-in-the-clouds
Joined: 14 Oct 2008
Location: London for now
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:51 am Post subject: |
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| rich45 wrote: |
| nizpaz wrote: |
The recommended CRC is the Subject Access check from the Police NAtional Computer. Go to the web site of the local police service in the area you last lived (or the area you have proof of address for) Say it's London for example that would be the Met Police. Print of the form. You need 10 quid, proof or address plus proof of identity (passport/driver's licence) send or take all this to your local police. They deal with it. The maximum time by law is 40 days after receipt. If you're going home then you're sorted.
This Subject Access can then be appostilled at the FCO in Milton Keynes without any notary. (Perhaps the basic disclosure does but the Subject access doesn't) That's 27 quid. The you're good to go!
You can also get the SA apostilled (well stamped) at the UK embassy in Seoul for 60,000w
If you can get the forms off now then you can get the process going. |
So the subject access form can be appostilled without a notary?
If I had a penny for every time I've read conflicting statements on these forums...I'd have �3.73. |
I tried to give advide on this before but was flamed by someone and have given up. Some people always know better |
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