Criminal Record Check

[eclipseofthesun]

I have been asked by my new employer for a Criminal Record Check. I am not sure how to go about this. I have lived in Chiang Mai for almost five years and have worked in a school for four of those. I obviously have a clean record but need to prove it. Can someone please give me some guidelines as to my next step?

[lopburi3]

Police Clearance Service Center

Special Branch, Royal Thai Police Headquarters

Building 24, Rama I Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, THAILAND

Tel: 66 2 205 2168, 66 2 205 2169, Fax: 66 2 205 2169

Monday-Friday (Except Public Holiday) from 8.30-16.30

There is NO FEE for police clearance service.

http://www.thaiconsulate.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=96&Itemid=119

Information is several years old so numbers may have changed but it is a Special Branch process

[PoorSucker]

http://pcscenter.sb.police.go.th/eprint.html

[WholeHearted]

http://pcscenter.sb.....th/eprint.html

I'm trying to do the police clearance certificate by mail from Chiang Mai to BKK. I went to the main CM Police Station, inside the moat on Ratchadamneun, not far from Wat Pra Singh, to get fingerprinted. I was sent to a building in the back of the complex, where they fingerprint the incoming prisoners and hold them in temporary cells. After a longish wait for the right official, I was given one set of fingerprints. (I begged for 3 sets, as required according to the above website. But I had forgotten to bring along the list of requirements, so I had no proof. I'll have to go back again with the list and request two more sets.) In the meantime, the official was telling me I have to take everything to my country's consulate. After some consideration, I decided he was correct -- because the requirements state that all photocopies (passport, etc.) have to be "certified." Now I'll have to make an appt at my consulate. It's a time-consuming process.

[WholeHearted]

Now I'll have to make an appt at my consulate.

Oh dear! The US consulate charged me $50 just to certify a copy of my passport. What a drag.