Some of you may have heard of the ICPC and it's been discussed a couple of times on here. In short, it's a criminal background check for UK citizens. The MoE had introduced a rule that all British citizens must undergo an ICPC (it has to be this criminal check, not disclosure Scotland or something similar). However, as I was told, immigration were not enforcing this.
So, I'm at immigration yesterday armed with all my paperwork and the immigration officer showed me a piece of paper in Thai about the ICPC (see photo) and said that I need to go to the copy room on the ground floor and print it. Because, I was under the impression that I wouldn't actually need it, I haven't got it. I showed her my Disclosure Scotland certificate that I got before coming to Thailand, but she wasn't interested in that.
Anyway, I went down to the copy shop and after getting a couple of Thais to translate the instructions, we concluded that it was asking me to go to the website, search my name in the search function in the top right hand corner and print screen the results (see photo). This to me was pointless as it doesn't appear to be searching you in a database, just doing a search for documents on the website, but it wouldn't be the first time in Thailand that I've been asked to produce pointless paperwork.
Once I handed that piece of paper in to the immigration office, I was issued with my new visa quickly.
So, if you're going to immigration soon, it may be worth bringing this simple bit of paper with you. I've got a feeling that this isn't a universal thing and it may have just been the particular office I had to deal with. I saw other British nationals go in and out before me with no issues. Also, the lady in the copy shop said that I was the only one that she'd seen that was told to come down and print out such a document. From what I've seen on the various groups on Facebook, from talking to the visa lady from my school, and from speaking to other teachers, it doesn't appear that people are doing the ICPC as they are either unaware of it or don't want the expense or the hassle unless it's completely necessary.
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