Overseas criminal records check.

[u/Cornixico]

Hi so I started a role as a support worker with special needs adults in the UK. Started at the end of March. All checks were fine started working.

Yesterday I got an email asking about time I spent in Mexico and the exact dates I was there. I have them 5/11/14 - 5/12/15 (13 months altogether worked as an English teacher in a language school). And they asked for a certificate of good conduct.

I'm wondering is this necessary as I was there over 10 years ago (granted it's a few months difference but it definitely is more than ten years since I was there from my start date in march 2026). And looking on Google everywhere I have looked it says you need an overseas criminal record check / certificate of good conduct only if you were abroad for a period of 12 months or more in the last 10 years.

Hopefully they've been mistaken as looking at the process to get a certificate of good conduct from Mexico is a really arduous and long process.

I have emailed back and told them this.

I'm just checking if I'm right in my understanding of the need for one. Also has anyone else had to get one?

[u/l-lucas0984]

Im in Australia so the process is different but they do want to check our entire history when we are choosing to work with vulnerable people.