The verification covers following aspects:

1. Job Profile, Salary and Reputation in the work place

2. Character, Previous Marriage (if any) and Daily Routine

3. Education history

4. Temperamental Details

5. Health

6. Family Background

7. Financial Status

8. Alcoholic, Smoker, Drug Abuse and other general habits

There are numerous cases where the spouse has physical and mental relationships with other, but due to many reason they get married elsewhere and sometimes continues even after marriage. Read one such story here.

The verification involves checking of full name of the help, with alias, if any, parents’ details, place and date of birth, permanent address, languages spoken, and details of identity proof. A personal description of the help with height, weight, and other physical features, sample hand writing and signature/thumb impression of the domestic help is also kept as record.

Domestic Verification also records the specialization obtained in the area of domestic help like cooking, cleaning and dusting, outdoor works to name a few. By verifying all these records before, it is ensured that the help can be tracked down in case of any crime.

However, with many domestic helps coming to work from other states, it has not proved very effective as verification of their antecedents becomes a lengthy and tedious process. Moreover, several employers fear that the helps would run away of they are being verified by the police.

Domestic help verification agencies ensure that the background of the domestic helps are properly investigated and registered with the details of their family and friends.

India’s domestic help crime is on a rise. Read this story to know more and make sure to get a domestic help verified before employing him/her.

Tenant verification is useful for landlords who want to authenticate tenant's identity and want to know tenant's previous address and his credibility. Tenant verification prevents misuse of the property and ensures security.

Tenant verification involves one or more of all these checks:

1.Criminal Record Checks– This verification entails checking a person's criminal history to assess his or her trustworthiness. In most cases, the verification lists all non-expunged criminal offenses and may also include traffic offenses such as speeding and drunk-driving. Criminal record check, also termed as police verification, is now a mandatory process to be followed in most big cities in India before renting out a space. It ensures that some additional facts, information and background data on the tenant come to the forefront allowing the landlord to make an informed decision.

2.Reference Checks with Previous Landlord – If the prospective tenant has lived in a rented premise earlier, a reference check should be done with earlier landlord or property manager. This will bring out valuable information such as delays or irregularities in paying rent, eviction history, misuse of or damage to the property, causing problems to neighbours and other qualitative characteristics.

3.Address Verification – This involves checking the permanent address given by the tenant to ensure that s/he can be tracked down in case s/he goes missing. This lends authenticity to the identity of the tenant, who has an address where s/he can be reached.

With an industry estimation that up to 47% of resumes can contain false or tweaked information, employers want to ensure that the employee has what they want. The employee background verification entails checking the academic qualifications, previous employee records, and any criminal records.

Employee Background Verification comprises of:

1.Employment Verification- It is important to validate if a candidate has been working for as long as they state, in the role they claim and for the salary indicated. The process involves contacting Human Resources/Payroll in previous employers to accurately determine the candidate's history in regards to whom they reported, the dates of employment, position/s held remuneration, responsibilities and reasons for leaving.

2.Education Verification -This helps to confirm the educational details of the candidate, authenticity of the candidate's degree, year of completion and the course pursued. Ideally, education verification should rely on the source institution/university for verification and not on of documents provided by candidates as proof.

3.Criminal Verification -This involves checking directly with the police authorities and helping the employers to identify whether the candidate was involved in any criminal activity.

4.Address Verification -Address Verification ideally involves physically verifying the current and the permanent address of the candidate.

5.Reference Verification -References are conducted with past managers to whom a candidate specifically reported, providing professional impartial references and a valuable perspective of an individual's past performance and behaviors.

6.Database Verification -This helps clients to ascertain if the candidate has been reported for any misconduct.

Driver verification involves one or more of all these checks: 

1. Address Verification – This involves checking the permanent address given by the driver to ensure that he can be tracked down in case he goes missing. This lends authenticity to the identity of the driver, who has an address where he can be reached.  

2. Criminal Verification â€“ This verification entails checking a person's criminal history to assess his or her trustworthiness. In most cases, the verification lists all non-expunged criminal offenses and may also include traffic offenses such as speeding and drunk-driving. Criminal record check ensures that some additional facts, information and background data on the driver come to the forefront allowing the person to make an informed decision.  

3. Driving License Verification â€“ This is to verify with the issuing Road Transport Office (RTO) the the driving license held or reported by the driver is genuine, not expired and for the suitable vehicle class (LMV - Light Motor Vehicle, HMV - Heavy Motor Vehicle).

4. Reference Verification - References are conducted with past employers/managers to whom a driver specifically reported, providing impartial references and a valuable perspective of the driver’s past performance and behaviours.

With a big difference between the US and the Indian system, criminal verification in India is more difficult as there are no Felony or Misdemeanor courts in India like US. Instead, India has Police Departments of various states and metros. With each Indian state having its own system of functioning, and absence of computerized database in many cases, as almost all records are filed manually, it becomes difficult to verify criminal records.  

If a person has resided in more than one address in the same city or at different cities, separate searches as per concerned police station of the area of residence must be conducted.  

The details required for criminal verification are correct and full name and address of the applicant, date of birth, full name of father/spouse, and an ID proof.

Ideally, education verification should rely on the source institution/university for verification and not on of documents provided by candidates as proof. The documents provided by the candidate should be cross checked with the institution/ university. 

Certain things that need to be kept in mind while conducting education verifications are:

• Colleges and Universities usually provide verification via a manual process through their own staff.

• Usually, degrees are verified by background checking services within one to two weeks. However, it depends on the years of passing out of the candidate and might take longer if s/he graduated some years back or is not listed in the database.

• Some schools ask for candidate's disclosure and release form before issuing the verification.

• If the candidate is a female, it should be made sure that the information submitted reflects the actual name with which the candidate graduated, as at times, she might provide her married name which might be different from the maiden one. 

A professional reference check, which involves a discussion of the individual’s strengths, weaknesses, and qualifications for a particular job, is unique for its personal touch. It does not gather data but instead asks one individual to evaluate another, which provides a personal look into the background of the applicant.

However, professional reference check also has some drawbacks. Since, the candidate himself/ herself provides the names of the reference, one should ensure while conducting the check that the professional reference is professional, i.e., have worked with the candidate in a professional environment, and not a personal contact. Moreover, at times, professional references might feel disturbed or prefer not to answer the questions asked.

For more information, refer Third-party verification

Third parties are entities who take the required information from the clients (who need to conduct verification), and verify the authenticity of the information on behalf of the clients. Third parties are for-profit firms who charge to make the verification process hassle-free for the companies and individuals wishing to avail the service.

Third party verification is based on the assumption that the third party does not have any vested interest in undermining the verification process, and that the third party has special expertise in verifying the credentials provided. For example, in employment screening, the hiring manager and/or the Human Resources may be under pressure to hire a specific candidate immediately, without verifying all the credentials. They may opt to skip some or all of the verifications. Third party verification ensures that all the application credentials are verified and supported by backup documents from the involved authorities.

The services can range from business background checks, employee background screening, international background checks, employee background update reports, business asset searches, executive level background checks to investigations.

It also includes services like:

• Pre/Post Employment Verification Services

• Trademark Infringement and IPR Investigation Services

• Competitors Investigation Services

• Industrial Espionage

• Debugging Services

• Information on Assets and Financials

• Financial fraud and Theft

• Due diligence

Corporate investigation services involves service firms who take the required information from the clients (who needs to conduct verification), and verifies the authenticity of the information on behalf of the client. The services are provided by for-profit firms who charge to make the verification process hassle-free for the individual wishing to avail the service.

Pre-employment verification might cover one or all of the following verifications:

• Employment Verification

• Education Verification

• Criminal Verification

• Address Verification

• Reference Verification

• Database Verification

Post-employment verification involves surveillance and checks on existing and ex-employees to determine the possible existence of fraud or espionage activities. Since the integrity of existing employees or ex-employees at management level could be pricey for any company, post-employment verification is also important.

Corporate verification might involve one or many of the following services:

• Pre- and Post-Employment Verification

• Labour Court Cases and Legal Support

• Detecting Duplicity

• Fraud

• Background Search

• Asset Searches

• Surveillance

• Competitors Investigation

• Industrial Espionage

• Employee Dishonesty / Theft

• Undercover Investigations / Operations

Corporate verification also involves financial investigation services, such as insurance frauds, bank account information, and verification of financial assets.

Certification verification is especially important in IT industry, where various special skills and skill set are required for a particular set of work. Certifications like SAP, SAS, PMP, CCNA, PMI, CAPM, PqMP, Novel certification, Linux certification, to name a few needs to be verified for their authenticity.

With the number of dubious institutes growing rapidly in India, where they provide fake certifications without even the candidates attending a course, the need for certification verification is rising in India.

Certification verification might be carried out by a telephonic interview or by going physically to the institute to check the records to ensure that the candidate has indeed attended a course which s/he claims to have done. In certain cases, it can also be checked online with the certification numbers.

Employment history verification is necessary to ensure that there is no false information provided by the candidate, which may be with regard to the dates of employment, the positions held and responsibilities being exaggerated, and even to fictitious employers being listed.

A candidate can falsify dates of employment for hiding periods of unemployment, which they tend to cover by extending the period of employment with a specific employer. It could also be due to an employee being fired for some reason that s/he does not wish to reveal to a subsequent employer.

Employment history verification might be carried out by a telephonic interview with a previous employer or written confirmation of periods of employment from previous employers of the applicant.

Address verification is important for conducting background check. Address verification can be of two types:

1. Permanent address verification

2. Temporary address verification 

Permanent address is the legal address of an individual of where s/he is a registered resident with his/ her name. Permanent address appears in government documents like voter list, ration card, driving license, and passport. Many people, who live away from home, use their parents\' house as their permanent address. Therefore, permanent address is also defined as an address where the applicant receives official documents and correspondence. 

Temporary address is a temporary correspondence location. It can be the address where an individual is residing with a known person like a friend or a relative, or where s/he has rented an accommodation or is a paying guest, or can also be a post office box where s/he has rented a postal box where any correspondence to him/her are delivered. 

As temporary address is not considered to be a reliable piece of information as far as security is concerned, address verification involves verifying the permanent address of an individual. Usually conducted by trained professional to determine the degree of authenticity, address checks are also cross confirmed from online databases and directories.