{"id":752,"date":"2017-11-09T07:56:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T23:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2017\/11\/09\/how-to-apply-for-non-criminal-record\/"},"modified":"2025-01-04T16:26:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T08:26:54","slug":"how-to-apply-for-non-criminal-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/how-to-apply-for-non-criminal-record\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Apply for Non-criminal Record?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Since the new <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/china-work-permit\/\" title=\"View all posts in China Work Permit\" >China Work Permit<\/a> policy came into effect on April 1st, 2017, it\u2019s become more complex to apply for a Work Permit. Some documents will require more time to acquire than they did before, including notarized diplomas and criminal background checks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FnYLKG_ysQu3u_1NRmCQ45PZSTs2?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"1.jpg\" width=\"589\" height=\"401.8697916666667\" title=\"\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #209361;\">Here is a\u00a0guide for you on how to prepare these documents.<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Criminal background check:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>1.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>If you are in China, contact your country&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/jobs\">embassy in China<\/a> to see whether they offer the service. Currently, there are only a few embassies that offer a notary service. The criminal background check issued by your own country&#8217;s embassy can be used directly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>2. For those applying outside of China:<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #d92142;\"><strong>\u00a0Step 1.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Return to your home country (or ask your friend or relatives) to apply for the background check document from your local police station or citizen&#8217;s administration bureau.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #d92142;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Step 2.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0Go to the China Embassy to get your document notarized. Usually, it\u2019s easier to get the official notarized record when you have a<span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #d92142;\"><strong>\u00a0translated Chinese version.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>Some Chinese Embassy only accept documents from the local notary bureau, if this is the case, you will have to have the documents issued by your local police station or citizen&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">administration<\/a> bureau notarized at the local notary bureau, then take them to the <span style=\"color: #d92142;\"><strong>China Embassy<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0to be notarized again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>3.\u00a0<\/strong>In some countries, the local notary bureau offers criminal background check services along with the Chinese Embassy notary. If these services are available to you, you will only need to apply from a single location.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>4.\u00a0<\/strong>A criminal background check is only\u00a0<strong>acceptable<\/strong>\u00a0when issued or notarized by the Chinese Embassy or your own country&#8217;s Embassy in China.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3e3e3e; font-size: 16px;\">Since the new China Work Permit policy came into effect on April<\/span><span style=\"color: #3e3e3e; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a01st,<\/span><span style=\"color: #3e3e3e; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a02017,\u00a0it\u2019s become more complex and to apply for Work Permit. Some documents will require more time to acquire than they did before, include notarized diploma and criminal background checks. Both documents will \u00a0 \u00a0need to be notarized by either China embassy or your own country&#8217;s embassy in China.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlXXlKXBxtykYAuKbjvAxKMwIbVH?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"GIC.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"543.2937181663837\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since the new China Work Permit policy came into effect on April 1st, 2017, it\u2019s become more complex to apply for a Work Permit. 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