Although the laws of many bcountries prevent employers from discovering – or seeking to discover – spent or lower level criminal convictions of job applicants it may well pose a problem if the employee has to visit countries where a clean criminal record is a requirement for entry. The latest country to apply a ban against anyone who has served a term of imprisonment is Argentina. The President has just signed a decree banning foreigners who have ” once been sentenced or [are] currently serving a sentence, or having a criminal record or a sentence under appeal” in Argentina or abroad. It also requires the deportation of foreigners with serious criminal records already residing in the country.