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Looney · Joined: 23 Dec 2008

yes I know there is a sticky at the top of the page but it is geared more towards US/Canadian CRC`s.

Currently in Korea and the a little unsure of the process from this end for Brits.

What is the best way to get the CRC if living in Korea currently? I read that you can`t use Discloure Scotland online if you are in Korea? but can do it through post? Don`t know what is true.

And can the embassy in Seoul notarize and apostle?

Bit confused about the process from this end and who best to use.....

fromtheuk · Joined: 31 Mar 2007

You can use the basic disclosure scotland website, but I think they have to send the criminal check to a British address.

Next, ask family/friends to visit a solicitor to notarize it, send it to you and then you can get it stamped/apostilled at the British Embassy in Seoul.

That's my plan. I've been told this is accepted by immigration, as others have done this.

Schneepat · Joined: 18 Feb 2003

I just went through all of this, and I did it here from Korea. Go to this website (http://www.met.police.uk/information/request_forms.htm) and download the Subject Access form. Send it off to the address listed on the form along with two copies of ID and a proof of residence here in Korea. I used my gas bill, and even though it was entirely in Korean, they were fine with that. I think it would be much safer if you could get a bill with your address in English on it, though.

It's supposed to take a maximum of 40 days, but that doesn't account for the mailing time from when they send it out here. That adds on at least another week.

Hope this helps.

Looney · Joined: 23 Dec 2008

Schneepat · Joined: 18 Feb 2003

Forgot to mention that part. Yes, I got it notarized by the British embassy here in Seoul. I didn't have to have anything done with it before it was sent out here. It'll cost approximately 60,000 won... can't remember the exact amount, and the office is open for that kind of thing every weekday between 9:30 and noon. I needed to bring my British passport down as well... but that's to be expected. The embassy is down a small lane directly across from City Hall and next to that palace downtown... it's not hard to find.

Looney · Joined: 23 Dec 2008

does it need the apostle stamp too or not necessary?

I`ve gone with the Subject Access as you have done.....couldn`t do it through the Metropolitan site as I`m not from that area......but through the local area where I`m from........turns out the process is a little easier as I only have to provide one form of ID and that`s it

Thanks for the info, much appreciated.

fromtheuk · Joined: 31 Mar 2007

I think it means if you have been registered as a resident at that address for at least 12 months.

Our family have owned and lived at our residence for over 20 years, so I used that address.

Once the criminal check arrives, I'll ask my family to notarize it with a solicitor in England, then send it to me in Korea, and then I'll get it stamped at the British Embassy.

A poster on this forum called Beeyee did this and it worked. I will try the same method.

All the best. Laughing

Hotpants · Joined: 27 Jan 2006

What if you are in Korea, need a CRC and...

You are a UK national, but have no living relatives who can help you provide a UK address?

You have had no fixed abode in the UK for the past 10 years?

You live in a Goshiwon in Korea, and have no utility bills to prove your address?

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

Schneepat · Joined: 18 Feb 2003

Hotpants · Joined: 27 Jan 2006

Yeah, I guess I could persuade the Goshiwon manager to hand over a utility bill with the address on, although how on earth you quite explain your reasons for needing it in Korean will be challenging!

Actually, I don't imminently need a CRC, but I have a tentative plan to come back to Korea by the summer and take a course in Korean for 8 months or so, and then aim for the 2010 uni hiring season. Basically, once I've left my current address in UK, I will have no more postal address in the UK, and it seems that some places set a 6 month expiry period on your CRC, which is a pain.

The whole thing is a headache. I just wish that employers checked out referees more thoroughly. That is the best way of weeding out dodgy people, rather than a CRC which only covers misdemeanors in your home country - quite fallible if you've lived overseas for 10 years.

Can anyone confirm that the CRC is needed once only, or are there teachers who have been asked for it again when applying for another job?

maingman · Joined: 26 Jan 2008 Location: left Korea

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