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