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[kingstonian]

Responding to recruiter emails and apparently I need a criminal background check... have looked at a few threads but they seem to be oriented towards the US.

Anyone know how to get a criminal background check in England?

[Ribena]

[jacksthirty]

Ah, but if you have been living in Korea for sometime then it's a bit more tricky to get hold of, something I've found out the hard way.

[Ribena]

[kingstonian]

fortunately I am still in the UK so no problems there. With regard to the first reply I am in England not Scotland so surely I will not be eligible for that service?

Also how does one go about getting a document apostilled?

[Ribena]

[repeatpete]

go to your local police station/phone them up and tell them where you are going to work and what you want. They should know what you are requesting.
They give you a form, you complete it and give them a tenner.
That's it.
By law it is not allowed to take longer than 8 weeks (40 working days). So, it should be with you sooner than that.
Then you need to get it 'apostilled' which involves that bloody awful office in Milton Keynes.
It is actually all quite painless.

[Setaro]

The Disclosure Scotland check covers all the UK, and if you are on the electoral roll it literally doesn't even need any paperwork, you just fill your details in, pay the fee, and you'll get it within 2 weeks (mine took 4 days).

[teatoast]

I've just gone through all of this, my experience of it is that it's pretty hassle free if you know what you're doing. It's been covered pretty well already but I'll throw in my two cents (pennies?) and go through the steps I followed:

1) Order a basic disclosure from the Disclosure Scotland website. I put an extra note in the envelope containing my passport copy and gas bill to request a notary signature for future apostilling and then called them a few days later to make sure they'd made a note of it...I know this sounds pushy but if that one little stamp and signature is forgotten then you have to pay a notary public to do it for you and that can cost quite a bit.

2) The Milton Keynes apostilling office is now closed to the public, so you have to go to the Legalisation Office UK website and request your apostilles on there. Pay online then print off the proof of payment and post it to them in the same envelope as the apostille application form (download this from the website) and your stamped basic disclosure form. It costs �30 per apostille then �6 for return of post by FedEx.

Optional 3) I'm not sure about everywhere else, but if you're applying through EPIK then you also need an apostilled copy of your degree. For this you need to get a decent photocopy of the degree certificate and then you need it stamped and signed by any solicitor (this one isn't notarising, it's merely certifying and therefore it doesn't have to be done by a notary public)...I went into a high street solicitor's near where I live and they did it in 2 mins for less than �5. This can be apostilled at the same time as the disclosure, just pay for two instead of one and put the relevant info on the application form.

And that's it...it sounds pretty complex but it really isn't too bad!

[Ribena]

You don't even need to post documents to Disclosure Scotland, you can scan you ID and e-mail it to them. Might save you a day or so.

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