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Q: Fingerprint Request Beside the Signature for a Teaching Contract in China

Dear Friends and Supporters,

 

Thank you for your time and precious advice!

 

I have been offered an English Teaching Job in china by a college which is part of 'Delter', and I was asked to leave my fingerprint beside my signature. While signature seems fine to me, I'm not sure about the fingerprint. So I told them to wait. I am already in china and I met them in person. I am just afraid of leaving my fingerprint in China. Do you think this a normal thing? Should I continue the procedure?

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many asians have the same name , japan, korea, china, etc., so fingerprints are usually requested at banks so nobody else with the same name and a fake id can get your money, also the new policy for the national chinese id card requires the thumbprint for the same reason.

a federal fbi check includes fingerprinting and immigration requires biometrics, just a normal policy, what you should worry about is a recruiter taking your resume and posting it on the internet so that anybody can look up your history forever. already happened to me, good luck

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nobody else except the second wife who sneaks into the hospital room where you are unconscious....

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It is a common thing in China, and in other Asian countries, to affix your right thumb print next to your signature on a contract.  So, just go ahead and do it, it will be normal procedure 

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They can't do much with any inkmark of your fingerprint, so don't worry. You're required to volunteer far more sensitive personal info when you sign a contract - the fingerprints are just a custom here for identification purposes, like ambivalentmalice pointed out.

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